Mushtaq Hussain | |
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Member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly | |
Assumed office 25 November 2020 | |
Constituency | GBA-22 (Ghanche-I) |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Mushtaq Hussain is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. He started his political career district council chairman election. He won his district council chairman election in first chance.
Hussain contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GBA-22 (Ghanche-I) as an Independent candidate. He won the election by the margin of 1,106 votes over the runner up Muhammad Ibrahim Sanai of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He garnered 6,051 votes while Sanai received 4,945 votes. [1] After winning the election,Hussain joined PTI. [2]
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