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Monday, June 03, 2013
Nawaz Sharif names Baloch nationalist as chief ministerMURREE: In a major move to honour his commitment and pacify the nationalist parties in Balochistan, PML-N President and prime minister-designate Nawaz Sharif has nominated Dr Abdul Malik of the National Party as provincial chief minister
Nawaz has said that the next provincial governor will be a nominee of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP). Addressing a press conference on Sunday after a high-level meeting with PML-N, PkMAP and National Party leaders, Nawaz said a change would be brought in Balochistan through good governance and merit, and the wounds of the people will be healed.
He said that despite having majority in the provincial assembly, the PML-N, in a bid to set a good tradition, has given the positions of the chief minister and governor to its coalition partners. He said there would be an incorrupt government in Balochistan and stated that had there been democracy there would have been no violence in the province. Nawaz said his party had always called for putting an end to violence, ensuring peace and development, and time has come to fulfil these commitments. He said a peaceful environment is the first step for progress and prosperity. To a question about the role of FC in Balochistan, Nawaz said the elected government makes the policies and all other institutions are bound to implement them.
Speaking on the occasion, PkMAP chief Mahmud Khan Achakzai said Punjab has shown bigheartedness, as a result of which they were standing together today. He said Punjab’s attitude is democratic, it has an agenda of democratic Pakistan, to fight against terrorism and corruption, and Pashtun and Baloch are with it today. “If Punjab will take one step for friendship and reconciliation, Pashtuns and Baloch will respond by taking two steps,” he declared. inp
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk