Ali Mardan Khan Domki was sworn in as the caretaker Chief Minister of Balochistan at a ceremony held at the Governor House . Governor Malik Abdul Wali Khan Kakar administered the oath . The oathtaking ceremony was attended by former chief minister Jam Kamal caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti and exprovincial ministers .
The process to appoint Balochistans caretaker chief minister failed to conclude yesterday after three committee members tasked with nominating the new CM failed to attend the meeting . The outgoing chief minister had on Tuesday night refused to accept the nomination of Domki for the post of caretaker CM .
The matter was referred to the parliamentary committee after the outgoing CM Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo and opposition leader Malik Sikander Khan had failed to reach a consensus on a name . The vote to decide a candidate through a vote had not been agreed on a number of members of the committee had been agreed to meet earlier in the previous assembly had been held at a meeting at the end of the day .
However only three members arrived to attend a meeting an official of the Balochistani Assembly had told Dawn . The committee had said only three of them arrived to meet at the meeting at pm but they had only arrived at the last minute of the meeting to choose a candidate for a vote .
The Balochitan assembly was dissolved last week. The process had been called into office on September 28. The Balongistan Assembly was dissolved on September 29. For more information, please click here for more information from the Balongistani parliament.
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