QUETTA: Captain (retd) Abdul Khaliq Achakzai of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) and Ghazala Gola of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) were Thursday sworn in as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly.
The Balochistan Assembly elected Achakzai as Speaker and Ghazala as Deputy Speaker unopposed.
The newly-elected speaker and deputy speaker took oath during the assembly session at 3:00pm.
Apart from Abdul Khaliq and Ghazala Gola, no other member has submitted nomination papers.
Ghazala Gola made history by becoming the first-ever woman deputy speaker of the Balochistan Assembly.