Gilgit (September 15, 2018): Governor Gilgit-Baltistan, Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan has resigned from his office.
The Governor has despatched his resignation to the President.
Mr Khan, who belongs to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), tendered his resignation to President Arif Alvi.
According to official sources, the president has accepted Mr Khan’s resignation.
Mr Khan was elected a member of the GB Assembly from Hunza constituency in the June 8, 2015 election.
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In November 2015, he was appointed GB governor by former president Mamnoon Hussain on the advice of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
After becoming governor Mr Khan had vacated his GB Assembly’s seat, which was later won by his son, Mir Saleem Khan, in a by-poll.
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Ghazanfar Khan has also served as the GB’s chief executive from 2004 to 2009 during the regime of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf.
He contested elections several times from his hometown of Karimabad in Hunza and was returned five times as a member of the GB Assembly.
At present the region is ruled by the PML-N government and the GB assembly’s term will end in 2020.
ould be appointed as the new governor in the region.
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