Overview
- The PPP parliamentary party, which met on June 13, authorized chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to take all decisions on forming the Gilgit‑Baltistan government.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that PML‑N will sit in opposition and said its lawmakers will support the procedural steps for a PPP government to be formed.
- Senior PPP and PML‑N delegations met in Gilgit to discuss coalition options and agreed to present proposed arrangements to their central and provincial leaderships for final approval.
- Party sources say a provisional understanding would give PML‑N the governor and deputy speaker posts in Gilgit‑Baltistan but those offices have not been formally allocated.
- Final sign‑offs at national and provincial levels will decide how regional policy and development funds are managed and could affect local services and Gilgit‑Baltistan's political ties with the federal government.