Mehdi takes oath as GB governor

GILGIT: Former chief minister Syed Mehdi Shah took oath as Gilgit-Baltistan Governor on Thursday.

GB Supreme Appellate Court Chief Justice Wazir Shakeel administered the oath at ceremony held in Governor House.

GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, his cabinet members, GB Assembly Deputy Speaker Nazir Ahmed and legislators belonging to the ruling PTI and opposition parties — PPP, PML-N and JUI-F — workers attended the oath-taking ceremony.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2022

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Jamil Nagri is a Gilgit-Baltistan-based correspondent for Dawn with over a decade of experience in journalism. His reporting and feature writing focus on CPEC, climate change, the environment, and adventure tourism. He can be found on X at @jamilnagri.

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