HUNZA – Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon took the oath of his office as 6th Governor of Gilgit Baltistan on Sunday.
The oath was administered by Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit Baltistan Chief Judge Javed Iqbal.
GB Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rahman, cabinet ministers, elites, and senior civil and military authorities attended the ceremony.
The federal government earlier appointed Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon, the president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the region, as the new governor of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Maqpoon was defeated by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Akbar Khan Taban in the GB Assembly election from Skardu constituency in 2015.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, the president accepted the resignation of Governor GB Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan.
Maqpoon has been appointed as the new Governor GB under Article 33(1) of the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018.
