{"id":127244,"date":"2026-06-09T10:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=127244"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:35:12","slug":"ppp-poised-to-form-govt-in-gb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/127244\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP poised to form govt in GB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GILGIT(National Times)- The PPP is all set to form a government in Gilgit-Baltistan after it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2006026\">gained<\/a>\u00a011 out of 24 seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legi\u00adslative Assembly, according to unofficial results (Forms-47) of the June 7 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As per Forms-47 issued by returning officers from 24 constituencies, the PPP bagged 11 seats, with the PML-N trailing with six seats. The candidates backed by the PTI won two seats, and its ally MWM was victorious in one seat. The independent candidates secured four seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on X in the early hours of Monday, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari declared victory, saying the PPP had become the \u201csingle largest party\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Pakistan Peoples Party is emerging as the single largest party and we will be attempting to form government. I am grateful to the people for their trust and congratulations to Jiyalas on their victory,\u201d said Bhutto-Zardari, whose party had alleged rigging during the polling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recount ordered<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, the Elec\u00adtion Commission of Gilgit-Baltistan ordered a reco\u00adunt in two constituencies and re-polling in a few polling stations in GBA-16, Diamer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recount order came after independent candidate Safdar Ali Shirazi and PPP candidate Nazir Ahmed Advocate formally requested a recount of votes in GBA-20 (Ghizer-II), alleging irregularities during the counting process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting on the request, the returning officer ordered a recount, which is scheduled to take place today. The commission also ordered a recount in GBA-3, Gilgit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Election Commission also ordered a re-poll at three polling stations in GBA-16 (Diamer-II).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Victorious candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PPP regional president Amjad Hussain won from GBA-1 (Gilgit), while former chief minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman of PML-N won from GBA-2 (Gilgit). PTI-backed independent Sohail Abbas won from GBA-3 (Gilgit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Hunza, PTI-backed independent Naik Nam Karim won from GBA-6. In Nagar, Muhammad Ali Akhtar of PPP won from GBA-4 and Zulfiqar Ali Murad of PPP won from GBA-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Skardu, Syed Tauqeer Mehdi of PPP won from GBA-7, Fida Muhammad Nashad of PPP from GBA-9, Nasir Ali Khan of PPP from GBA-10, and Mohammad Kazim Mesum of MWM from GBA-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Kharmang district, Iqbal Hassan of PPP won from GBA-11. In Shigar district, Imran Nadeem of PPP won from GBA-12. In Astore district, Rana Farman Ali and Rana Muhammad Farooq won from GBA-13 and GBA-14, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Diamer, Kifayatur Rehman of PML-N won from GBA-18, independent candidate Dilpazir Khan won from GBA-15, Ataullah of PPP from GBA-16, and Mohammad Naseem of PPP from GBA-17. In Ghizer, Syed Jalal of PPP won from GBA-19, Abdul Jahan of PML-N won from GBA-20, and independent candidate Aman Ali won from GBA-21 (Yasin).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT(National Times)- The PPP is all set to form a government in Gilgit-Baltistan after it\u00a0gained\u00a011 out of 24 seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legi\u00adslative Assembly, according to unofficial results (Forms-47) of the June 7 elections. As per Forms-47 issued by returning officers from 24 constituencies, the PPP bagged 11 seats, with the PML-N trailing with six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PPP poised to form govt in GB - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/127244\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PPP poised to form govt in GB - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GILGIT(National Times)- The PPP is all set to form a government in Gilgit-Baltistan after it\u00a0gained\u00a011 out of 24 seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legi\u00adslative Assembly, according to unofficial results (Forms-47) of the June 7 elections. 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