Sardar Tanveer Ilyas

Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan is a Pakistani businessman-turned-politician who was the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir from April 2022 to April 2023, and was the president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Azad Kashmir from September 2021 to April 2023.[1]

Sardar Tanveer Ilyas
14th Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir
In office
18 April 2022 – 11 April 2023
PresidentSultan Mehmood Chaudhry
Preceded byAbdul Qayyum Khan Niazi
Succeeded byChaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq
Member of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
3 August 2021 – 11 April 2023
Succeeded bySardar Ziaul Qamar
ConstituencyLA-15 Bagh-II
President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Azad Jammu and Kashmir
In office
9 September 2021 – 24 April 2023
ChairmanImran Khan
Preceded bySultan Mehmood Chaudhry
Succeeded byAbdul Qayyum Khan Niazi
President of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Assumed office
12 August 2023
PresidentAleem Khan
Personal details
BornAzad Kashmir, Pakistan
CitizenshipPakistan
Nationality Pakistani Kashmiri
Political party Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (Since 2023)
Other political
affiliations		 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)
Residence(s)Rawalakot and Islamabad
ProfessionBusinessman and Politician

Early life

He was born in the village of Bangoin near Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, into a political family, as his late uncle Sardar Sagheer Chughtai has been elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from their native constituency.[2]

Business career

He is the owner of The Centaurus, the largest shopping mall in Islamabad.[3]

Political career

He has served as advisor on investment to the Chief Minister of Punjab.[2]

He was elected to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from LA-15 Bagh-II as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the 2021 Azad Kashmiri general election. He received 19,825 votes and defeated Sardar Ziaul Qamar, a candidate of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).[4]

On 18 April 2022, Ilyas was elected as the 14th Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, succeeding Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi, who resigned after the PTI initiated a vote of no confidence against the latter.[5]

On 11 April 2023, Ilyas was disqualified from being a member of the legislative assembly when he was found guilty of contempt of court by the High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Thus, he ceased to hold the office of the AJK prime minister.[6][7]

References
  1. "PTI's Sardar Tanveer Ilyas elected as new AJK premier". The Express Tribune. 18 April 2022.
  2. Mughal, Amiruddin (18 April 2022). "PTI's Sardar Tanveer Ilyas elected as AJK's 14th prime minister". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023.
  3. "Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan Net Worth in 2023, Income Source & Personal Life". tvi.com.pk. 20 April 2022.
  4. "LA-15 Results - AJK 2021 Results - Candidates, Party Position - geo.tv". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  5. "PTI's Sardar Tanveer Ilyas elected new prime minister of AJK". Dawn. 18 April 2022.
  6. "AJK top court disqualifies PM Sardar Tanvir Ilyas". The News International. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  7. Naqash, Tariq (11 April 2023). "AJK PM Sardar Tanveer Ilyas disqualified by high court for contempt". DAWN.


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