Iftikhar Gillani Elected Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir saga

REJECTED by voters in his own constituency, lawyer Iftikhar Gillani has been chosen as the new prime minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. A local PML-N leader, he was elected on a reserved seat for technocrats after losing in the recently held regional elections. His nomination caught even his own party by surprise. Gillani, who had also lost the last election, is not the electorate’s choice — so, whose nominee is he? It is an unprecedented choice even in a place where governments are made and r...

By [email protected] (Zahid Hussain)