{"id":2131,"date":"2026-07-06T16:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:54:25","slug":"amjad-hussain-sworn-in-as-gb-chief-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/amjad-hussain-sworn-in-as-gb-chief-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Amjad Hussain sworn in as GB chief minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GILGIT<\/strong>: PPP\u2019s Amjad Hussain on Monday was sworn in as the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan in a ceremony attended by his party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.<\/p>\n<p>Advocate Hussain was\u00a0elected\u00a0for the role on June 22 following the\u00a0June 7 elections, in which the PPP emerged as the largest party, with 12 seats in the 24-member GB assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the ceremony in Gilgit after taking the oath, Hussain said the PPP emerged as the \u201clargest party\u201d in the elections.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the region\u2019s youth and women \u201chad a huge role\u201d in the polls, in which his party candidates secured several seats.<\/p>\n<p>Hussain particularly thanked the people of Nagar who \u201cgave the PPP 100 per cent results and two seats\u201d, adding that the \u201cheavy mandate\u201d given to his party was an expression of the public confidence in the PPP.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that the Gilgit and Baltistan divisions were traditionally considered areas with a mandate for the PPP, thanking the residents there for maintaining that support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis mandate is not a new thing,\u201d the newly sworn-in CM said, stressing that the relationship between his party and the people of GB had existed for three generations.<\/p>\n<p>He further pointed out, \u201cThe people of GB broke many records. Never had it happened that one party is in [power in] the Centre and another party given the trust in GB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hussain prayed that God may help him fulfil the \u201cmost difficult responsibility\u201d given to him as the chief minister, as decided by the PPP leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He appreciated PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, GB affairs minister Amir Muqam, and opposition leader Hafeezur Rehman for \u201cadhering to democratic principles and giving the PPP the chance to form the government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) chairman Aleem Khan for \u201chelping\u201d the PPP during the entire process that had resulted in the unopposed elections of the chief minister and the assembly speaker.<\/p>\n<p>The PPP had\u00a0<u>announced<\/u>\u00a0that it would form a government in GB with the support of the PML-N. However, they agreed that the PML-N would sit in the opposition.<a id=\"gb-can-be-a-prime-example-of-good-governance\" class=\"heading-permalink\" title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2013368\/ppps-amjad-hussain-sworn-in-as-gb-chief-minister#gb-can-be-a-prime-example-of-good-governance\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his maiden speech as the GB CM, Hussain shed light on the key attributes of the region.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted GB\u2019s population and land area, noting that the region was somewhat smaller than Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but housed 1.7 million people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGB can be a prime example of good governance for the rest of the country,\u201d he remarked. \u201cWe consider transparency our prime subject. We consider it our foundation stone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chief minister also addressed issues in the region, noting that GB had a budgetary right to Rs258 billion whereas it had only received Rs142bn from the federation \u2014 a deficiency of over Rs100bn, without which he noted the region\u2019s issues could not be solved.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out that GB had received a development budget of Rs23bn rather than the required Rs33bn, and only Rs15bn rather than the Rs29bn required in subsidies, calling this \u201cabuse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the federation to fulfil its responsibilities,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Hussain noted that the region\u2019s potential \u201cdoes not match\u201d its 22 hours of\u00a0load-shedding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that somewhere we are unqualified, and somewhere there is a lack of funds,\u201d he said, noting that Gilgit city alone had about 200MW potential and Diamer had about 1,000MW of potential.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted ongoing power projects and stressed his government\u2019s commitment to focus on these projects on a \u201cday-to-day\u201d basis: \u201cNo kind of slowness or laziness will be tolerated on these projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chief minister also promised that loadshedding in GB would be nearly eliminated by the end of five years, but stressed that this would not happen without the payment of electricity bills and declared there would be no compromise on these.<\/p>\n<p>Last week,\u00a0protests erupted\u00a0in different parts of Gilgit and Chilas against extensive power loadshedding amid soaring temperatures. Protesters blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Jutial, chanting slogans against the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT: PPP\u2019s Amjad Hussain on Monday was sworn in as the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan in a ceremony attended by his party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. Advocate Hussain was\u00a0elected\u00a0for the role on June 22 following the\u00a0June 7 elections, in which the PPP emerged as the largest party, with 12 seats in the 24-member GB assembly. 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