Months after stepping down as the caretaker interior minister, Sarfraz Bugti has been elected unopposed as the new Balochistan chief minister.

The leader, who recent­ly joined the PPP and enjoyed the support of PML-N, submitted his nomi­­nation papers with Assembly Secretary Tahir Shah on Friday. He was proposed by PPP leader and former chief minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri and PML-N leader Nawab Gangeez Khan Marri.

No other candidate filed nomination papers till the deadline, which expired at 5pm.

Bugti’s nomination papers were accepted after scrutiny by the secretary, who also announced that he had been elected unopposed. The official announcement of Bugti’s election as the leader of the house will be made during the assembly session today.

He is also expected to take the oath later in the day. Balochistan Governor Malik Abdul Wali Kakar will administer the oath in a ceremony at Governor House.

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