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Chief Minister Of Gilgit-Baltistan
Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan is elected by the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly to serve as the head of the provincial government in Gilgit-Baltistan for a five-year term. The current Chief Minister is Khalid Khurshid, who was elected on 1 December 2020, following the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election. List of Chief Ministers Timeline See also * Government of Gilgit-Baltistan * Cabinet of Gilgit-Baltistan * Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly * Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan * List of Chief Ministers in Pakistan * List of Governors of Pakistan References External links Chief Minister's WebsiteGovernment of Gilgit-BaltistanGilgit-Baltistan Assembly Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Lists of Chief Ministers of Pakistani provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Ministers of Gilgit-Baltistan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Khurshid
Muhammad Khalid Khurshid Khan (Urdu: محمد خالد خورشید خان ; born 17 November 1980) is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who is the current Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan ''de-facto'' province of Pakistan, from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He has been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since 25 November 2020. Early life and education Khan was born on 17 November 1980 in Rattu area of Shounter Tehsil in Astore District. He belongs to the Machoque tribe. He matriculated from Public School and College, Gilgit and did his graduation from Lahore. He received degree in law from Queen Mary University of London , England. He practiced law in London before returning to Pakistan to participate in politics. Political career Khalid Khurshid tabled Provisional Provincial Status Motion for Gilgit-Baltistan in Gilgit Baltistan Assembly and got it unanimously approved. Khalid is recognized as an expert in constitutional law which facilitated process of granting P ... [...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 leadership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Pakistan
A governor in Pakistan is the appointed head of state of a province, appointed by the President of Pakistan on the advice of the Prime Minister. Articles 101 to 105 of the Constitution of Pakistan deal with the appointment, conditions, and duties of a governor. A governor should be eligible to be elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, and should be at least 35 years old. They should also be a registered voter of the concerned province, and should not hold any office of profit. The Chief Justice of the concerned province's High Court administers the oath of office, after which the governor is not eligible for the election as a member of the Parliament of Pakistan and the Provincial Assemblies as long as they are in office. In case of a governor's absence, the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly becomes the acting governor of the province. Current governors in Pakistan The table below lists the currently-serving governors of Pakistan as of July 2022. Heads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Chief Ministers In Pakistan ...
A chief minister in Pakistan is the elected head of government of one of Pakistan's four provinces or the two non-provincial sub-national territories that have assemblies. The chief minister is elected through elections and the majority party is invited to elect a leader, whose tenure lasts for five years. Current chief ministers in Pakistan The table below lists the currently serving chief ministers and heads of administrative units (AUs) of Pakistan as of August 2022. Current prime minister of Azad Jammu Kashmir See also * List of prime ministers of Pakistan * Chief Secretary (Pakistan) * List of current Pakistani governors References {{reflist Chief Minister Chief Minister Governors A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political_regions, political region, ranking under the Head of State, head of state and in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Gilgit-Baltistan
The Cabinet of Gilgit-Baltistan is the cabinet of the government of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. The cabinet consists of twelve ministers, two advisors, three special assistants to the chief minister, two coordinators, and the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan is elected by the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly to serve as the head of the provincial government in Gilgit-Baltistan for a five-year term. The current Chief Minister is Khalid Khurshid, who was elected on 1 December .... References Ministries of Pakistani provinces Government of Gilgit-Baltistan {{Pakistan-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML–N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), and it is the largest party in terms of representation in the National Assembly of Pakistan since the 2018 general election. With over 10 million members in Pakistan and abroad, it claims to be the country's largest political party by primary membership as well as one of the largest political parties in the world. Despite Khan's popular persona in Pakistan, the PTI had limited initial success: it failed to win, as a collective, a single seat in the 1997 general election and the 2002 general election; only Khan himself was able to win a seat. Throughout the 2000s, the PTI remained in opposition to the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz
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 Zia-ul-Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman
Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 2nd Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, a territory in Northern Pakistan (''de facto'' province) and also leader of Pakistan's conservative political party PML-N, in Gilgit-Baltistan. He served in office from 26 June 2015 to 23 June 2020. Early life Rehman was born in Kashtore neighbourhood of Gilgit, Northern Areas territory, where he received his early education in Gilgit City where he passed secondary school certification and then attended Jamia Farida madrassa in Lahore, Punjab, for religious education. His elder brother Saif Rehman had been like a political alma mater for him, who played the key role in establishing Pakistan Muslim League-N in Gilgit-Baltistan. In 2003, Saif Rehman who was serving as education, finance and revenue adviser in the then set-up, was assassinated in his hometown Kashrote near Gilgit city by his own close cousin. Political career Rehman had his political training in an info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sher Jehan Mir
Sher Jehan Mir (Urdu: شیر جہاں میر) is a Pakistani politician and banker. He formerly served as the first Caretaker government, caretaker Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan from 12 December 2014 to 26 June 2015. He had also been nominated for the office of Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan in December 2007. Currently, he is the chairman of the Gilgit-Baltistan Rural Support Program, which is an initiative for poverty reduction, poverty alleviation. As a banker, he has also represented Pakistan at multiple forums, including the Bankers Conference in Japan in 1986. References Chief Ministers of Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistani bankers Politicians from Gilgit-Baltistan People from Gilgit Living people 1954 births {{Pakistan-politician-stub ... [...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-popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Gilgit-Baltistan
The Government of Gilgit-Baltistan ( ur, ) is the government of the administrative territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the 2009 Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order, in which 14 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction. The government includes the cabinet, selected from members the Gilgit–Baltistan Assembly, and the non-political civil staff within each department. The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the Cabinet. The Chief Minister and Cabinet are thus responsible the functioning of government and are entitled to remain in office so long as it maintains the confidence of the elected Assembly. The head of state of the province is known as the Governor. The terms ''Government of Gilgit–Baltistan'' or ''Gilgit–Baltista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China from somewhat later.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (e) through (g) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (h) below): (a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
