3 Pakistani provinces get new governors

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday formally approved the appointment of governors for Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

The gubernatorial appointments have been made in line with a power-sharing formula agreed between the Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N.

Faisal Karim Kundi, Sardar Jafar Khan Mandokhel and Sardar Saleem Haider have respectively been named as governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab.

Both Haider and Kundi are considered PPP loyalists, whereas Mandokhel is the president of PML-N’s Balochistan chapter.

Haider has replaced PML-N’s Balighur Reh­man in Punjab and Kundi has taken charge from Haji Ghulam Ali.

In Sindh province, Kamran Tessori of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is expected to retain the office in the immediate term.

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