Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has nominated Raja Farooq Haider as Prime Minister of Azad Jammu Kashmir here on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has convened the meeting of parliamentary committee of PML-N AJK chapter in Islamabad today to discuss various issues, including names of next AJK premier and president and cabinet members.
The PM had also visited Muzaffarabad a day after AJK polls and thanked voters for showing confidence in PML-N at a big political gathering.
Raja Farooq Haider was on top of the list among candidates for the slot of AJK prime minister, sources said.
Farooq played a vital role in the formation of PML-N AJK after leaving Muslim Conference in 2011 and PML-N leadership also admired his services for party. PML-N also secured 11 seats in 2011 AJK elections under the supervision of Raja Farooq. It was the first PML-N election in AJK after its formation.
President PML-N AJK chapter Raja Farooq belongs to one of the influential political families of AJK and his father Raja Haider Khan was a famous political leader and his mother was also elected a woman member of first AJK Assembly.
