First woman chairperson elected in Balochistan LG polls

• First woman chairperson has been elected in Balochistan
• Dr Durrosum Khan took oath as chairman of the union council in Naseerabad
• She resolved to ensure the best facilities to her union council

QUETTA: In the history of local government elections, the first woman chairperson has been elected in Balochistan.

It is a feather in Dr Durroshum Ayesha Khan’s cap after she was elected as chairperson from Naseerabad’s union council 25 during the third phase of the local government polls held today (Thursday) across the province.

“Undoubtedly, it is the first time in the history of local government elections that a woman has been elected as chairperson in Balochistan,” Election Commission of Pakistan, Balochistan chapter sources said on Thursday.

Earlier, Dr Durrosum Khan took oath and submitted her nomination papers for the slot of chairman of the union council Naseerabad. However, no contestant appeared to contest the slot and subsequently she was elected unopposed.

Parliamentary Secretary Law and Parliamentary Affairs Balochistan Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi, Sardar Behram Khan Buledi, and other notables of the district were also present during the oath-taking ceremony held at Dera Murad Jamali.

Talking to newly sworn-in councillors, Chairperson Dr Durrosum Khan reiterated her resolve to ensure the best medical, health and sanitation facilities to the local population of her union council.

She said that local government system is the basic unit in the democratic governments wherein the issues of the people are resolved by local government representatives on gross root level.

“Parliamentary Secretary Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Rubaba is my role model in the politics and social work,” she said, expressing her resolve to serve people of her constituency with same zeal and vigour.

It merits mentioning here that newly-elect chairperson is health graduate and passed Dars-e- Nizami from wifaqul Madaris.

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