Aslam Raeesani elected Balochistan CM unopposed

QUETTA: Pakistan People’s Party’s Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raeesani Wednesday unopposed elected as chief minister of Balochistan. He will take oath of his office today. Governor of Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi will administer oath to the new chief minister. After his election as the Leader of the House Nawab Aslam Raeesani in his address said, “we must work wisely for maintenance of peace in the province”. He emphasized the law and order as the foremost priority of his government adding that the railway tracks have been burnt in the province and traveling has become unsafe in the region.QUETTA: Pakistan People’s Party’s Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raeesani Wednesday elected unopposed, as chief minister of Balochistan. He will take oath of his office today. Governor of Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi will administer oath to the new chief minister. After his election as the Leader of the House Nawab Aslam Raeesani in his address said, “we must work wisely for maintenance of peace in the province”. He emphasized the law and order as the foremost priority of his government adding that the railway tracks have been burnt in the province and traveling has become unsafe in the region. The new chief minister of Balochistan also condemned manhandling of Dr. Sher Afgan in Lahore. Nine nomination papers for Nawab Aslam Raeesani were filed in Balochistan Assembly yesterday. The nominations were submitted by the National Party parliamentarian Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, PPP’s Sadiq Umrani, Muslim League-Q like-minded group’s Asim Kurd, Hamal Kalmati, Jaffar Mandokhel and Saleem Khosa, JUI-F Maulana Abdul Wasay, Awami National Party’s Zamrak Khan and Syed Ahsan Shah of Balochistan National Party (Awami).No other candidate challenged Raeesani and he was declared elected unopposed for the top slot.