GILGIT: Chief Election Commissioner Raja Shahbaz Khan has summoned a session of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly for the oath-taking of newly-elected members.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notified the official election results of elections the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. According to a notification issued by the GB’s Chief Election Commissioner Raja Shahbaz Khan, the session of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly will be held in the assembly hall in Gilgit today at 2PM.
Speaker Fida Muhammad Nashad will administer the oath from newly-elected members from 24 constituencies of Gilgit-Baltistan. Soon after oath-taking, the members will elect the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chief Minister.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the majority winner in the 2020 elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly.
The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly consists of 33 seats including 24 which are contested through direct elections. The remaining nine are reserved seats including six for women and three for technocrats.
The PTI was declared successful in 10 seats, independent candidates won seven seats, PPP obtained three, PML-N won two, whereas JUI-F and MWM won one seat each.
After the remaining official results were announced on Tuesday, the PTI now has 22 out of 33 seats after acquiring the support of six independents and two victories from seats reserved for technocrats and four from those reserved for women.
A notification was issued for the total three reserved seats for technocrats and six reserved seats for women. PTI won two seats for technocrats while PPP won the third. The successful PTI candidates were Akbar Ali and Fazal Raheem, whereas from the Ghulam Shahzad won on behalf of PPP.
Among the seats reserved for women, PTI secured four, whereas one each was won by PPP and PML-N. Women candidates from PTI that stood victorious were Kaneez Fatima, Surriya Muhammad Zaman, Dilshad Bano, and Kulsoom Ilyas. PPP’s Sadia Danish and PML-N’s Sanam Bibi were the other two winners.
