Nazir Ahmed Advocate was elected as the speaker of Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, unopposed, on Wednesday.
Nazir Ahmed hailing from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf after being elected took the oath as the Speaker of GB Assembly.
Earlier inthe day, Amjad Zaidi, belonging to the PTI, was removed from his post by the members of his own party through a no-confidence motion.
Interestingly, the assembly members belonging to the opposition did not participate in the no-confidence motion.
The no-confidence motion became successful with 21 votes while Zaidi bagged only one vote. The ruling party and its allies voted in favour of the no-confidence motion.
The motion was presented by provincial minister Javed Manwa and senior provincial minister Raja Zakaria.
