LAHORE - Former Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister Syed Mehdi Shah visited Lahore on Friday and met various leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) here. Talking to media, he said that the PPP had declared Gilgit-Baltistan the fifth province of the country through 18th Amendment and people of the region would always remain thankful to the political party. He hoped that the PPP would emerge as a big party in Gilgit-Baltistan province in the local bodies’ elections. He hoped that elections in Gilgit-Baltistan would be held with the rest of the country in 2023, adding that PPP would contest the elections with its full potential.