The newly-elected President of Azad Jammu Kashmir state Raja Zulqarnain Khan will take oath of his office on Friday August 25. Chief Justice of Azad Jammu Kashmir will administer oath to the newly-elected President Raja Zulqarnain Khan at a special ceremony to be held at 11.00 am at the lawns of AJK Legislative Assembly Hall in Muzaffarabad.
It was officially announced here on Thursday. The senior politician Raja Zulqarnain Khan was elected as AJK President for the next five-year constitutional term. He has a long distinguished career in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir.
Raja Zulqarnain Khan born on March 15th, 1936 in Gujrat. He received his primary education from Presentation Convent School in Srinagar and New Delhi Modern High School Bara Kamba Road, New Delhi before 1947. He originally belongs to a Rajput Chib family of village Dhumawa, Kasguman Union Council, in Bhimbher district of Azad Jammu Kashmir.
Raja sahib started his formal political career by joining Jammu Kashmir Liberation League in 1960 as the first General Secretary of the party. He became member Basic Democracy in the BD Local government System. In another BD election held in 1967 he was elected as Chairman of the Kasgumah/Kalri Union Council, Tehsil Bhimbher.
He was designated as minister, for the first time in 1969, during the regime of President Major General Abdul Rehman (Retd)of Azad Jammu Kashmir.
In 1975, he was elected as Member of AJK Legislative Assembly from Samani constituency of then Mirpur district and present Bhimbher district.
In 1985, he was elected as Member of AJK Legislative Assembly from Bhimbher constituency and was inducted as Minister for Finance, Planning & Development, Health and Revenue during then Prime Minister Sikander Hayat's regime.
In 1991, he again was elected as Member AJK legislature and was inducted as Minister for Finance and P&D in then Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan's regime.
In 1996, he was elected as Member Jammu & Kashmir Council and held the office till its stipulated constitutional term completed on July 7, 2001. During this, he also performed as Advisor to the Chairman of AJK Council.