F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Anwaarul Haq Kakar took oath as the eighth caretaker prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Monday.
President Arif Alvi administered oath to the caretaker prime minister during a simple ceremony at the President House in the federal capital.
Former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who was also present at the ceremony, congratulated the newly-appointed interim premier.
National Assembly speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman, PTI Senator Shehbaz Waseem, PPP’s Faisal Karim Kundi and others also attended the ceremony.
Sanjarani accepts Kakar’s Senate resignation
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani on Monday accepted caretaker PM-designate Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s resignation from the upper house of the Parliament.
The resignation has been accepted as Kakar is likely to swear-in as the caretaker prime minister today. A notification issued by the Senate Secretariat on Monday notified Kakar’s resignation.
“Anwaarul Haq Kakar, member Senate of Pakistan, has resigned his seat, as his principled stance of neutrality on becoming the caretaker prime minister, by writing under his hand in person before the Senate chairman,” the notification, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, said.
“The honourable Senate chairman has been pleased to accept the resignation and consequently his seat has become vacant in terms of clause (1) of Article 64 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with effect from August 14,” it added.
A day earlier, Kakar had announced his resignation from the Senate as well as the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).
Who is Anwaarul Haq Kakar?
Anwaarul Haq Kakar belongs to Qilla Saifullah district of Balochistan. He is one of the original architects of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).
He is the second person from Balochistan to spearhead the interim set-up after Mir Hazar Khoso, who became the caretaker premier in 2013.
Kakar made his electoral debut in 2008 on a PML-Q ticket, contesting polls in the NA-272 constituency, but lost to PPP candidate Nasir Ali Shah. Later, he joined the PML-N and served as then-CM Sanaullah Zehri’s spokesperson for almost three years.
