Sardar Aamer Altaf Sworn In As Deputy Speaker Of AJK Legislative Assembly

AJK LA Member Sardar Aamer Altaf sworn in as Deputy Speaker of Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly after he was elected to the office on Tuesday

MIRPUR (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2019 ) :AJK LA Member Sardar Aamer Altaf sworn in as Deputy Speaker of Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly after he was elected to the office on Tuesday.

Speaker AJK Legislative Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir administered oath of office to the newly-elected Deputy Speaker Sardar Aamer Altaf in the special session of the legislature which met in the State's capital town.

The election to the office was held in AJK Legislative Assembly's Logging Hall wherein 44 of the law makers cast their vote.

The victorious Sardar Aamer Altaf bagged 34 votes against his only rival Shazia Akber, nominee of the opposition PPP (AJK chapter), who secured only 8 votes.

A total of 44 members in 49-seat house, exercised their right of franchise to elect the Deputy Speaker.

Two votes were rejected.

Whereas four of the legislators remained absent in the election process.

In his opening remarks in the house after winning the office, the newly-elected Deputy speaker Sardar Amer Altaf expressed his resolve to perform the responsibilities to run the house impartially.

He said that opposition deserves greetings for participating in the democratic process of the election.

The newly-elected Deputy Speaker also thanked the law makers who voted him to bring him in to the office.

The defeated candidate of the opposition PPP (AJK chapter) Shazia Akber also addressed the house and felicitated the newly-elected Deputy Speaker.

The session of the house was later adjourned sine-die.