Balochistan government on Thursday decided to bring a no-confidence motion against the provincial legislature’s defiant assembly speaker— Jan Muhammad Jamali.
The decision was made during a Balochistan cabinet meeting presided by chief minister Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch.
Balochistan Information Minister Rahim Ziaratwal, while talking to journalists, said: “It was decided in principle to bring a no-confidence move against speaker Jan Jamali.”
The motion against the speaker will be presented during the ongoing Balochistan Assembly session, said the minister.
Jamali, who belongs to the PMLN, had violated party policy during the recent Senate elections when he fielded his own daughter to contest for a women's seat. Differences between the party and its Balochistan leadership had cost the PML-N a crucial seat during Senate polls.
Jamali had announced to form his own party—Muslim League Balochistan— during the Senate elections, alleging that Senate tickets were distributed to blued-eyed individuals while legislators were ignored.
Thursday's cabinet meeting also observed that the overall law and order situation in the province had improved considerably.
The cabinet directed law-enforcing agencies to take further effective steps to improve the security situation in the insurgency-hit province.
