Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry has been elected as 28th President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

He secured 34 votes against his rival joint opposition candidate Mian Abdul Waheed, who got 16 votes.

The tenure of the incumbent president Sardar Masood Khan will end by 24th of this month and Chief Justice Supreme Court AJK will administer oath to the new President on the same day.

Source: Radio Pakistan