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GBA-1 (Gilgit-I)
GBA-1 (Gilgit-I) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is currently represented by the Amjad Hussain Azar of Pakistan Peoples Party who is the current opposition leader of the 3rd Gilgit Baltistan Assembly. Members of Assembly Election 2009 Syed Raziuddin Rizvi an independent politician became member of assembly by getting 10012 votes. Election 2015 Jafarullah Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ... won by getting 7171 votes and became Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. Election 2020 Amjad Hussain Azar won by 11178 votes and became the opposition leader. References {{reflist Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (GBA), formerly known as Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of Autonomous territory (de-facto Pakistani province) of Gilgit-Baltistan, which is located in Jutial neighbourhood in the city of Gilgit, the capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. It was established under the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order in 2009 which granted the region self-rule and an elected legislative assembly having a total of 33 seats, with 24 general seats, 6 seats reserved for women and 3 reserved for Technocrats and Professionals. The third Gilgit-Baltistan Elections was held on 15 November 2020. History The Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly was formed as a part of the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order in 2009 which granted the region self-rule and an elected legislative assembly. The first Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections were held in 12 November 2009 which Pak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilgit District
The Gilgit District ( ur, ) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The headquarters of the district is the town of Gilgit. According to the 1998 census, the Gilgit District had a population of 243,324. The district includes Gilgit (the capital city), the Bagrot Valley, Juglot, Danyore, Sultanabad, Naltar Peak, and the Nomal Valley. The highest peak in the district is Distaghil Sar , which is the seventh-highest peak in Pakistan and 19th highest in the world. Administration The Gilgit District is divided into three tehsils: * Danyor Tehsil * Gilgit Tehsil * Juglot Tehsil Education According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, the Gilgit District was ranked 35th out of 148 districts in terms of education. In terms of facilities and infrastructure, the district was ranked 67th out of 148. Geography The Gilgit District is bounded on the north by the Nagar District, on the east by the Shigar Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amjad Hussain Azar
Amjad Hussain Azar is a Pakistani politician who has been the Leader of the Opposition of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. Political career Azar contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GBA-1 (Gilgit-I) and GBA-4 (Nagar-I) on the ticket of the Pakistan Peoples Party. He won GBA-1 (Gilgit-I) by the margin of 3,393 votes over the Independent runner up Sultan Raees. He garnered 10,875 votes while Raees received 7,482 votes. He won GBA-4 (Nagar-I) by the margin of 498 votes over the runner up Muhammad Ayub Waziri of Islami Tehreek Pakistan. He garnered 6,104 votes while Waziri received 5,606 votes. After the election, he chose to vacate GBA-4 (Nagar-I) and took oath as the member from GBA-1 (Gilgit-I). On 30 November 2020, he was elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (GBA), formerly known as Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), is a unicameral legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Peoples Party
The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded in 1967 in Lahore, when a number of prominent left-wing politicians in the country joined hands against the military dictatorship of President Ayub Khan, under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Affiliated with Socialist International, the PPP's platform has formerly been socialist, and its stated priorities continue to include transforming Pakistan into a social-democratic state, promoting secular and egalitarian values, establishing social justice, and maintaining a strong military. The party, alongside the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, is one of the 3 largest political parties of Pakistan. Since its foundation in 1967, it has been a major centre-left force in the country and the party's leadersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The 3rd Assembly Of Gilgit-Baltistan
The 3rd Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan was elected on 15 November 2020 polls held across the province of Gilgit Baltistan. The party position and the distribution of reserved seats is shown below. The new session of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly had summoned on 25 November 2020. Party Position List of Members of the 3rd Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan Members of the 3rd Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan are as follows: †Elected as an Independent but joined the party after the election. ⥾Basic Member of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan (MWM) ( ur, مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین) is a Pakistani Shi'a political organization. Its headquarters are in Islamabad. MWM Pakistan works to establish an Islamic democratic welfare state, particularly emp ... References {{reflist, 30em Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly constituencies Members of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Election
