QUETTA: Disgruntled members of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and some from its coalition partners gave Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani a deadline of 6pm tomorrow (Wednesday) to resign from his post.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Balochistan Finance Minister Zahoor Buledi said that 14 to 15 BAP members and some from other parties in the province’s coalition government had expressed a lack of confidence in the chief minister. “The reason for this lack of confidence is the growing unrest in the province,” he added.
Buledi said Jam Kamal had earlier been given two weeks to resign, “but instead of resigning, he tried to give an impression in his social media posts that there were differences among us.”
The provincial minister also pointed out a no-trust move against CM Balochistan by the opposition earlier this month, saying that in such a scenario, “it is better for the chief minister to resign.”
Taking over the presser, Balochistan Social Welfare Minister Mir Asadullah Baloch stated that Jam Kamal had failed to fulfil the commitments, and his resignation had been demanded in the “wider interest of the province”.
“Jam Kamal will be given time till 6pm tomorrow. If he does not resign by tomorrow, we will consider other options, including a no-confidence motion,” he added. Meanwhile, Balochistan MPA Naseebullah Murree also reiterated the demand for Alyani’s resignation. “The chief minister is requested to have mercy on the party and the province and resign,” he said.
The signs of the ongoing political crisis in Balochistan were first seen in June this year, when opposition members had camped outside the provincial assembly’s building for days in protest against the government led by Jam Kamal for its refusal to allocate development funds for their constituencies in the budget.
Last week, Alyani announced that he was resigning as the BAP’s president. Following that, a meeting of the core committee of the BAP had been called, during which serious concern had been expressed over the political crisis in the province and the situation created due to anger of the party’s disgruntled group and its demand for Alyani’s resignation.
