Azad Kashmir Assembly Summons Session for No-Confidence Vote Against PM Anwar-ul-Haq
**Islamabad:** The **Speaker of the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Chaudhry Latif Akbar**, has summoned an assembly session on **November 17** to conduct a **no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq**.
The **Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)** filed the no-confidence motion against PM Anwar-ul-Haq, nominating **Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore** as the new leader of the house. The motion was submitted by assembly members **Chaudhry Qasim Majeed, Sardar Javed Ayub, Malik Zafar Iqbal, Ali Shan Soni, and Muhammad Rafiq Nayyer**.
Earlier, PM Anwar-ul-Haq was asked to resign voluntarily, but he refused, prompting the PPP to proceed with the no-confidence motion. **President Asif Ali Zardari** had approved the motion last month.
مظفرآباد سپیکر آزاد جموں کشمیر قانون ساز اسمبلی چودہری لطیف اکبر نے سترہ نومبر دن تین بجے قانون ساز اسمبلی کا اجلاس طلب کر لیا
مظفرآباد اجلاس میں وزیر اعظم چوہدری انوار الحق کی خلاف تحریک عدم اعتماد پر رائے شماری ہو گی
وزیراعظم چوہدری انوارالحق کے خلاف عدم اعتماد کی تحریک آج… pic.twitter.com/g2EnhhNIlY
— Roshan Din Diameri (@Rohshan_Din) November 14, 2025
The Azad Kashmir Assembly comprises **53 members**, requiring support from at least **27 members** for the election of the Prime Minister. PPP secured a simple majority after a dinner at **Sindh House, Islamabad**, on October 26, attended by 27 assembly members. On the same day, 10 ministers from the **PTI Forward Block** joined PPP after meeting **Faryal Talpur**, strengthening the party’s position in the house.
According to the constitution, a no-confidence vote must be conducted **within seven days** of presenting the motion. The assembly speaker conducts the vote, and if successful, the nominated leader becomes the new Prime Minister. If the motion fails, another no-confidence motion cannot be filed for six months.
If the motion succeeds, this will mark the **fourth Prime Minister** during the current **five-year constitutional term**, following three predecessors who have already left office.
