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- ↑ "Gilgit Baltistan Election Results 2009". Welcome To Adeel Danish's Weblog. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ↑ "Result GBLA 10 – SKARDU 4". GBVotes. Retrieved 2016-02-17.