PPP’s Amjad Hussain elected unopposed as new Chief Minister of GB

GILGIT: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Advocate Amjad Hussain has been elected unopposed as the new Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, officials said on Monday, following a unanimous show of support in the regional assembly.

The announcement was made during a session of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly chaired by Speaker Imran Nadeem, where officials confirmed that no other candidate submitted nomination papers for the top post.

Lawmakers said all members present in the house backed Amjad Hussain, making him the region’s fifth chief minister.

Amjad Hussain, who recently won a seat from GBLA-1 Gilgit, currently serves as president of the PPP’s Gilgit-Baltistan chapter. He has previously been a member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Council from 2010 to 2015 and has also won elections from multiple constituencies in 2020.

The formation of the new government comes after a political understanding between the Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, and the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, under which key assembly positions were also filled unopposed.

Earlier, PPP’s Imran Nadeem was elected unopposed as Speaker of the assembly, while PML-N’s Kifayat-ur-Rehman was chosen unopposed as Deputy Speaker.

Officials said the date for the chief minister’s oath-taking ceremony will be announced later. Opposition leader Hafeez-ur-Rehman of PML-N was also formally notified in the assembly session.