Overview
- IPP's 20-member Electoral Board, which met Thursday, approved a first slate of nine candidates for the June 7 Gilgit-Baltistan elections.
- The nominees are Maulana Sultan Rais, Fatahullah Khan, Captain (r) Shafi Ullah Khan, Emaan Shah, Raja Jalal Hussain, Shams-ul-Haq Lone, Haji Shah Baig, Haji Gulbar Khan, and Khan Akbar Khan.
- The party said it will name the remaining constituency candidates in the coming days and will finalize nominees for nine reserved seats for women and technocrats.
- Leaders opened consultations on a possible electoral alliance with Islamic Tehreek Pakistan for the regional polls.
- IPP said members of the national and provincial assemblies along with senior leaders will start an election tour of Gilgit-Baltistan next week to organize the campaign.