Muhammad Ayub Shah (Urdu: محمد ایوب شاہ) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as a member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Council since 12 November 2021. Muhammad Ayub Shah was born in 1964 in Yasin Valley to a Baigal family. He completed his primary and secondary education in his native village and for higher education, he moved to Karachi to attend the University of Karachi. Muhammad Ayub Shah started his political career at Karachi University, where he joined PSF, Peoples Student Federation a student union of the Pakistan People's Party. In 2022, he contested a by-election as an independent candidate from NA21 Ghizer 3 but was unsuccessful losing to Ghulam Muhammad of PPP at that time. Similarly, in 2004 Ayub Shah contested the election from the same constituency and lost to Gulam Muhammad again by a few votes margin. In the 2009 election, Ayub Shah again contested the election as an independent candidate from GBLA 21 Ghizer and defeated the then General Sectary of the Pakistan People's Party Ghulam Muhammad. He then joined Pakistan Peoples Party and became a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly from 2009 to 2015. In the 2015 and 2020 elections, he contested the election from the PPP ticket and lost to Raja Jahanzeb and Gulam Muhammad. In 2021 Pakistan People's Party awarded their ticket to Muhammad Ayub Shah to contest in the GB Council election and Ayub Shah came victorious after getting a decisive vote from a nationalist leader Nawaz Khan Naji.^[1] He also served as a member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly from 2009 to 2014. He belongs to Pakistan Peoples Party^[2]

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