Suri pledges to represent Quetta

National Assembly deputy speaker calls himself the ambassador of the people of the city

QUETTA: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri has welcomed the solidarity rendered by citizens of Quetta and called himself the ambassador of the people of the city.

“People of Quetta stood with me after the Balochistan High Court judgement and we have again emerged victorious due to the support rendered by the citizens here,” Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri said while talking to the media after arriving at Quetta International Airport.

Suri returned to the provincial capital after being allowed to stay as Deputy Speaker of National Assembly by the Supreme Court.

Earlier, Balochistan High Court disqualified him and called re-elections in NA-265 following 52,000 invalid votes.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 11^th, 2019.