{"id":109494,"date":"2026-04-25T13:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=109494"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:53:16","slug":"gb-assembly-speaker-nazir-ahmed-joins-ppp-after-quitting-pti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/gb-assembly-speaker-nazir-ahmed-joins-ppp-after-quitting-pti\/","title":{"rendered":"GB assembly speaker Nazir Ahmed joins PPP after quitting PTI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: The <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Pakistan Peoples Party<\/span><\/span> has gained a key political figure as Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Speaker <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Nazir Ahmed Advocate<\/span><\/span> announced his decision to leave the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf<\/span><\/span> and join the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/former-ppp-mna-nawab-mir-babul-khan-jhakrani-passes-away\/\">PPP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"593\">According to reports, Nazir Ahmed Advocate resigned from PTI\u2019s primary membership before formally joining the PPP. Senior party leaders, including Secretary General <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Qamar Zaman Kaira<\/span><\/span>, welcomed him into the party.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"759\">Nazir Ahmed has been serving as Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly since June 2023. His move is being seen as another political setback for PTI in the region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"1077\">Earlier, in August last year, former PTI Gilgit-Baltistan Information Secretary <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sajid Qureshi<\/span><\/span> also joined the PPP along with several associates. At the time, he cited dissatisfaction with protest politics and expressed confidence in PPP\u2019s leadership, emphasizing a focus on national interest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1230\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Party leaders have assured new entrants that their contributions will be recognized and that they will be given due respect and roles within the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: The Pakistan Peoples Party has gained a key political figure as Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate announced his decision to leave the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and join the PPP. According to reports, Nazir Ahmed Advocate resigned from PTI\u2019s primary membership before formally joining the PPP. Senior party leaders, including Secretary General Syed Nayyar Hussain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":109496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[40858],"class_list":["post-109494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-gb-assembly-speaker-nazir-ahmed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109497,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109494\/revisions\/109497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}