Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu was on Tuesday appointed president of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (AP) youth wing.

A spokesman of the AP said that party today  constituted its Youth Wing for Jammu and Kashmir with seven nominations in the first phase.

These appointments were proposed by the respective provincial bodies and were announced after being approved by party President  Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari.

Mattu, AP leader and Mayor SMC has been appointed as the President of  the Youth Wing for J&K while  Mir Tajamul Ishfaq and Raqeeq Ahmad Khan have been appointed as the Vice Presidents of Youth Wing.

He said Muzaffar Hussain Reshi and  Abhay Bakaya have been appointed as the General Secretaries for Kashmir and Jammu provinces, respectively.

Khalid Rathore has been appointed as Provincial President (Kashmir) and similarly Gourav Kapoor has been appointed as Provincial President (Jammu) of JKAP Youth Wing, he said.