Qudoos Bizenjo elected as new Balochistan chief minister

QUETTA: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has been elected as the chief minister of Balochistan unopposed.

The Balochistan Assembly today elected Mr Bizenjo as the new leader of the house. It is the second time that he has been elected to the office of the province’s chief executive. In Jan 2018, he was elected as the CM for the first time after former chief minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri resigned from the office.

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 5pm on Thursday.

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.