Elections were held on 12 November 2009 in the province of Gilgit-Baltistan for the first time to elect the first Assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan. Background The region of Gilgit-Baltistan was formerly known as Northern Areas. The Northern Areas were formed by joining Gilgit Agency and Baltistan regions in 1970 but the Northern Areas were ruled directly from Islamabad. In 2009 the Government of Pakistan passed an Autonomy Order known as Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-governance Order, 2009 which was signed by the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari in September 2009. Campaign and Polling 264 candidates out of which 99 from 10 different political parties and 165 independent candidates contested for 24 seats across Gilgit-Baltistan. Voting took place on 12 November 2009 on Morning 9 AM to 4 PM without any break. 1022 polling stations were set up across Gilgit-Baltistan out of which 200 polling stations were considered sensitive. 5000 law enforcement personnel was hired f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly Election
The 2015 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections were held on 8 June 2015. Elections were held in 24 constituencies, each electing one member to the 2nd Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly. 269 candidates contested these elections, either representing one of the political parties of Gilgit-Baltistan (at the time of the 2020 elections) or being an independent candidate. 618,364 voters in Gilgit-Baltistan had the ability to exercise their right to vote in the elections and were able to vote across the province. 329,475 of the people registered to vote were male and 288,889 were female (a gender gap of 8%). Background In 1970, the Gilgit Agency, Baltistan District, and the princely states of Hunza and Nagar were merged into a single administrative unit, called the " Federally Administered Northern Areas", often shortened to "FANA", or "Northern Areas". The Northern Areas were governed directly from Islamabad through the "Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas". In 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jafarullah Khan
Jafarullah Khan is a Pakistani politician who was the member of Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly and served as the Deputy Speaker of Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly from June 2015 till June 2020. He is a senior member of Pakistan Muslim League N (PML-N). Education Jafarullah studied from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Then he studied his college at Jama Millia College Karachi. Political career Jafarullah Khan has also stayed as the spokesman of Pakistan Muslim League (N), Gilgit Baltistan. Jafarullah Khan contested in GBLA-1 and got 7171 votes and won his seat in the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly. He became the deputy speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly. References {{Authority control Living people Gilgit-Baltistan MLAs 2015–2020 Year of birth missing (living people) University of Agriculture, Faisalabad alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a centre-right and liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), it is one of the three major political parties of the country. The party was founded by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after the dissolution of Islamic Democratic Alliance in 1993. The party's platform is generally conservative, which involves supporting free markets, deregulation, lower taxes and private ownership. Although the party historically supported social conservatism, in recent years, the party’s political ideology and platform has become more liberal on social and cultural issues. One of several continuing factions of the original Muslim League, the seeds of the party were sown following the 1985 Elections when the Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Khan Junejo organised the supporters of President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly Election
The 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections were held on 15 November 2020. Elections will be held in 24 constituencies, each electing one member to the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly. 330 candidates will contest these elections, either representing one of the political parties of Gilgit-Baltistan (at the time of the 2020 elections) or being an independent candidate. The elections were originally scheduled to be held on 18 August 2020, but were postponed in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which severely affected Gilgit-Baltistan. The Pakistan Army was not be called in to preside over the polls at the Election, with Mir Afzal, the Caretaker Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, giving a statement that the caretaker government had the capacity to hold free, fair, and transparent elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. Opinion polling taken before the election had shown the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), the ruling party prior to the 2020 election, being the third-most-popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jafarullah
Jafarullah Khan is a Pakistani politician who was the member of Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly and served as the Deputy Speaker of Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly from June 2015 till June 2020. He is a senior member of Pakistan Muslim League N (PML-N). Education Jafarullah studied from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Then he studied his college at Jama Millia College Karachi. Political career Jafarullah Khan has also stayed as the spokesman of Pakistan Muslim League (N), Gilgit Baltistan. Jafarullah Khan contested in GBLA-1 and got 7171 votes and won his seat in the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (GBA), formerly known as Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of Autonomous territory (de-facto Pakistani province) of Gilgit-Baltistan, which is locate .... He became the deputy speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly. References {{Aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
