Opposition gains majority in Balochistan Assembly
Opposition leader Nawabzada Tariq Magsi hands forty resignations to the chief minister.
A file photo of Balochistan assembly. PHOTO: NNI/FILE
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Balochistan assembly Opposition leader Nawabzada Tariq Magsi gained a majority in the provincial assembly over Chief Minister for Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, Express News reported on Sunday.
Eight members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and 16 Pakistan Muslim League Quaid PML-Q members submitted their resignations and joined hands with the opposition.
Earlier, eight MPAs belonging to Muslim league Nawaz (PML-N) and in total 17 legislators submitted resignations and joined the opposition.
The opposition leader on Sunday had 40 resignations which he submitted to the Balochistan Governor Zulfiqar Ali Magsi to gain the majority.
Later during the day, the governor accepted 17 out of the 40 resignations that reached him.
The resignations started coming in hours after President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani struck a deal to defuse a burgeoning constitutional crisis in the province.
After the meeting Raisani was named as leader of the house and JUI-F’s Maulana Abdul Wasay as leader of the opposition, while Balochistan National Party-Awami’s Ahsan Shah was chosen to be the caretaker chief minister.
The PML-N President Sardar Sanaullah Zehri announced on Saturday that they were in talks with PML-Q leaders and were hopeful of convincing them to resign and become a majority (in opposition).
The Sunday session of the Balochistan assembly was postponed.
Balochistan assembly Opposition leader Nawabzada Tariq Magsi gained a majority in the provincial assembly over Chief Minister for Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, Express News reported on Sunday.
Eight members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and 16 Pakistan Muslim League Quaid PML-Q members submitted their resignations and joined hands with the opposition.
Earlier, eight MPAs belonging to Muslim league Nawaz (PML-N) and in total 17 legislators submitted resignations and joined the opposition.
The opposition leader on Sunday had 40 resignations which he submitted to the Balochistan Governor Zulfiqar Ali Magsi to gain the majority.
Later during the day, the governor accepted 17 out of the 40 resignations that reached him.
The resignations started coming in hours after President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani struck a deal to defuse a burgeoning constitutional crisis in the province.
After the meeting Raisani was named as leader of the house and JUI-F’s Maulana Abdul Wasay as leader of the opposition, while Balochistan National Party-Awami’s Ahsan Shah was chosen to be the caretaker chief minister.
The PML-N President Sardar Sanaullah Zehri announced on Saturday that they were in talks with PML-Q leaders and were hopeful of convincing them to resign and become a majority (in opposition).
The Sunday session of the Balochistan assembly was postponed.