The federal government has decided to agree with any candidate the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) chooses as the new CM of Balochistan.
The chief minister’s seat fell vacant after the former Balochistan CM Jam Kamal submitted his resignation on Sunday.
Soon after the announcement, the BAP disgruntled members alongwith the Opposition celebrated their victory at Balochistan Assembly speaker Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo’s residence.
However, later Bizenjo also stepped down from his post.
Earlier today, the Defence minister Pervez Khattak while addressing a presser in Islamabad announced the government’s decision to agree with which ever candidate BAP chooses.
“We will support the decision of the majority within the BAP,” Khattak said, when asked who the Centre would support as the new Balochistan chief minister.
“We will support the decision made by the parliamentary group of BAP”, he said while responding to a question about whether the federal government will support Bizenjo, who has been nominated by BAP.
Later in the day, PTI Balochistan’s parliamentary committee revealed that it has decided to nominate MPA Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind as the candidate for Balochistan CM.
As per the details, the decision was made at a meeting presided by Rind which was held in Quetta. During the meeting, current political situation of the province came under discussion.
The meeting had Balochistan MPAs Mir Naimat Zehri, Umar Khan Jamali, Deputy Speaker of Balochistan Assembly Babar Moosakhail, Mubin Khilji, and Farida Rind in attendance.
It has been mutually decided in the meeting that Rind is to be nominated as the candidate for the chief minister’s post and Sardar Babar Moosakhail as the speaker for Balochistan assembly.
On the contrary, the united Opposition on Monday took a decision to nominate Bizenjo as the new chief minister.
The interim president of BAP Zahoor Ahmed Buledi confirmed the news. It is pertinent to note that soon after the development, Bizenjo resigned from his post.
Over the selection of a new leader of the House, Buledi said that he would consult other coalition parties in this regard.
Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran on the other hand stated that all the coalition parties have nominated Bizenjo as the next chief minister.
“We invite everyone to work together for the betterment of Balochistan,” he concluded.
