Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin

Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin is a Pakistani politician who has been the Leader of the Opposition in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly since August 2026. He has been a member of the Assembly since July 2011.

Political career Yasin was elected to the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly from LA-11 Kotli-IV as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the 2011 Azad Kashmiri general election.

On 26 July 2011, he was sworn into the cabinet of Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majid as a Senior Minister.

He was re-elected to the Assembly from LA-11 Kotli-IV as a candidate of PPP in the 2016 Azad Kashmiri general election. He received 27,566 votes and defeated Raja Muhammad Iqbal Khan, a candidate of PML(N).

After the election, he was nominated by PPP for the office of Prime Minister, but was unsuccessful. He received 5 votes and was defeated by Raja Farooq Haider Khan, a candidate of PML(N).

On 4 August 2016, he was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. He chose to retain LA-10 Kotli-III and vacate LA-12 Kotli-V. The resulting by-election for the latter constituency was won by his son, Chaudhry Amir Yasin.

On 1 September 2021, he was appointed as the president of PPP's Azad Kashmir chapter.

He was re-elected to the Assembly from LA-10 Kotli-III as a candidate of the PPP in the 2026 Azad Kashmiri general election. He received 12,431 votes, while the runner-up, Fateh Mehmood-ul-Hassan of PML(N), received 9,246 votes. In the same election, he contested from LA-12 Kotli-V as a candidate of PPP, but was unsuccessful. He received 30,320 votes and was defeated by Raja Muhammad Riasat Khan, a candidate of PML(N).

On 28 August 2026, he was once again appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.