Quetta (Web Desk): Ali Mardan Domki on Friday took oath as caretaker chief minister of Balochistan.
Governor Balochistan Malik Abdul Wali Khan Kakar administrated the oath.
On Thursday, a parliamentary panel selected Ali Mardan Domki for the slot of caretaker Balochistan chief minister.
The agreement over the caretaker chief minister came during the second round of the parliamentary committee today as the deadlock between the outgoing provincial government and the opposition of the dissolved Balochistan Assembly persisted over the candidate.
The members of the parliamentary committee, which was constituted by Speaker Balochistan Assembly Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali, included outgoing CM Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, Sardar Abdul Rahman Khetran, Engineer Zamrak Khan Achakzai, Muhammad Nawaz Kakar, Abdul Wahid Siddiqui, and Younis Zehri.
The committee first met on Thursday but it could make any headway. The other names under consideration for the caretaker CM position included Ali Hasan Zehri, Naseer Ahmed Bizenjo, and Usman Badini.
Ali Mardan Domki belongs to Lahri area of Balochistan and is the son of former senator Mir Hazor Bakhsh Domki who was a senator from 1975 to 1977.
On August 12, Balochistan Governor Malik Abdul Wali Kakar dissolved the provincial assembly on the advice of CM Bizenjo. Bizenjo has been performing duties until the appointment of new chief minister.
Ali Mardan Domki belongs to Lahri area of Balochistan. He is the son of politician Mir Hazor Bakhsh Domki, who served as a senator between 1975 and 1977.
He did his Masters in Sociology from Allama Iqbal University (AIOU) Islamabad and has served as Tehsil Nazim Lahri and District Nazim Sibi.