Islamabad, July 26: The Legislative Assembly of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) on Tuesday elected Chaudhry Abdul Majeed as the new Prime Minister of PaK.
 Chaudhry, who also heads PPP’s PaK chapter, took oath as 11th Prime Minister of the region. Sardar Ghulam Sadiq the speaker of the Assembly chaired the special session and administered oath to the newly elected leader of the House. Besides the federal minister Mian Manzooor Ahmed Watoo, the oath taking ceremony was attended by the PPP legislators, MC leader Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, senior officials and workers of the Peoples’ Party.
 Chaudhry enjoys support of Muslim Conference and MQM legislators in the Assembly. He bagged 35 votes whereas his rival candidate Raja Farooq Haider Khan Chief organizer of Pakistan Muslim League (N) got only 11 votes.
 Following his election as leader of the House, Chaudhry Majeed thanked legislators for reposing their trust and confidence and vowed to serve the people of the region with dedication and commitment. He reiterated that the Pakistan Peoples Party was formed on the basis of Kashmir saying that the credit also goes to the party (PPP) for promoting and projecting Kashmir cause at international level. He hailed the services of his predecessors.
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 Chaudhry hails from the lake view city of Mirpur. He has won the general elections successively from 1985 to 2011 from his home constituency Mirpur (Chaksawari). He is believed to be a staunch supporter of late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
 Born on 14 February 1946, Chaudhry received his early education from Mirpur. He did his Bachelors Degree from the University of Punjab in 1967 and obtained BA LLB degree from S M Law College Karachi in 1969. He stepped in practical politics by joining Liberation League led by the region’s charismatic leader and Quaid-e-Azam M A Jinnah’s private secretary K H Khursheed in early 70s. Later, the Liberation League merged with Pakistan Peoples Party Pak chapter in 1976.
 He served as a cabinet minister in 1990, as a Speaker of the constituent assembly in 1996 and was elected as leader of the opposition in 2006.

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