Quetta (September 06, 2018): Governor Balochistan Muhammad Khan Achakzai has resigned from the post.
President of Pakistan on the recommendations of Prime Minister Imran Khan has accepted the resignation of Balochistan Governor.
Establishment Division has issued notification of Khan’s resignation with effective from September 05.
Speaker Balochistan Assembly will serve as acting governor till new appointment.
Muhammad Khan Achakzai served as the 23rd Governor of Balochistan. He is affiliated with the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and hails from the prominent Achakzai political family of Balochistan.
He is the son of Abdul Samad Achakzai and the elder brother of politicians Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Hamid Khan Achakzai.
Achakzai was appointed as Governor of Balochistan on 11 June 2013.
Earlier on September 05, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar took oath as 33rd Governor of Punjab at a ceremony held at the Governor House on Wednesday afternoon.
Chief Justice Lahore High Court Mr. Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali administered the oath to the new Governor. Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, Provincial Ministers, Senators, MNAs, MPAs and Govt officials besides PTI leaders and workers attended the oath-taking ceremony in large number.
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Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar congratulated Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on becoming Governor Punjab and expressed good wishes for him.
He said Sarwar would use the office for public welfare and his becoming of Governor Punjab was a good change. “We will jointly serve the masses and transform this country into a new Pakistan”, the Chief Minister concluded.
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