QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday named party leader Jaffar Khan Mandokhail for the slot of Balochistan’s governor.
Mandokhail will replace Abdul Wali Kakar, who is a leader of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) and has been serving as the province’s governor since March 2023.
PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif had nominated him as President of PML(N) Balochistan in 2023.
Mandokhel was born in Zohb district on December 26, 1956.
Talking to the media, Mandokhel said that he was grateful to party supremo Nawaz Sharif for nominating him for the prestigious office.
Earlier, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) nominated two loyalists as Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governors.
After the Feb 8 polls, PML-N and PPP agreed to form a coalition at the Centre wherein the latter, agreed to support the former in government formation after none of the two parties managed to secure a simple majority in the lower house.
Under the deal, the two parties formed a coalition government in Balochistan with the PPP getting the chief minister’s slot while the PML-N was allotted the governorship.
