Qudoos Bizenjo To Take Oath As Balochistan CM Today

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 06 Jan 2023

QUETTA: Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo will be sworn in as the chief minister of Balochistan today (Friday) at the Governor House.

Though he has been virtually elected unopposed as no other candidate filed nomination papers for the top slot, a session of the Balochistan Assembly will be convened shortly to formally declare him elected as the new leader of the house.

Five nomination papers were filed on behalf of Bizenjo by Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) MPAs with the assembly secretariat. No other candidate filed the papers till 5 pm.

After the resignation of former chief minister Jam Kamal Khan, Bizenjo, an elected member of the provincial legislature from Awaran, also stepped down as the speaker of the assembly to contest the election for the slot.

Balochistan coalition partners decided to nominate him for the chief minister’s office and Mir Jan Jamali as Speaker of the provincial Assembly. Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani addressing a press conference had announced the nomination of Abdul Quddus Bizenjo for the leader of the house in Balochistan Assembly.

Bizenjo talking to media, after his nomination papers filed, vowed to deliver in the province, ” My work is to deliver not talk only,” he said. “It seems there is only one candidate for the office,” Commenting on the election he said.