ECP to decide name of caretaker CM Balochistan

ISLAMABAD, Jun 7 (APP):Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will nominate the chief minister (CM) of Balochistan as the parliamentary committee of Balochistan assembly had failed to reach a consensus.
The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza is likely to convene the ECP consultative meeting to make consultation on the four proposed names for CM Balochistan to be referred by the Speaker Balochistan Assembly to the ECP.
The former provincial government had suggested the names of Sardar Shoukat Popalzai and Alauddin Marri for the post of the caretaker chief minister while the former opposition had nominated Mohammad Aslam Bhutani and Ashraf Jahangir Qazi.
After failure of former government and opposition leader, the parliamentary committee of Balochistan also failed to reach on one name for caretaker CM for Balochistan.
Under legal condition, after failure in reaching consensus of former CM and leader of opposition in Balochistan and also failure of parliamentary committees of province, now the ECP will decide the name of caretaker CM of the province.
After expiry of tenure of provincial assembly on May 31, the former CM and Opposition leader had time-frame up to June 3 to make consensus on one name for caretaker CM. Later the parliamentary committee had time-frame up to June 6 to finalize one name and then the ECP will have time-frame from June 7 (Thursday) to June 8 to decide the name of caretaker CM Balochistan.