Amjad Hussain takes oath as Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister
PPP leader Amjad Hussain was sworn in as Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister on Monday in Gilgit. He had been elected on June 22 after the PPP emerged as the largest party in the June 7 elections.
GILGIT: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Amjad Hussain was sworn in as the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan on Monday at a ceremony attended by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
Advocate Hussain had been elected to the office on June 22 after the June 7 elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. In those polls, the PPP emerged as the single largest party by securing 12 seats in the 24-member Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly.
The PPP decided to form the government in the region with the support of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, reflecting the alliance arrangement in place at the federal level.
The oath-taking ceremony was held at Chinar Bagh. It had originally been scheduled for July 1 but was postponed after Bilawal travelled to Iran to attend the funeral of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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