Staff Reporter:
QUETTA – Awami National Party (ANP) leader and Senator Aimal Wali Khan announced a decisive move to oppose the controversial Mines and Minerals Act in the Balochistan Assembly, declaring it harmful to provincial interests and a direct threat to Balochistan’s sovereignty over its natural resources.
Addressing a multi-party gathering in Quetta, he revealed that instructions had been issued to his party’s parliamentary leader to immediately present a resolution in the provincial assembly against the Act. He emphasised that all political forces should unite and challenge the legislation in court, describing it as contrary to the rights of the province’s people.
“The resources of Balochistan belong to its people, and no legislation undermining provincial autonomy or public rights will be accepted,” he stated.
In the same address, Aimal Wali Khan also voiced strong criticism over the detention of political workers under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law, branding it a “black law” used to suppress dissent. He said his party would take the matter to Islamabad and raise it on every available platform, warning that the misuse of MPO to target political activists was unacceptable.
The dual stance — opposing the Mines and Minerals Act and denouncing the use of MPO — reflects a broader political pushback against policies that opposition leaders claim undermine both democratic freedoms and provincial autonomy.
