Syed Mehdi Shah (

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: ) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 8th

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since 15 August 2022. Previously, he served as the first

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from 2009 to 2014. He has also served as the President of the Pakistan People's Party at Gilgit-baltistan. He contested in 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election from the constituency GBA-7 (Skardu-I), but lost to Raja Zakaria Khan Maqpoon.

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