AJK assembly: Barrister Sultan’s resignation accepted

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly Speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq on Monday accepted the resignation of Barrister Sultan Mahmood who has left PPP to join PTI. The former PM of AJK had submitted his resignation to the media adviser of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf AJK Atif Bashir.  “Barrister Sultan Mahmood has endorsed that he had submitted the resignation and we have accepted it,” Speaker Ghulam Sadiq said. Meanwhile, talking to the media Barrister Sultan said that he quit the assembly following his decision to join PTI and leave PPP. Barrister Sultan was elected on PPP mandate. “I joined PTI as PPP failed to deliver in Azad Kashmir. Imran Khan and voters of my constituency will decide about my by-election from LA-3 Mirpur City constituency,” he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 10^th, 2015.