Provincial legislator Nawabzada Tariq Magsi on Monday appealed for the appointment of a leader of the opposition through a letter he sent to the Balochistan Assembly Secretariat. Tariq Magsi is the younger brother of Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi.
Sources said that the letter called for the immediate appointment of a leader of the opposition in the house. The provincial assembly has been functioning without an opposition leader for the past four years.
Moreover, the lone opposition member, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, has not attended any recent assembly session due to personal reasons. And hence his effectiveness as a leader of the opposition has been under a cloud.
“Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly Aslam Bhootani is currently out of the city. He will look into the affair once he’s back,” sources in the Balochistan Assembly said. It is not known whether his political associates in the assembly will join him.
Despite the fact that Magsi is a supporter of the government, he submitted the letter for the opposition benches.
Political pundits speculate that Nawab Magsi, who announced earlier that he wanted to quit politics, will probably support his younger brother and help prop him up as opposition leader first and then as the chief minister.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 23rd, 2012.
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Even the governor spoke of zero,opposition in Baluchistan as they have been heavily paid by the govt, yet we blame the govt of Gen M for all the present ills in Baluchistan....the governor has confirmed that no development work has taken place in Baluchistan for last 4 years....one of the reason of his resignation.....
What a political move. When the titanic is sinking, the rats are jumping the board. All these members of assembly were part of the pillage guarantied by the Provincial government.
Not a single one amongst these members can prove themselves honest in the eyes of Public, including self acclaimed residents of Heavens.
Is there any government in the provice, to have an opposition???