Top PML-N party leaders are also scheduled to address public meetings in various locations across Britain today.
Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addresses a press conference at the Chief Minister House on Thursday, September 25, 2025. Photo: X
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will arrive in Skardu at 2 pm on Sunday where he will begin a series of organizational meetings ahead of the formal launch of his party’s election campaign for the upcoming Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) elections.
According to the campaign schedule, Bilawal will meet PPP candidates and party officials in Skardu before commencing public election activities on Monday.
He is expected to travel in a rally from Skardu airport to Shah Villas, where he will spend the night. On Monday morning he will leave for Shigar, where he is scheduled to give a speech at an election rally. After the event you will return to Skardu in the evening.
The president is also expected to address a public meeting in Skardu on June 2 before traveling to Gilgit later in the day.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has also stepped up its campaign activities. Top party leaders are scheduled to speak at public meetings in various locations across Britain on Sunday.
Khawaja Saad Rafique is expected to speak at a meeting in Skardu, while Murtaza Javed Abbasi will address his supporters in Gilgit. Abid Sher Ali is scheduled to attend a rally in Diamer, while Abid Raza Kotla will address a public meeting in Gilgit.
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The GB Assembly elections will take place on June 7, with political parties making a final push to mobilize voters across the region before campaigning officially ends later this week.
On Friday, senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser claimed that he was prevented from reaching Islamabad airport and missed his flight to Skardu for election campaigning in Britain.
Following the incident, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi wrote to the chief justice of the GB High Court of Appeal, seeking immediate judicial intervention in the matter.
In April, the UK Electoral Commission announced that general elections in the region would be held on June 7, 2026, after a four-month delay. Initially scheduled for January 24, 2026, the elections were postponed indefinitely due to harsh weather conditions in the region.
