Ex-DIG Mir Afzal appointed caretaker GB CM.

ISLAMABAD -- As the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) completes its five-year term, the government has appointed Mir Afzal, former deputy inspector general of police (DIG) as the caretaker chief minister of the autonomous region.

'Pursuant to Article 48-A (2) of the government of Gilgit Baltistan Order 2018, the Chairman of Gilgit Baltistan Council (Prime Minister of Pakistan), the leader of the Opposition in the outgoing GB Legislative Assembly and the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan is pleased to select and appoint Mr Mir Afzal as caretaker Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan,' a notification issued by GB Council Secretariat read.

The caretaker chief minister will take his oath on Wednesday in Gilgit and the names of cabinet members would be announced later.

Meanwhile, another notification issued by the GB Law and Prosecution Department on Tuesday announced that the present GB Legislative Assembly would stand dissolved on the expiration of its term on June 23, 2020 at midnight 2400 hours.

During the past two weeks, interviews of around a dozen candidates for the caretaker chief minister slot were held in Islamabad. According to sources, a number of former bureaucrats, politicians and...