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Former deputy chief executive of Gilgit and a veteran politician belonging to Pakistan Peoples Party, Pir Karam Ali Shah has sworn-in as new Governor of Gilgit Baltistan, Dunya News reported on Tuesday. Chief Judge of Appellate Court Gilgit Baltistan Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi administered the oath to the new Governor. Speaker and Deputy Speaker of National Assembly have congratulated Pir Karam Ali for his appointment as a Governor.Pir Syed Karam Ali Shah is a veteran politician who was first elected unopposed as member of the northern Area Advisory Council in 1970. Pir Syed Karam Ali Shah was appointed as a new governor of the Gilgit-Baltistan on the sheer advice of the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani after Dr Shama Khalid who died on September 15, 2010.
