The Balawaristan National Front is a defunct political party which sought Independence for Gilgit-Baltistan,claimed as Balawaristan,as well as claims in certain regions of the Indian-Administered Kashmir,Kargil and Ladakh,as part of its historical territory.
Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhary,commonly referred to as Ejaz Chaudhary,is a serving Pakistani senator,national politician,and former deputy mayor of Lahore. As of 2019,he is the President of PTI Punjab. In 2007 Chaudhary had joined Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He has served as Imran Khan's chief political advisor,and served as the Punjab President of the party from 2013 to 2015. After becoming Punjab President he serves on both the central executive committee and core committee (Politburo)
The chief minister of Gilgit Baltistan is elected by the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly to serve as the head of the provincial government in Gilgit-Baltistan for a five-year term.
Asad Qaiser is a Pakistani politician. He is the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan,served from August 2018 to April 2022. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan,from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously,he was the member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018 and served as the 14th Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly,from May 2013 to August 2018.
Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur is a Pakistani politician who was the former Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan,from 5 October 2018 to 10 April 2022. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
Sikandar Sultan Raja is a retired Pakistani civil servant who serves as the Chief Election Commissioner in office since January 2020. He belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Rizwan Ahmed,Hussain Asghar,Fawad Hasan Fawad and Jawad Rafique Malik.
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Sindh to elect the members of the 13th Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 25 July 2018,alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Balochistan and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan,AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan,were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.
The 2015 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections were held on 8 June 2015. Elections were held in 24 constituencies,each electing one member to the 2nd Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly. 269 candidates contested these elections,either representing one of the political parties of Gilgit-Baltistan or being an independent candidate.
The 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections were held on 15 November 2020. Elections were held in 24 constituencies,each electing one member to the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly. 330 candidates contested these elections,either representing one of the political parties of Gilgit-Baltistan or being an independent candidate.
Syed Amjad Ali Zaidi is a Pakistani politician who had been the Speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly from November 2020 to June 2023. He has also been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020.
Raja Azam Khan Amacha is a Pakistani politician and has been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. He became Head of the ruling family of the former princely state of Shigar after the death of his father Raja Muhammad Ali Shah Saba. He is the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for the position of Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Muhammad Khalid Khurshid Khan is the President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Gilgit-Baltistan who served as the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan,a territory in Northern Pakistan until he was disqualified from his post on 4 July 2023 by the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court. He was also a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly from 25 November 2020 until his disqualification.
Fatehullah Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly from November 2020 to August 2023.
Javaid Ali Manwa is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020.
Raja Nasir Ali Khan Maqpoon is a Pakistani politician who is Minister of Tourism GB and a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020.
Nawaz Khan Naji is a nationalist politician who is a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since 2011. He elected 3rd time and completed heat trek. He was born in a village,Sherqilla,in Ghizer District. He graduated in political science from Karachi University Sindh. He came back to Gilgit-Baltistan and founded his own nationalist political party,Balawaristan National Front,on 28 December 1989.
Amjad Hussain Azar is a Pakistani politician who has been the Leader of the Opposition of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020.
The Balawaristan National Front,more commonly known as the BNF,is a Pakistani political party of Gilgit-Baltistan.It was founded by Nawaz Khan Naji in 1989. The party calls for Gilgit-Baltistan to be given autonomy while still remaining a part of the Pakistani federation,and to be declared the fifth province of Pakistan.
Sadia Danish is a Pakistani politician. After serving in party positions within the Pakistan People's Party,she was elected to one of the reserved women's seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in 2009 and served as Minister of Information and Tourism. In 2023,she was unanimously elected as deputy speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly,becoming the first woman elected to the post.
