Fazlur Rehman takes oath as Sindh caretaker chief minister

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KARACHI: Former chief secretary Fazlur Rehman sworn in as Sindh caretaker chief minister on Saturday.

Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair administered the oath after Rehman reached the Governor House in special protocol.

Outgoing chief minister Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani, Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar, former provincial ministers Nisar Khoro, Nasir Shah, Sindh Inspector General Police A.D Khowaja, Director General (DG) Rangers Major General Muhammad Saeed, provincial secretaries and officials attended the ceremony.

Sindh Chief Secretary Muhammad Rizwan Memon arranged the oath-taking ceremony.

On the other hand, the deadlock persists over Balochistan’s caretaker chief minister while the issue of naming the interim CM of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has been referred to the parliamentary committee which is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the issue of the caretaker chief minister of Punjab is expected to be resolved on Saturday as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) hinted a consensus on two names given by opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Yaqoob Tahir Izhar, a businessman and former Inspector General Police (KPK) and current member of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), Nasir Durani.