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- ↑ "GBLA-7 Skardu 1 Election 2009 Full Result Vote Candidate". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "Result GBLA 7 – SKARDU 1". GBVotes. Retrieved 2016-02-16.