{"id":4000,"date":"2026-11-07T21:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2026-11-07T21:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T16:04:13","slug":"former-ajk-president-raja-zulqarnain-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4000","title":{"rendered":"Former AJK president Raja Zulqarnain passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Former president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan has passed away, prompting the regional government to announce a one-day mourning on Sunday, November 8.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Azad Kashmir government has issued an official notification declaring the day of mourning. National flags will fly at half-mast across the region to honour the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Khan\u2019s funeral prayers will be offered at 11am on Sunday in his native area of Thathi Kasguma.<\/p>\n<p>Born on March 15, 1933, in Kasguma Jagir, Khan was the son of Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan. He was regarded as a prominent political, social and public figure in Azad Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>He began his political career in the 1960s as a Basic Democracies (BD) member and chairman of the Kasguma Union Council.<\/p>\n<p>He was elected to the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Samahni in the region\u2019s first parliamentary elections in 1975. He won another assembly seat from Bhimber in the 1985 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>During his political career, Khan held several key ministerial portfolios, including finance, planning and development, health, and revenue.<\/p>\n<p>He was elected a member of the Kashmir Council in 1996. After decades of political service, he became president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on August 2, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The Azad Kashmir government expressed deep sorrow over his death and paid tribute to his political, social and national contributions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan has passed away, prompting the regional government to announce a one-day mourning on Sunday, November 8. The Azad Kashmir government has issued an official notification declaring the day of mourning. National flags will fly at half-mast across the region to honour the former president. Khan\u2019s funeral prayers will be offered at 11am on Sunday in his native area of Thathi Kasguma. Born on March 15, 1933, in Kasguma Jagir, Khan was the son of Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}