Pakistani President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday appointed Justice (r) Amanullah Khan Yasinzai as the governor of Balochistan.
According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division, the Balochistan governor was appointed on the recommendation of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Speaking to a local news channel after his appointment, the former judge said that his main focus during governorship would be education, the betterment of security in the province and curbing the trust deficit between the province and Islamabad.
Yasinzai’s nomination came after the resignation of Mohammad Khan Achakzai as the governor.
He was born on August 7, 1954 and was appointed a judge in the Balochistan High Court on January 27, 1997.
Yasinzai served as the chief justice of Balochistan High Court (BHC) from 2005 to 2009. He, along with four other judges of the BHC, resigned from his post apparently to avoid facing references in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).