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Nazir Ahmed (Pakistani politician)

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Nazir Ahmed
Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
Assumed office
7 June 2023
GovernorSyed Mehdi Shah
DeputySadia Danish
Preceded bySyed Amjad Ali Zaidi
Member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
Assumed office
25 November 2020
ConstituencyGBA-20 (Ghizer-II)
Deputy Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
In office
25 November 2020 – 7 June 2023
SpeakerSyed Amjad Ali Zaidi
Preceded byJafarullah Khan
Succeeded bySadia Danish
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Nazir Ahmed is a Pakistani politician who is the Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since June 2023. He has also been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. Prior to being elected Speaker, he served as the Deputy Speaker from November 2020 to June 2023.

Political career

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Ahmed contested in the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GBA-20 (Ghizer-II) on the ticket of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He won the election by a margin of 1,767 votes over the runner-up Khan Akbar Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q). He garnered 5,582 votes while Khan received 3,815 votes.[1]

He received twenty-two votes to be elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly on 25 November 2020, while his opponent, Rehmat Khaliq, only revived nine votes.[2]

On 7 June 2023, after a successful no-confidence motion against Syed Amjad Ali Zaidi, the then Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly, Ahmed was elected as the new Speaker, unopposed.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "G-B polls: PTI leads with 10 seats; independents bag 7 and PPP 3 | The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ "Amjad Zaidi elected as Speaker of GB Assembly". www.radio.gov.pk. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  3. ^ Shigri, Manzar (2023-06-07). "Nazir Ahmed Advocate elected GB Assembly speaker unopposed". Samaa. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  4. ^ Nagri, Jamil (2023-06-08). "GB Assembly speaker ousted, replaced by his deputy". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-06-08.