QUETTA, Feb 27: Zamarak Khan Achakzai has been nominated as the parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party in the Balochistan assembly.

A meeting held here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the party’s provincial president Khudadad Khan, formed a five-member committee to hold talks with other political groups for forming a coalition government in the province.

The committee comprising Khudadad Khan, Zamarak Khan Achakzai, Nawabzada Ashraf Khan Jogezai, Azizullah Khan and Sultan Khan Kakar.

The party has won two seats in the assembly in the Feb 18 elections, one from Qila Abdullah and the other from Harnai.

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