Ijaz Kakakhel
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday accepted Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s resignation from the upper house of the Parliament after he was appointed as the country’s eighth caretaker prime minister.
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 today 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 said. “The honorable 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).
Kakar, an independent lawmaker, was elected to the Senate in 2018 and has remained a very active politician.
The caretaker premier-designate also requested the people to pray for him so that he can comply with their expectations by fulfilling his fundamental responsibility in the best manner.
Politicians from both sides — the former government and opposition — welcomed the appointment and hoped that the interim PM would ensure free and fair polls in the country.
Kakar, 52, a little-known politician from the southwestern province of Balochistan, will name a cabinet and head a government to steer the nation through economic and political crises until a new government is elected.
The choice of caretaker prime minister has assumed greater importance because the candidate will have extra powers to make policy decisions on economic matters, while the elections may be delayed by up to six months.
