Sardar Ziaul Qamar is a politician from

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(AJK) and a member of the

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

(PPP). He has been a member of the

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since June 2023. He was elected in a by-election on 8 June 2023 from LA-15 Bagh-II, securing 25,755 votes. He succeeded the former

Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir The prime minister of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam lit. 'Grand Vizier', Urdu pronunciation: �əˈziːr-ˌeː ˈɑː.zəm is the chief executive of Azad Jammu and Kashmir region of Pakistan. The title of Prime Minister ...

Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Sardar Muahmmad Tanveer Ilyas Khan is a Pakistani businessman-turned-politician who was the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir of Azad Kashmir from April 2022 to April 2023, and was the president of the PTI Azad Kashmir from September 20 ...

, who was disqualified by the High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir for contempt of court.

Political career

He contested the

2011 Azad Kashmiri general election General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 26 June 2011 to elect the members of ninth assembly of Azad Kashmir. Results The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won 21 seats, Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) 10, the All Jammu and Kashmir Musl ...

from LA-15 Bagh-III as a candidate of the

Pakistan People's Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a centre-left political position, it is cu ...

(PPP), but was unsuccessful. He received 18,271 votes and was defeated by Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, a candidate of the

All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference () also shortly referred as Muslim Conference (MC) is a political party in Pakistan administered territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The party was founded in 1941 by Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas, and Syed ...

(AJKMC). He contested the

2016 Azad Kashmiri general election General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 21 July 2016 to elect 41 members of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Polling started at 8:00am and continued until 5:00pm. Campaign At least 423 candidates ran for the 41 seats, the main com ...

from LA-15 Bagh-III as a candidate of the PPP, but was unsuccessful. He received 16,439 votes and was defeated by Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, a candidate of the

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(PML(N)). He contested the

2021 Azad Kashmiri general election General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 25 July 2021 after the expiry of the 5-year term of the previous Legislative Assembly. The elections were held in 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir and 12 constituencies of the refugees of Jammu and ...

from LA-15 Bagh-II as a candidate of the PPP, but was unsuccessful. He received 14,588 votes and was defeated by

, a candidate of the

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

(PTI). He was elected to the

as a candidate of the PPP in a June 2023 by-election held in LA-15 Bagh-II due to Ilyas' disqualification. He received 25,755 votes and defeated Mushtaq Ahmed Minhas, a candidate of the PML(N).

References

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