QUETTA: Provincial minister Zahoor Buledi has been appointed as the acting president of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), days after Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani resigned from the post.
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, the provincial minister wrote, “Alhamdulillah honoured to be nominated as Acting President of BAP after resignation of party President Jam Kamal Khan.”
Alhamdulillah honoured to be nominated as Acting President of BAP after resignation of party President Jam Kamal Khan. I will serve the party with consultation of all senior leaders & workers. https://t.co/1FM6SMYAOq pic.twitter.com/ZFxeGoFKag
— Zahoor Buledi (@ZahoorBuledi) October 12, 2021
“I will serve the party with consultation of all senior leaders and workers,” he added. CM Jam Kamal on October 1 announced that he was stepping down after completing a “good” three-year term.
On Monday, the disgruntled members of the provincial assembly (MPAs) — including lawmakers from Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and allied parties — had submitted a no-confidence motion against Alyani.
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.
On September 14, as many as 16 MPAs from the Balochistan Assembly had moved a no-confidence motion against CM Alyani, but it was later denied by the Governor House Secretariat on technical grounds.
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.”
