Muhammad Kazim Maisam
Pakistani politician from Gilgit-Baltistan
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Muhammad Kazim Maisam (Urdu: محمد کاظم میثم) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly from November 2020 to November 2025.[1]
Muhammad Kazim Maisam | |
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محمد کاظم میثم | |
| Leader of the Opposition of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly | |
| In office 19 July 2023 – 24 November 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Amjad Hussain Azar |
| Member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly | |
| In office 25 November 2020 – 24 November 2025 | |
| Constituency | GBA-8 (Skardu-II) |
| Provincial Minister for Agriculture | |
| In office 2 December 2020 – 4 July 2023 | |
| Chief Minister | Khalid Khurshid |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Anwar |
| Provincial Minister for Food | |
| In office 2 February 2023 – 4 July 2023 | |
| Chief Minister | Khalid Khurshid |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Muhammad |
| Personal details | |
| Party | MWM (2020-present) |
Political career
Maisam contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GBA-8 (Skardu-II) on the ticket from Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen. He won the election by the margin of 976 votes over the runner-up Muhammad Ali Shah of Pakistan Peoples Party. He garnered 7,988 votes while Shah received 7,012 votes.[2]
On 2 December 2020, he was inducted into the cabinet of Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid as the Minister for Agriculture. On 2 February 2023, he was also made the Minister for Food.[3]
On 19 July 2023, he was unanimously elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. The position had become vacant as Amjad Hussain Azar, the previous Leader of the Opposition, had joined the government after the appointment of Gulbar Khan as the Chief Minister.[4]
