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MUZAFFARABAD: Chaudhary Tariq Farooq of the PML-N was elected the 16th speaker of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, while party colleague Muhammad Ahmed Raza Qadri was elected deputy speaker, in elections to both offices held on Tuesday.
The session started at 2:30pm, with outgoing Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar of the PPP in the chair. Akbar could not retain his seat in the recent general elections.
The PPP had fielded Chaudhry Qasim Majeed and Aamir Abdul Ghaffar Lone for the two offices.
All 46 legislators — 32 from the PML-N and its ally and 14 from the PPP — who had taken oath on Monday participated in the polling.
