Interim prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar resigned from his party and senate membership
Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani accepted Kakar's resignation and issued notification in this regard
Anwar Kakar
announced to resign from BAP and Senate on twitter. He wrote the following,
“Owing to the fundamental responsibility conferred upon me as the caretaker
Prime Minister, I have decided to surrender my membership of the Balochistan
Awami Party (BAP) and relinquish my Senate position.”
The
caretaker premier-designate also requested the people to pray for him so that
he could live up to their expectations by fulfilling his fundamental
responsibility in the best manner.
“I am
thankful to the Almighty for being given an opportunity to serve the people of
Pakistan. My gratitude also extends to all the stakeholders for reposing their
trust in me to lead the country,” he said.
“Prayers
requested from everyone that Allah gives me the fortitude to carry out my
responsibilities with due diligence,” he added. President Dr. Arif Alvi will
administer oath to him as the 8th caretaker prime minister on Monday (today) at
3:00 pm during a ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Kakar hails
from Qilla Saifullah, Balochistan. He was elected to the Senate in 2018 and has
been a very active politician. He has worked as chairperson of the Senate
Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development and as
member of the Business Advisory Committee Finance and Revenue Foreign Affairs
and Science and Technology.
He also
served as the spokesperson for the provincial government prior to his election
to the upper house in 2018. Kakar holds a master’s degree in political science
and is an alumnus of the University of Balochistan.
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