Sardar Yaqoob Khan was sworn in as the eighth president of Azad Kashmir on Thursday. Azad Kashmir Chief Justice Chaudhry Azam administered the oath to Sardar Yaqoob Khan at the AJK Legislative Assembly. Former AJK president Raja Zuaqarnain Khan, Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majid, Speaker Ghulam Sadiq, opposition leader Raja Farooq Haider, AJK ministers, lawmakers, senior civil and military officers participated in the meeting.
After the oath taking ceremony, the new president told reporters that he would like to work for the Kashmir freedom movement. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani congratulated Sardar Yaqoob Khan on the assumption of his new office.