ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak has said that the government will support a Balochistan Awami Party candidate for the chief ministership of Balochistan.
This he stated while talking to media after a meeting with Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani.
After being asked by a reporter which candidate will be backed by the PTI for the next chief minister of Balochistan, Khattk replied. “We will support a candidate of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).”
“We will support the majority decision of the BAP. It is up to the party to take decision on Quddus Bizenjo,” he further said.
It is to be mentioned here that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Balochistan’s parliamentary group yesterday in a session decided to nominate Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind for the party’s candidate for Balochistan chief minister.
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BAP acting president Zahoor Buledi had confirmed that the party and its allies have agreed over the name of former speaker Abdul Quddus Bizenjo as the new CM of Balochistan.
Balochistan Assembly Speaker Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo stepped down from his office.
His resignation came a day after Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani resigned, ending the two-month-long political crisis in the province. Bizenjo is said to be the strong contender for the post of chief minister.
