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March 3, 2021
QUETTA: PTI Balochistan chapter chief Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind’s son Tuesday withdrew his candidature from the Senate elections in favour of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). Announcing the decision, Yar Muhammad Rind said his son, Sardar Khan Rind had withdrawn his candidature after an impression that it could benefit the opposition parties during the polls, reports a local news channel.
Sardar Khan Rind had filed his papers as an independent candidate from Balochistan.
Lauding his decision, Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal said the step would help strengthen the coalition government in the province.
“This is a good decision for the coalition government and will help us in contesting the Senate polls in a better way,” he said, adding that Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind had never worked for his personal interest. He further thanked the PTI lawmakers for supporting the BAP candidates.
They said the incident occurred in Gaang locality on Monday evening.
They said Sahibzada Jan Badshah was returning home after offering evening prayers in a mosque when he was targeted. They said the victim, 60, also a cousin of JI former MNA Sahibzada Haroon Rasheed, was seriously wounded.
The villagers and family members shifted the injured to the District Headquarters Hospital, Khar, where he succumbed to injuries.
A statement issued by the JI local chapter chief Sardar Khan condemned the murder, and urged the authorities to arrest the assailants without delay. It said the murder had proved that the police had failed to protect the lives of people.
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-Mengal chief Akhtar Jan Mengal addresses a press conference at MPA Hostel
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QUETTA: The ruling alliance in Balochistan, headed by Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Senate Chairman Mir Sadiq Sanjrani, has succeeded in convincing Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind of the PTI to withdraw his son, Sardar Khan Rind, who had filed nomination papers as an independent candidate from the province from the Senate election.
A delegation of the ruling alliance parties, led by the Senate chairman and Balochistan Awami Party president Jam Kamal, visited the residence of Sardar Rind along with BAP founder Saeed Ahmed Hashmi and asked him to withdraw his son from the Senate election.
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K-P Assembly building declared polling station
PML-N’s Ikhtiar Wali takes oath as newly-elected MPA
KP Assembly in session. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR:
A one-day session of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was adjourned indefinitely after the swearing in of newly elected member Ikhtiar Wali and passing of a resolution declaring the assembly hall polling station for the Senate elections.
Provincial assembly met on Monday with Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani in the chair. The house offered fateha for the late senator Mushahid Ullah Khan and others. On this occasion, the newly elected member Ikhtiarwali was welcomed by other members of the house. The speaker administered oath on Ikhtiar Wali who was welcomed by party MPAs with slogans of deakho deakho kon aya sher aya, sher aya.