QUETTA: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday appointed Alauddin Marri as caretaker chief minister of Balochistan.
Marri, who belongs to Mastung district of Balochistan, was recommended by then provincial government that had also proposed the name of Sardar Shaukat Popalzai for the post. The then opposition had suggested the names of Aslam Bhootani and Ashraf Jahangir Qazi.
The decision to finalise the caretaker chief minister for Balochistan was handed over to the ECP after parliamentary committee formed for the purpose failed to reach consensus on the issue. On June 6, the parliamentary committee members met to decide on the matter but the meeting bore no fruit. Members of the former government boycotted the session after former chief minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo announced a night earlier that the candidates suggested by the opposition for the parliamentary committee were ‘controversial’.
The six-member parliamentary committee comprised of government representatives Sarfraz Chakar Domki, Tahir Mahmood Khan and Amanullah Notezai and opposition members Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, Dr Abdul Maalik Baloch and Liaquat Agha.
Published in Daily Times, June 8th 2018.
