GILGIT: Newly elected members of the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Assembly were sworn in on Monday by outgoing Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate.

A total of 30 members took the oath as the first session of the sixth assembly convened in Gilgit. These included 21 lawmakers elected on general seats, six women members on reserved seats and three technocrats. The results for three general constituencies remain pending due to ongoing legal and electoral proceedings.

The session was subsequently adjourned until 3pm.

The assembly session was summoned for 9am on Monday for swearing in the newly elected representatives, and for the speaker and deputy speaker elections.

Following the June 7 election, the PPP has won 13 seats, the PML-N nine, the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) six, and Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) and a PTI-backed independent one each.

The PML-N and the IPP have decided to support the PPP in the elections for the chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker. It should be mentioned that the PPP has announced that it would form a government in GB with the support of the PML-N.

PPP’s Advocate Amjad Hussain is expected to be elected chief minister, while Imran Nadeem is expected to become the speaker. Meanwhile, PML-N’s Malik Kifayat is slated to be the new deputy speaker.