Muhammad Kazim Maisam ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member 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

Maisam 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-8 (Skardu-II) on the ticket from

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. He won the election by the margin of 976 votes over the runner-up Muhammad Ali Shah of Pakistan Peoples Party. He garnered 7,988 votes while Shah received 7,012 votes. On 2 December 2020, he was inducted into the cabinet of

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as the Minister for Agriculture. On 2 February 2023, he was also made the Minister for Food. On 19 July 2023, he was unanimously elected as the Leader of the Opposition in 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 locate ...

. The position had become vacant as

Amjad Hussain Azar Amjad Hussain Azar is a Pakistani politician who has been the Leader of the Opposition of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. Political career Azar contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GB ...

, the previous Leader of the Opposition, had joined the government after the election of

Gulbar Khan Gulbar Khan () is a Pakistani politician who has been the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan since July 2023. He is also a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. He used to be a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), but late ...

as the Chief Minister.

References

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