QUETTA: Disgruntled Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) lawmakers and their allies in the coalition government on Monday submitted a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani as political crisis deepened.
The no-confidence motion, signed by 14 lawmakers was submitted to the secretariat of the Balochistan Assembly. Lawmakers including Saeed Hashmi, Jan Jamali, Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, and Asad Baloch were present in the assembly during the submission of the application.
The disgruntled members, in the no-confidence motion, asserted during the three years of Alyani’s term as the chief minister, there has been unemployment, unrest, and frustration in the province.
The motion claimed that the provincial cabinet members had informed the chief minister about the issues of Balochistan, but he did not pay heed to them. “Due to Jam Kamal’s lukewarm attitude, there has been gas, water, electricity, and economic crisis,” it stated.
Furthermore, the disgruntled members sought the removal of Alyani as the chief minister and called for the election of a new provincial chief, who had the majority’s support.
Taking to journalists, BAP leader Buledi said their group had expressed a lack of confidence in Chief Minister Alyani with a “majority”, requesting the Balochistan governor to summon a session of the assembly soon so that the no-confidence motion could be presented.
Balochistan National Party-Awami’s (BNP-A) Asad Baloch said it was a principle that one person is sacrificed for the larger interest of the majority. “We are not the disgruntled group, but the united group,” he stressed.
The no-confidence motion will be sent by the Balochistan Assembly Secretariat to the provincial governor. If he approves it, a session of the assembly will be convened in 7-10 days to discuss the motion.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Alyani on Monday held a meeting with PTI parliamentary leader in the Balochistan Assembly Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind during which the existing political situation was discussed.
Last week, CM Alyani had said that he will not step down from his post on the demand of “12 people”. “I will continue my struggle and will not resign on the call of 12 people,” he added.
