Akhtar Abbas Nashad of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has won the by-election in constituency GBA-09 (Skardu-III) in Gilgit-Baltistan (a semi-autonomous mountainous region in northern Pakistan) by a narrow margin of 305 votes, defeating independent candidate Wazir Saleem with 8,399 votes to 8,094. The contest was called after the Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court disqualified Nashad's father, Fida Muhammad Nashad, who had originally won the seat in June's general elections. The victory brings PPP's total to 15 seats in the 33-seat Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, consolidating its position as the largest party in the legislature.