Qudoos Bizenjo to resign as speaker today: Sardar Khetran
News Desk :
QUETTA: Spokesman ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran has revealed that speaker Qudoos Bizenjo would tender resignation today (Monday). “We will give a better chief minister accessible to all”, he told reporters at the residence of Mr. Bizenjo on Sunday night.
Sources within the ruling party also endorsed the assertion of Sardar Khetran about developing consensus on the name of Qudoos Bizenjo as the new leader of the house.
Without mentioning the name of Bizenjo, Sardar Khetran hinted that Qudoos Bizenjo would be the new leader of the house in the Balochistan Assembly. This statement has come after the resignation of Jam Kamal Khan as the Chief Minister of Balochistan.
“We would give an experienced speaker”, Sardar Khetran said. He said the new government would be formed within the next couple of days. He said all legislators including the coalition partners would also be contacted by the government today.
Qudoos Bizenjo
Qudoos Bizenjo belongs to Balochistan’s most backward district of Awaran. He had sworn in as the Chief Minister of Balochistan on January 13th, 2018 after the forced resignation of Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, the then Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader. He remained CM for six months.
Mr. Bizenjo remained livestock minister in the cabinet of late Jam Muhammad Yousaf from 2002 to 2008. He had also served as the deputy speaker during the coalition government of PML (N), Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), and National Party after the 2013 general elections.
Mr. Bizenjo has been the Speaker of the BA after the 2018 general elections.
