Fida Muhammad Nashad is a senior Pakistani politician from Gilgit Baltistan who served as the 2nd speaker of the

Gilgit Baltistan Assembly The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (GBA), formerly known as Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani territory (''de facto'' Pakistani province, province) of Gilgit-Baltista ...

. He was a member of the

Pakistan Muslim League N The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate and the largest in the National Assembly. The party was founded in 1993, when a num ...

. He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He is the chairman of Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation (BCDF).

Early life and education

Fida Muhammad Nashad belongs to The Royal family of Baltistan "The Maqpoons". He was born in a village in Skardu called Hussain Abad to Mr Kacho Amir Baig Maqpon, who had contributed a lot for the freedom of Baltistan from Dogra raaj during the 1940s. Fida Muhammad Nashad started his early education from his own hometown Hussain Abad (then called khiphchong).

Political career

Fida Muhammad Nashad was an active member of PML (N) from district Skardu. He is the member of MDGs task force from the Legislative Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan. Previously he was elected as a member of Northern Areas Council in 1994. He was elected for the 2nd term in 1999 as member of Northern Areas Council. He was later elected as (Chief Minister) Deputy Chief Executive of the council. He was elected for the 3rd term in 2004 as member of NAs council. Fida Muhammad Nashad won his seat in GBLA-9 in the 2015 Gilgit Baltistan elections. He then was elected as the speaker of

. In 2020, before 2020 Gilgit Baltistan elections, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Book

Fida Muhammad Nashad made a book Slachen which he presented to Pakistan's former president

Mamnoon Hussain Mamnoon Hussain (; 23 December 1940 – 14 July 2021) was a Pakistani politician and industrialist who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He was first appointed Governor of Sindh in June 1999 by President Rafiq Tarar ...

. He has four books, namely siachen a collection of articles on siachen glaciar, one travelogue book to Iran and Iraq and a poetry book.

Elections 2020

Fida Muhammad Nashad was candidate from GBA-9 as a ticket holder of PTI however he was defeated by

Wazir Muhammad Saleem Wazir Muhammad Saleem is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. Political career Saleem contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GBA-9 (Skardu-I ...

and independent Candidate.

Poetry

Fida Muhammad Nashad is a well known poet of Gilgit Baltistan. He usually writes qasida, manqabat and hamdia but also has an interest in ghazaliat. His first poetry collection is in publication now.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Skardu District Gilgit-Baltistan MLAs 2015–2020 Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians {{GilgitBaltistan-MLA-stub