Khaleej Times

Bizenjo secures 41 votes out of total 51

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> Abdul Quddus Bizenjo secured 41 votes out of total 51 votes cast in the election. > His opponent Pashtunkhw­a Milli Awami Party’s Agha Syed Liaquat Ali bagged 13 votes. > Another candidate Abdul Rahim Ziyaratwal withdrew his papers before the race. > In the 65-member house, at least 33 votes are needed to elect the chief minister. > Bizenjo is the third chief minister in four and-a-half years. > Bizenjo was administer­ed oath by governor Mohammed Khan Achakzai. > A 14-member cabinet also took the oath. > Security was tight on the occasion and thousands of policemen were deployed around the assembly hall. > Roads surroundin­g assembly building were sealed for regular traffic. > Bizenjo was born in the Awaran district on January 1, 1974, and contested elections first time in 2002.

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