Muzaffarabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Tariq Farooq has been elected Speaker of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the voting, Tariq Farooq secured 32 votes, defeating Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Chaudhry Qasim Majeed, who received 14 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the election for Deputy Speaker, PML-N\u2019s Ahmed Raza Qadri also won with 32 votes. His opponent, Aamir Ghafar Lone, received 14 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results give the PML-N leadership of the Azad Kashmir Assembly\u2019s top two parliamentary positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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