GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elected PPP’s Advocate Amjad Hussain as the chief minister on Monday, just hours after the newly elected assembly members took oath. This came after the PPP’s Imran Nadeem Shigri and the PML-N’s Malik Kifayatur Rehman were elected as the assembly’s speaker and deputy speaker, respectively. Nadeem announced the election schedule for the leader of the House, gave until 7:40pm to file the nomination papers and withdrawals for the position of chief minister, and adjourned the proceedings.