Who is Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani, the new prime minister of AJK?

MUZAFFARABAD: When the PML-N formally laun­ched its Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) chapter in Dec 2010, few people in the gathering knew the young man whose striking portrait adorned the hoardings placed around the stage. His name, prominently displayed beneath his photograph, was Barrister Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani. Fifteen years later — after a political journey marked by an influential background, an unexpected electoral breakthrough, a stint in the cabinet, defeat, political uncertainty and...

By [email protected] (Tariq Naqash)