MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Speaker Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, Chaudhry Latif Akbar, has summoned a session of the assembly on Monday, November 17, at 3 pm.
During the session, a vote will be held on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, submitted by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) today.
“The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has summoned a session of the Legislative Assembly on Monday, November 17, 2025, at 03:00 hrs. at Block No. 12, Civil Secretariat, Muzaffarabad,” the notification issued by Special Secretary AJK Assembly stated.
Earlier today, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) submitted a no-confidence motion against Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq formally before the Senior Special Secretary Amjad Abbasi.
The motion was submitted by the Assembly members, Chaudhry Qasim Majeed, Javed Ayub, and Malik Zafar. The no-confidence motion was moved under Article 18(4) of the Constitution of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 1974.
The motion stated, “We move this resolution that the present Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, by his style of governance, political discourse, and anarchic behavior, has not only lost the confidence of the Legislative Assembly but has also seriously damaged the constitutional, ideological, and democratic structure of the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.”
Citing the above reasons, the Members expressed no-confidence in the Prime Minister Haq, and requested that the Assembly Speaker Latif Akbar present this motion before the House in the next session of the Legislative Assembly.
“We demand that the movers accept Mr. Faisal Mumtaz Rathore as the candidate for the Prime Minister and that the process of electing the Prime Minister be completed at the earliest as per the constitutional and democratic requirements, so that the continuity of government formation is ensured in accordance with the Constitution,” the motion further read.
