PoK 'President' Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry dies

President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry.

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Islamabad: Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, a veteran politician who was the "President" of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), died on Saturday after battling illness for several months. He was 71.

He was suffering from liver cancer and was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Islamabad.

A barrister by profession and a senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Chaudhry was elected as "President" of the PoK in August 2021.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari expressed grief over Chaudhry's death.