{"id":116076,"date":"2026-06-22T18:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=116076"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:02:04","slug":"ppps-imran-nadeem-elected-unopposed-speaker-of-gb-assembly-kifayat-ur-rehman-becomes-deputy-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ppps-imran-nadeem-elected-unopposed-speaker-of-gb-assembly-kifayat-ur-rehman-becomes-deputy-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP\u2019s Imran Nadeem elected unopposed Speaker of GB Assembly, Kifayat-ur-Rehman becomes Deputy Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Imran Nadeem was elected unopposed as the new Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pml-n-releases-final-list-of-candidates-for-37-ajk-assembly-constituencies\/\">PML-N)<\/a> leader Kifayat-ur-Rehman Advocate was elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>According to outgoing Speaker Nazir Ahmed, no member opposed the election of either candidate, including the PTI-backed independent member in the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said the election for the office of Chief Minister is also likely to be held unopposed following the formation of a broad-based alliance in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after PPP, PML-N, and the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) joined hands to form a coalition government in the region. The alliance supported the unanimous election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, after PML-N, the IPP also announced its support for the PPP-led government formation in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to party sources, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari telephoned IPP President Abdul Aleem Khan and invited his party to join efforts to form the government in Gilgit-Baltistan. Abdul Aleem Khan accepted the offer and assured full support for the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, Abdul Aleem Khan said he had a positive and constructive conversation with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and pledged support for the election of the Chief Minister, Speaker, and other constitutional offices in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition parties are now expected to move forward with the election of the Chief Minister, with sources indicating that the process may also take place without opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Imran Nadeem was elected unopposed as the new Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Kifayat-ur-Rehman Advocate was elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker. According to outgoing Speaker Nazir Ahmed, no member opposed the election of either candidate, including the PTI-backed independent member in the assembly. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":116077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43221,43222,43220],"class_list":["post-116076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-imran-nadeem","tag-kifayat-ur-rehman","tag-speaker-of-gb-assembly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116076","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=116076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116078,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116076\/revisions\/116078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}