QUETTA: A new 14-member Balochistan cabinet took oath at a ceremony at the Governor House in Quetta on Sunday.
Balochistan governor Syed Zahoor Ahmad Agha administered the oath to the new cabinet.
“Balochistan Awami Party’s (BAP) Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani, Sardar Abdul Rehman Kethran, Nawabzada Tariq Magsi have now become part of the new cabinet,” Geo News reported. “Noor Nuhammad Damar, Akbar Askani, Sikandar Imrani, Abdul Khaliq Hazara, Zamrak Achakzai and Muhammad Khan Lehri were also sworn in to the new cabinet.”
On October 29, BAP leader Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo took oath as the new Balochistan chief minister after he was elected to the office unopposed.
Governor Balochistan Zahoor Ahmed Agha administered oath to the newly-elected chief minister at the Governor House, Quetta, after he received 39 votes in the Balochistan Assembly.
Outgoing chief minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani resigned last month following political turmoil in the province.
In a tweet, Alyani said he had given his “utmost time and energy” to Balochistan’s governance and development despite “many deliberate political hindrances.”
“I would rather leave respectfully and not be part of their monetary agenda and bad governance formulation,” he said, referring to a disgruntled group comprising members of his own Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and allies who had been demanding his resignation.
