Resignations accepted: Punjab, Balochistan governors bow out
President took time so that the outgoing, governors could administer oath to new CMs.
Outgoing Punjab Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday accepted resignations of Punjab Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood and Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfikar Ali Magsi.
“Both governors had tendered resignations sometime back which were accepted today,” presidential spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said in a statement on Sunday.
President Zardari took time to accept the resignations of the two governors as they had to administer oath to the newly elected chief ministers in both the provinces.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took oath on June 6, a day after his elder brother and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as Prime Minister. Both were elected for record third time.
Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch was administered oath of office on Sunday by Governor Magsi.
Magsi has remained governor of Balochistan since 2008. He had announced his resignation following a power-sharing deal between three coalition partners – PML-N, PkMAP and NP – in Balochistan. On June 2, the three parties agreed to nominate Dr Abdul Malik of NP as chief minister and said that the next governor would be from PkMAP. Following the announcement, Magsi announced his resignation.
However, Punjab Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood resigned two days after the PPP defeat in the May 11 elections. Mehmood also declared that he would not take part in practical politics.
Mehmood had replaced Latif Khosa as Punjab Governor after joining the PPP and quitting the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F).
In addition, his three sons – Syed Mustafa Mehmood, Syed Murtaza Mehmood and Syed Ali Mehmood had also joined PPP. Syed Murtaza was elected to the Punjab Assembly in 2008 on the PML-F ticket.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 10th, 2013.
President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday accepted resignations of Punjab Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood and Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfikar Ali Magsi.
“Both governors had tendered resignations sometime back which were accepted today,” presidential spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said in a statement on Sunday.
President Zardari took time to accept the resignations of the two governors as they had to administer oath to the newly elected chief ministers in both the provinces.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took oath on June 6, a day after his elder brother and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as Prime Minister. Both were elected for record third time.
Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch was administered oath of office on Sunday by Governor Magsi.
Magsi has remained governor of Balochistan since 2008. He had announced his resignation following a power-sharing deal between three coalition partners – PML-N, PkMAP and NP – in Balochistan. On June 2, the three parties agreed to nominate Dr Abdul Malik of NP as chief minister and said that the next governor would be from PkMAP. Following the announcement, Magsi announced his resignation.
However, Punjab Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood resigned two days after the PPP defeat in the May 11 elections. Mehmood also declared that he would not take part in practical politics.
Mehmood had replaced Latif Khosa as Punjab Governor after joining the PPP and quitting the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F).
In addition, his three sons – Syed Mustafa Mehmood, Syed Murtaza Mehmood and Syed Ali Mehmood had also joined PPP. Syed Murtaza was elected to the Punjab Assembly in 2008 on the PML-F ticket.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 10th, 2013.