PML-N senior party leaders also planned to address public meetings at several locations across the UK today
Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addresses a press conference at the Chief Minister House on Thursday, September 25, 2025. Photo: X
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is scheduled to arrive in Skardu at 2 pm on Sunday, where he will begin a series of organizational meetings ahead of the formal launch of his party’s election campaign for the upcoming Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) elections.
According to the campaign plan, Bilawal will meet PPP candidates and party officials in Skardu before starting public election activities on Monday.
He is expected to travel in a rally from Skardu Airport to Shah Villas where he will spend the night. On Monday morning, he will travel to Shigar, where he is scheduled to address an election rally. After the event, he returns to Skardu in the evening.
The chairman is also expected to address a public gathering in Skardu on June 2 before proceeding to Gilgit later that day.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has also intensified its campaign activities. Senior party leaders are scheduled to address public meetings in several UK locations on Sunday.
Khawaja Saad Rafique is expected to address a gathering in Skardu, while Murtaza Javed Abbasi will address supporters in Gilgit. Abid Sher Ali is scheduled to attend a rally in Diamer while Abid Raza Kotla will address a public meeting in Gilgit.
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The GB Assembly election is due to take place on June 7, with political parties making a final push to mobilize voters across the region before campaigning officially ends later this week.
On Friday, senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser claimed that he was prevented from reaching Islamabad Airport and missed his flight to Skardu for the GB election campaign.
Following the incident, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi wrote to the Chief Justice of the UK Supreme Court of Appeal seeking immediate judicial intervention in the matter.
In April, the UK Electoral Commission announced that general elections in the region would be held on 7 June 2026 after a four-month delay. Originally scheduled for 24 January 2026, the election was postponed indefinitely due to severe weather conditions in the region.
