Sadia Danish
Sadia Danish | |
|---|---|
سعدیہ دانش | |
| Deputy Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly | |
| In office 17 July 2023 – 24 November 2025 | |
| Speaker | Nazir Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Nazir Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Malik Kifayatur Rehman |
| Member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2026 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office 25 November 2020 – 24 November 2025 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office 10 December 2009 – 9 December 2014 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| Minister for Information, Gilgit-Baltistan | |
| In office 9 November 2013 – 9 December 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | Syed Mehdi Shah |
| Advisor for Tourism, Sports, and Youth Affairs, Gilgit-Baltistan | |
| In office 2010 – 9 December 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | Syed Mehdi Shah |
| Personal details | |
| Party | PPP (2009-present) |
Sadia Danish (Urdu: سعدیہ دانش) is a Pakistani politician, who has been a member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly since June 2026, and also served in this position from November 2020 to November 2025 and from December 2009 to December 2014.[1] In 2023, she was unanimously elected as Deputy Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, becoming the first woman elected to the post. She also served as Minister of Information and Tourism from 2009 to 2014. [2]
Biography
[edit]Sadia Danish is a native of Gilgit.[2] She joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), later serving as the party's secretary of information and as a provincial president of their women's wing.[3][4] In the 2009 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election, she was the head of the campaign of the women's wing.[4]
She was elected for the PPP as a reserved women's seat member of the first Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in the 2009 election, remaining there until 2014.[5][2] During her first term as MLA, she served as Advisor for Torusim, Youth Affairs and Sports from 2010 to 2014, and as Minister for Information from November 2013 to 2014.[6][7][2] She was a member of National Commission on the Status of Women, having been the Gilgit Baltistan member in 2013.[3][4]
She was re-elected to the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on a reserved seat for women in the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election.[2] In the same election, she contested a general seat from GBA-18 Diamer-IV as a candidate of PPP, but was unsuccessful. She received 185 votes and was defeated by Gulbar Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[8]
On 17 July 2023, speaker Nazir Ahmed announced that Danish was unanimously elected as the Assembly's deputy speaker, as the sole nominee for the post on behalf of the ruling coalition; there was no nomination from any of the other MLAs, including the opposition.[2][9] She is the first woman elected to the post, with The Nation calling it a "landmark development".[2][3] After becoming deputy speaker, she announced her intention to focus on women empowerment in the province.[2] She ceased to be Deputy Speaker when the Assembly was dissolved on 24 November 2025.
She was re-elected to the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in the 2026 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly election as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Nagri, Jamil (22 June 2026). "PPP's Amjad Hussain elected as GB chief minister after members take oath". Dawn. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nagri, Jamil (18 July 2023). "Sadia Danish becomes GB's first woman deputy speaker". Dawn. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Sadia Danish becomes GB's first woman deputy speaker". The Nation. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- 1 2 3 Annual Report 2013 (PDF) (Report). National Commission on the Status of Women. 2013. p. X. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ↑ Khan, Zulfiqar Ali (8 December 2009). "EC notifies technocrats and women legislators of GBLA". Pamir Times. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ↑ "Gilgit-Baltistan marks freedom from Dogra rule | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 1 November 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Sadia Danish appointed Information Minister for Gilgit-Baltistan". PAMIR TIMES. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Election 2020 Results- dunyanews.tv". Dunya News. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ "Sadia Danish elected GB Assembly's first woman deputy speaker". Dunya News. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ↑ Election Commission Gilgit-Baltistan (19 June 2026). 2026 Gilgit-Baltistan Returned Candidates Notification.
- Living people
- People from Gilgit
- Legislative deputy speakers in Pakistan
- Women legislative deputy speakers
- Gilgit-Baltistan MLAs 2009–2014
- Gilgit-Baltistan MLAs 2020–2025
- Gilgit-Baltistan MLAs 2026–2031
- 21st-century Pakistani women politicians
- Information ministers of Pakistan
- Tourism ministers of Pakistan
- Pakistan People's Party politicians