Poonch, Feb 13: Independent candidates won chairperson and vice-chairperson posts of the District Development Council (DDC) Poonch on Saturday.
Official sources said Nazeem Akhter, an independent candidate bagged the Chairperson post and got nine votes against his rival candidate from Congress— Nazia Ghani got 5 votes.
Mohammad Ashfaq, also an independent candidate, was elected as vice-chairperson, they said.