Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan (born 1953) was elected the 22nd president of Azad Jammu & Kashmir,

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on 25 August 2011. Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan was a business tycoon before a politician he owns a trading company, hotels, towers, housing societies, and overseas business. He owns the YK group of companies.

Early life

Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan was born in 1953 in a village Ali Sojal ( Khai Gala) in

Rawalakot Rawalakot ( ur, ) is the capital of Poonch district in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in the Pir Panjal Range. History Along with Pallandri, Rawalakot was the focal point of the 1955 Poonch uprising. It was led by the local Sudhans ...

tehsil, and brother of renowned figure in political and social scenario of

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Haji Muhammad Zaman Khan. He graduated from

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and started his political career with an ethnic political party Punjabi Pakhtoon Ittehad in

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. He joined a Azad Kashmiri political party Tahreek-e-Amil and was elected as senior vice President of this party later on. He also had a political affiliation with

All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference ( ur, آل جموں و کشمیر مسلم کانفرنس) also shortly referred as Muslim Conference (MC) is a major political party in Pakistan administrated territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The ...

Political career

Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan was elected as Member of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly three times and took over ministerial jobs as Minister for Health, Population Welfare & Hydro Electric Board, and Housing & Planning.He is currently MLA from LA 20 Alisojal.Muhammad Yaqoob Khan profile on PakistanHerald.com website
Retrieved 24 January 2021

As Prime Minister

Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan became the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir on 6 January 2009. After a successful no confidence vote over former premiere Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan.AJK PM committed to 'mitigating misery'
Dawn (newspaper), Published 8 January 2009, Retrieved 24 January 2021

As President

He was elected 22nd President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir on 25 August 2011Yaqoob takes oath as AJK president
Dawn (newspaper), Published 25 August 2011, Retrieved 24 January 2021

References

Living people 1953 births Azad Kashmir MLAs 2021–2026 Pahari Pothwari people People from Rawalakot Presidents of Azad Kashmir University of Karachi alumni {{Azad-Kashmir-bio-stub