QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly will elect its next leader of the House in a session summoned tomorrow on Friday, October 29 (tomorrow), days after Jam Kamal Alyani resigned from the post of chief minister.
Balochistan Governor Syed Zahoor Ahmed Agha has summoned a session of the Balochistan Assembly on Oct 29 (Friday) for the election of the new leader of the house and its speaker. Former Balochistan CM Jam Kamal Khan stepped down from the post on Sunday.
Balochistan Awami Party leader Abdul Quddoos Bizenjo, who also resigned from his post of the assembly speaker, has also got the support of PTI Balochistan leader Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind. The BAP has already nominated Bizenjo for the post of chief minister and Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali for the speaker.
The federal government has said that it will support any candidate the BAP names as the new chief minister of the province. Addressing a joint press conference, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak and BAP President Zahoor Buledi said that the new government of Balochistan have the same allies from the coalition formed in 2018.
They also announced the Centre’s decision to support the BAP candidate. “We will support the decision of the majority within the BAP,” Khattak said when asked who the PTI will support as the new Balochistan chief minister.
“I hope PTI will not be ignored as an ally of BAP in future as was done by the previous government and hope it will be given the honour and respect that it deserves as an ally,” he said.
On the other hand, the PTI Balochistan’s parliamentary committee had said a day earlier that it has decided to nominate MPA Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind as a candidate for Balochistan chief minister and Sardar Babar Khan Musakhail for the position of speaker. Bizenjo said the previous mistakes would not be repeated and a good government would be formed in Balochistan to solve the problems of its people.
The opposition on Monday decided to nominate Bizenjo as the new chief minister. BAP interim president Zahoor Ahmed Buledi confirmed the development, shortly after Bizenjo resigned from his post as the speaker.
Buledi said that he would also consult other coalition parties over the selection of a new leader of the House. Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran said all the coalition parties have nominated Bizenjo as the next chief minister. He said that consultations are underway with the PTI for the formation of a government.
