Nazir Ahmed (Pakistani politician) explained

Nazir Ahmed
Office:Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
Term Start:7 June 2023
Office1:Member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
Term Start1:25 November 2020
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Term Start2:25 November 2020
Term End2:7 June 2023
Office2:Deputy Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
Constituency1:GBA-20 (Ghizer-II)
1Blankname2:Speaker
1Namedata2:Syed Amjad Ali Zaidi
Predecessor2:Jafarullah Khan
Predecessor:Syed Amjad Ali Zaidi
Governor:Syed Mehdi Shah
Successor2:Sadia Danish
Deputy:Sadia Danish

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

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]

Notes and References

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