Governor Balochistan convenes Assembly session on October 20th
Syed Ali Shah, Manan Mandokhail :
Governor Balochistan, Syed Zahoor Ahmed Agha has convened the provincial assembly session on October 20th. The Governor has convened the session after 14 members of the ruling coalition submitted a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan.
The assembly session would be held on October 20th at 4 pm on Zarghoon road Quetta, an official handout issued by the Governor’s secretariat said on Saturday afternoon.
Eleven members of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), two members from the Balochistan National Party (Awami), and a member of the Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) have signed the no-confidence motion. They submitted the no-confidence motion against the CM on October 12.
Former finance minister Mir Zahoor Buledi, speaker Qudoos Bizenjo, former ministers, Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran, Asad Baloch are at the forefront of the movement against CM Jam Kamal Khan.
All talks failed between BAP factions
All talks between the two factions of the ruling BAP failed and finally, the Governor convened the assembly session. The chair would ask the leader of the house to take the vote of confidence from the house, sources in the assembly secretariat told Quetta Voice.
The opposition members had submitted a no-confidence motion against the CM Jam Kamal on September 16. However, the Governor’s secretariat sent the no-confidence motion back after finding a technical fault.
Mir Zahoor Buledi, the acting president of his own faction of BAP said the lawmakers would support a no-confidence motion against the CM. When the CM meets the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), it is good, and when the angry members meet, it is bad, Mr. Buledi tweeted.
Joint opposition announces to support the no-confidence motion against CM
The joint opposition has announced to support the BAP angry members no-confidence motion on October 20th. All sides are making hectic efforts to seek the support of lawmakers to win the race.
The BAP angry members met at the residence of speaker Qudoos Bizenjo to devise a strategy for the upcoming no-confidence motion in the Assembly. Zahoor Buledi, Sardar Khetran, Sardar Saleh Bhootani, Akbar Askani, and others participated in the meeting. “Our members are still intact and determined”, Mr. Buledi told Quetta Voice via telephone.
Jam Kamal and the BAP Secretary General Senator Manzoor Kakar made conflicting claims in their statements. “Constitutionally, I am the president”, Jam Kamal said. However, Senator Kakar said the incumbent CM has tendered resignation as the President.
“Jam Kamal resigned and we appointed Zahoor Buledi as the acting president”, Mr. Kakar told reporters. The War of words between the two factions of the BAP intensified on Saturday.
