{"id":111954,"date":"2026-05-09T17:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=111954"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:18:10","slug":"political-realignments-intensify-in-gilgit-baltistan-ahead-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/political-realignments-intensify-in-gilgit-baltistan-ahead-of-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Political realignments intensify in Gilgit-Baltistan ahead of elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: BALTISTAN: Political maneuvering has intensified in<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pml-n-announces-candidates-for-gilgit-baltistan-polls\/\"> Gilgit-Baltistan<\/a> following the announcement of party tickets, as several dissatisfied leaders have begun switching political affiliations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:44b51db0-24b3-4668-b73f-c5daed401167-18\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full overflow-visible\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:44b51db0-24b3-4668-b73f-c5daed401167-18\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:44b51db0-24b3-4668-b73f-c5daed401167-18\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-38\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"471a2585-cac3-4dcf-886c-7b31b8cd40d9\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3-mini\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"165\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Former Deputy Speaker and PPP Gilgit-Baltistan Information Secretary Sadia Danish\u2019s aunt, along with her family, has joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Syed Amjad Zaidi has joined the Islamic Tehreek Pakistan after failing to secure a ticket from the Pakistan Peoples Party.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, PPP leader Wazir Hassan from Rondu has left the party and joined the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz after being denied a ticket.<\/p>\n<p>In another development, former Finance Minister Javed Ali Manwa from Nagar constituency 5 has also joined PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>According to political sources, several other disgruntled leaders and workers across various constituencies are actively considering changing party loyalties, indicating further political shifts in the region in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: BALTISTAN: Political maneuvering has intensified in Gilgit-Baltistan following the announcement of party tickets, as several dissatisfied leaders have begun switching political affiliations. Former Deputy Speaker and PPP Gilgit-Baltistan Information Secretary Sadia Danish\u2019s aunt, along with her family, has joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Former Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Syed Amjad Zaidi has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":111955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[643,40055,41951,41950],"class_list":["post-111954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-gilgit-baltistan","tag-gilgit-baltistan-elections","tag-islamic-tehreek-pakistan","tag-syed-amjad-zaidi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111954","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111997,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111954\/revisions\/111997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}