PPPs Pir Karam Ali Shah has been appointed new governor of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). He has been appointed as GB governor on the advice of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. Karam Ali Shah is popular political personality of northern areas. He was elected as council member of northern areas in 1977 and he is now member of legislative assembly. Pir Karam Ali Shah has been appointed GB governor after the demise of former governor Shamah Khalid.