Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes for president amid unrest

Islamabad, Pakistan – Legislators in Pakistan-administered Kashmir are voting on Thursday to elect a president, filling the region’s last vacant constitutional office nearly eight months after the post fell vacant, well beyond the deadline set by its constitution.Najeeb Naqi Khan, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate, is expected to win.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Protests, boycott cast shadow on Pakistan-administered Kashmir electionlist 2 of 4Final phase of voting in Pakistan-administered Kashmir amid security fearslist 3 of 4Why a Trump envoy’s Kashmir visit has led to US-Pakistan spatlist 4 of 4Internet shutdown crosses 100 days in Pakistan-administered Kashmirend of listThe party and its allies hold 32 of the 46 occupied seats in the 53-member Legislative Assembly, five more than the 27 votes required. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) holds 14.But questions surrounding months of deadly unrest persist, as seven seats remain vacant because two districts at the centre of the protest movement have yet to vote.What is happening on Thursday?Members of the region’s legislative assembly vote at the assembly secretariat in Muzaffarabad between 10...