Sadia Danish

Sadia Danish is a Pakistani politician, who has been a member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly since June 2026, and also served in this position from November 2020 to November 2025 and from December 2009 to December 2014. In 2023, she was unanimously elected as Deputy Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, becoming the first woman elected to the post. She also served as Minister of Information and Tourism from 2009 to 2014.

She was re-elected to the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on a reserved seat for women in the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election.

On 17 July 2023, speaker Nazir Ahmed announced that Danish was unanimously elected as the Assembly's deputy speaker, as the sole nominee for the post on behalf of the ruling coalition; there was no nomination from any of the other MLAs, including the opposition. She is the first woman elected to the post, with The Nation calling it a "landmark development".