Pakistan-administered Kashmir lawmakers vote for president amid months of unrest
Lawmakers in Pakistan-administered Kashmir are voting on Thursday to elect a president, filling the region's last vacant constitutional office nearly eight months after it fell empty. The vote is taking place in Muzaffarabad at the assembly secretariat between 10am and 1pm local time. It comes despite seven assembly seats remaining vacant in districts at the centre of months of unrest.Najeeb Naqi Khan, the candidate backed by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, is expected to win. The party and its allies hold 32 of the 46 occupied seats in the 53-member Legislative Assembly, which is enough to secure the 27 votes... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 24 Sep 2026 08:03 LONDON
Sponsored
