QUETTA: Mir Sarfaraz Bugti of Pakistan People's Party(PPP) has become the Chief Minister of Balochistan.
Polling for the election of the new Chief Minister was held in the session presided over by Speaker Balochistan Assembly Abdul Khaliq Achakzai.
Speaker Balochistan Assembly while announcing the results after polling said that Mir Sarfaraz Bugti has been elected Chief Minister by getting 41 votes.
It should be noted that only Sarfaraz Bugti had submitted the papers for the Chief Ministership of Balochistan, Sarfaraz Bugti also had the support of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) and Balochistan Awami Party(BAP).
In the 51-member house of the Balochistan Assembly, the number of members of the Pakistan People's Party is 11, while the Muslim League-N is second with 10 seats and the Balochistan Awami Party is third with 5 seats.
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Earlier, Ali Amin Gandapur has been elected as Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) here Friday.
The newly elected speaker, namely Babar Saleem Swati, who took the oath yesterday, presided over the KP Assembly session.
In the 106th House, Ali Amin Gandapur bagged 90 votes, while PML-N candidate Dr. Ibadullah Khan managed to secure 16 votes.
