Dawood Shah Kakar became the new president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Balochistan in the latest party elections held on Sunday, ARY News reported.
According to the report, the party’s Chief Election Officer Rauf Hassan said that Dawood Shah Kakar won by 10 votes. Rauf Hassan said: “Dawood Shah Kakar got 445 votes against former governor Munir Baloch who got 435 votes.”
It is significant that lawyer Gohar Ali Khan has already been elected as the state president without facing any opposition. . According to ARY News, PTI, along with other candidates, withdrew from the party elections on February 29.
At that time, Omar Ayub was serving as the Prime Minister and Yasmeen Rashid became the President of PTI Punjab.
ARY News reported that after the break, PTI declared Lawyers Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub as presidents. The two most senior leaders of the party. It was also confirmed that Ali Amin Gandapur and Halim Adil Sheikh were the chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh according to a non-consensual election process.
On December 22, the Election Commission of Pakistan decided to remove PTI from its election symbols. “PTI is planning to hold 2024 internal party elections after the 2018 general elections, including its participation in members’ campaigns,” the statement said.
Dawood Kakar’s election as PTI Balochistan President is an important development in the state structure of the party and paves the way for future politics in the region.
