Syed Sohail Abbas Shah


Syed Sohail Abbas Shah is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly from November 2020 to November 2025. He was the Minister of Law & Parliamentary Affairs and Board of Revenue in Government of Gilgit Baltistan from December 2020 until his resignation in May 2024.

Political career

Shah contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly by-election on 22 November 2020 from GBA-3 (Gilgit-III) on the ticket of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He won GBA-3 by the margin of 2,195 votes over the Independent runner up Muhammad Iqbal. He garnered 6,873 votes while Iqbal received 4,678 votes.