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Sardar Yaqoob Khan swears in as AJK president

Dunya News

Sardar Yaqoob Khan has sworn in as the 8th president of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Chief Justice Azad Kashmir Chaudhry Azam administered oath to Sardar Yaqoob Khan at the AJK Legislative Assembly building.Former AJK president Raja Zuaqarnain Khan, Prime Minister Chaudhry Majid, Speaker Ghulam Sadiq, opposition leader Raja Farooq Haider, AJK ministers, lawmakers, senior civil and military officers and a large number of common citizens participated in the meeting.Talking to the media after the oath taking ceremony, the new president said that he would prefer to work for the Kashmir freedom movement.