Tag: CM Balochistan

  • PPP’s Sarfraz Bugti elected CM Balochistan unopposed

    PPP’s Sarfraz Bugti elected CM Balochistan unopposed

    Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sarfraz Bugti was elected on Saturday as the unopposed leader of the house in the Balochistan Assembly. The newly-elected chief minister got 41 votes.

    Bugti will take the oath today, with the swearing-in ceremony to be held at the Governor House at 3 p.m, where Balochistan Governor Abdul Wali Kakar will administer the oath.

    Sarfraz Bugti’s nomination was announced in the Balochistan Assembly’s session today.

    The former federal minister submitted his nomination papers after instructions from PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardrai and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.

    He is also supported by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders, including Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri and Sardar Sarfaraz Chakar Domki.

  • Balochistan Chief Minister says he will not use bulletproof cars anymore

    Balochistan Chief Minister says he will not use bulletproof cars anymore

    Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has refused to utilise bulletproof and bombproof vehicles for his own personal use.

    Bizenjo has also declared that no one in his government will get VIP treatment, prohibiting his cabinet and senior officers from using any of these vehicles.

    The decision took place in the backdrop of multiple provincial security forces recently losing their lives in terrorist attacks.

    “In many incidents, security duty officers were targeted by terrorists but we [civilians] use our own bulletproof vehicle,” Balochistan CM said.

    It is pertinent to mention that Balochistan is the most vulnerable province of Pakistan in terms of man-made disasters especially terrorism and civil unrest.