ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas has been appointed as the President of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party’s (IPP) AJK chapter, a day after he joined the party.
In addition, Nisar Ansar Abdali has been appointed as General Secretary of IPP Azad Kashmir with immediate effect.
The party issued separate notifications in this regard on Friday with the signature of President IPP Abdul Aleem Khan.
Earlier on Thursday, Sardar Tanveer Ilyas officially joined the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party along with his associates ahead of the 2026 election.
Tanveer Ilyas’s associates, including government minister Chaudhry Ali Shan Soni, former health minister Nisar Ansar Abdali, and Sardar Iftikhar Rashid, joined the party.
AJK Legislative Assembly candidate from LA-28 and PPP leader, Taqdees Gillani, met the IPP President and joined his party.
Federal government minister and party chief Aleem Khan welcomed Sardar Tanveer Ilyas and other politicians and presented them with the party flags. The newly joined leaders expressed full confidence in Aleem Khan’s leadership.
Other candidates for the AJK Legislative Assembly elections who have joined the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party include PML-N leader Ijaz Khatana from LA-16, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Tahir Khokhar from LA-39, and Maqbool Gujjar from LA-30.
On the occasion, senior IPP leaders, including Members of the National Assembly (MNA) Aun Chaudhry, Mian Khalid Mahmood, IPP Punjab President Rana Nazir Ahmed, and Secretary General Shoaib Siddiqui, were present.
