February 26, 2008	Tuesday	Safar 18, 1429

QUETTA, Feb 25: The executive committee of the Balochistan chapter of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F has nominated Maulana Abdul Wasay as the party’s parliamentary leader in the provincial assembly.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, provincial amir Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani said that a five-member committee headed by Maulvi Ataullah would contact representatives of other political groups for forming a coalition government in the province.

Members of the committee are Maulana Wasay, Manzoor Mengal, Rehmatullah Kakar and Hafiz Hamadullah.

Maulana Sherani claimed that after the Election Commission issued an official notification and the independent candidates announced their affiliations, the strength of each group in the house would become clear and talks could then be held with them for cooperation.

He said the executive committee decided that dissidents who had formed their own group would have nothing to do with the provincial executive and questions about the dissidents should be addressed to central Amir Maulana Fazlur Rehman.