Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry | |
|---|---|
| President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Assumed office 25 August 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi |
| Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 30 July 1996 – 24 July 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since 2015 Pakistan Peoples Party Peoples Muslim League Azad Muslim Conference |
Sultan Mehmood Chudhry is a Pakistani politician who hails from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. He served as Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir between July 1996 to July 2001 and is currently serving as the President of Azad Kashmir since 25 August 2021.[1][2][3]
He is also the current president-elect of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Azad Kashmir chapter.[4]
Early life and career[]
Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry is the son of the late Kashmiri leader Chaudhary Noor Hussain Jatt who also founded Azad Muslim Conference along with Sardar Ibrahim Khan but after Sardar Ibrahim Khan left the party, he led it alone. He belongs to a Jat family and his family has contributions in Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir. He has also been a member of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.[5][2][3]
After completing his education, he came back from England to Mirpur in 1987 and joined his father's party Azad Muslim Conference and contested elections and won. One of the people who won from the party was Chaudhry Muhammad Rasheed and his uncle Chaudhry Khadim Hussain from LA-4 Khari Sharif and now his son Chaudhry Arshad Hussain contests elections from LA-4. Then in the second elections there, Chaudhry Muhammad Rasheed, Chaudhry Khadim Hussain and Chaudhry Yasin won. Then Sultan Mehmood merged his party with liberation league and became its President. Later he left that party and moved to Pakistan People's Party and became president of Pakistan People's Party Azad Kashmir. Then he became prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. After leaving Pakistan People's Party, he founded his own party Peoples Muslim League in 2005 because he faced some problems in the People's Party and his party won 5 seats in the legislative assembly. Later when Benazir Bhutto addressed the issue, she apologized and told him to join the party again. So he joined Pakistan Peoples Party again but won no seats in AJK legislative assembly. In February 2015, he joined Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf and became president of its Azad Kashmir chapter.[2]
On 24 November 2019, he became M.L.A. in the by-elections in Mirpur, Azad Jammu. He owns a shopping plaza in Rawalpindi and his family owns brick-making factories. Many of their properties were sealed by Sardar Abdul Qayyum when he was the Prime Minister.[3]
He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on 6 February 2015[2] and lost the elections for the first time in 25 years on 21 July 2016.[6]
He was recently elected as president of Azad Kashmir on 17 August 2021.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Former Prime Ministers of Azad Kashmir". Government of Azad Kashmir. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Former AJK PM joins PTI". Dawn (newspaper). 6 February 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Renowned Kashmiri politician Noor Hussain dies". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 16 February 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Ruling PTI announces new body for AJK chapter". The Nation (newspaper). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "PTI's Barrister Sultan Mahmood elected AJK president". Dawn (newspaper). 17 August 2021.
- ^ Khurram Shahzad (21 July 2016). "PML-N candidate defeats PTI AJK president Barrister Sultan Mahmood". Daily Pakistan (newspaper). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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