Raja Azam Khan Amacha is a Pakistani politician and 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. He became Head of the ruling family of the former princely state of Shigar after the death of his father

Raja Muhammad Ali Shah Saba ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested fr ...

. He is the

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 thre ...

(PTI) candidate for the position of Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Political career

He contested the

2009 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Election Elections were held on 12 November 2009 in the province of Gilgit-Baltistan for the first time to elect the first Assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan. Background The region of Gilgit-Baltistan was formerly known as Northern Areas. The Northern Areas w ...

from GBA-12 Skardu-VI as a candidate of the

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions: * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan Muttah ...

(MQM). He won the election with a margin of 1,702 votes over the runner-up

Imran Nadeem Imran Nadeem is a Pakistani politician who was member of the 2nd Gilgit Baltistan Assembly The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (GBA), formerly known as Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), is a unicameral legislature of elected represen ...

of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). He garnered 10,520 votes while Nadeem received 8,818 votes. He contested the

2015 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Election The 2015 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections were held on 8 June 2015. Elections were held in 24 constituencies, each electing one member to the 2nd Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly. 269 candidates contested these elections, either representi ...

from GBA-12 Shigar as a candidate of the

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML(N)) but was unsuccessful. He received 9,930 votes and lost to Imran Nadeem, a candidate of the PPP. He 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 ...

from GBA-12 Shigar as a candidate of the

(PTI). He won the election by a margin of 1,788 votes over the runner-up Imran Nadeem of the PPP. He garnered 10,674 votes while Nadeem received 8,886 votes. On 5 July 2023, Amacha became the PTI's candidate for the position of the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, which became vacant due to the disqualification of Khalid Khurshid, the previous Chief Minister.

References

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