November 28, 2002	Thursday	Ramazan 22, 1423

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QUETTA, Nov 27: The inaugural session of the Balochistan Assembly will be held on Thursday morning.

Jafar Khan Mandokhel, MPA-elect of the Pakistan Muslim League (QUaid-i-Azam), would preside over the session.

According to sources the elected members will take the oath in session after which it will be adjourned.

They said nomination papers for the election of speaker and deputy speaker would be submitted on Friday and scrutiny of the papers would be held on the same day.

Polling for the speaker and deputy speaker will be held on Saturday.

Sources said election of the leader of the house would be held on Dec 3.

The Balochistan Assembly comprises 65 members. Of them, 51, including a woman, Nasreen Rehman Khetran, were elected on general seats and 11 women and three minority members were elected on reserved seats.

Sardar Yar Mohammad Khan Rind has vacated his seat after joining the National Assembly.

It is expected that two members of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal) would not take the oath until arrest of the frontier constabulary officials nominated in the FIR for allegedly killing two persons in Panjgur, as announced by the party’s president, Sardar Akhtar Mengal.

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