Amjad Hussain Azar is a Pakistani politician who has been the Leader of the Opposition 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 Autonomous territory (de-facto Pakistani province) of Gilgit-Baltistan, which is locat ...

since November 2020.

Political career

Azar contested the

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, eithe ...

on 15 November 2020 from GBA-1 (Gilgit-I) and GBA-4 (Nagar-I) on the ticket of the

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. He won GBA-1 (Gilgit-I) by the margin of 3,393 votes over the

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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 Islami Tehreek Pakistan commonly known as ITP (Urdu: اسلامی تحریک پاکستان) is a Pakistani political party founded by Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi in 2012. The party's symbol are two swords. It is mostly active in Gilgit-Baltistan. Histor ...

. 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

References

Living people Gilgit-Baltistan MLAs 2020–2025 Politicians from Gilgit-Baltistan Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-politician-stub