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The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) presidential election will take place on September 24, according to an announcement by Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mughal. Candidates can file their nomination papers from 10am to noon on September 19, with scrutiny of these papers happening the same day. The polling will occur at the AJK Assembly Secretariat from 10am to 1pm on September 24, followed by vote counting and result declaration later that day. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), holding a majority in the AJK Legislative Assembly, is expected to secure its preferred candidate's election; Dr Najeeb Naqi, a former health minister from Sudhnoti district, is seen as the frontrunner.
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The new president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will be elected on September 24, according to an announcement by the AJK Election Commission on Tuesday. The election for the position, which has been vacant since January due to the death of former President Barrister Sultan Mahmood, will take place at the AJK Assembly Secretariat from 10am to 1pm. Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mughal stated that candidates must file their nomination papers between 10am and noon on September 19, with scrutiny of these documents occurring the same day. The results will be announced immediately after counting votes on election day, which is also when candidates can withdraw their nominations until 11:30am on September 23.
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The new Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) president will be elected on September 24, the region’s election commission announced on Tuesday.
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The office of the AJK president has remained vacant since January this year following the death of Barrister Sultan Mahmood.
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office → remain → Mahmood
Previously, then-Legislative Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar was serving as the acting president.
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The role was then assumed by incumbent Legislative Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Tariq Farooq after being elected speaker on August 25.
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Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mughal announced the schedule while addressing a press conference on Tuesday.
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Mughal said candidates will file their nomination papers, with him acting as the returning officer, from 10am to noon on Sept 19 (Saturday).
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He added that scrutiny of nomination papers would be carried out the same day at his office.
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Candidates may withdraw their nomination papers by 11:30am on Sept 23, he added.
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Mughal said polling would be held at the AJK Assembly Secretariat from 10am to 1pm on Sept 24, after which votes would be counted and the result announced the same day.
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Given its majority in the Assembly, PML-N is poised to have its nominee elected as the next AJK president.
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Party sources told Dawn that former health minister Dr Najeeb Naqi is most likely to be picked for the slot.
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He belongs to AJK’s Sudhnoti district.
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