Sacked offici­als said to be suppor­ting no-confid­ence motion submit­ted in the Baloch­istan Assemb­ly agains­t CMQUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri on Tuesday night sacked provincial Home Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti and special assistant Mir Amanullah Notezai over their support for a no-confidence motion brought against him in the Balochistan Assembly by 14 MPAs. Official sources confirmed that the CM has requested the Balochistan governor to remove Bugti from his office with immediate effect. Earlier in the day, the no-confidence motion was submitted in the Balochistan Assembly against CM Zehri over allegedly failing to fulfil promises held out to coalition partners. CM Balochistan visits victims of church attackSupporting Zehri, Bugti and Minister for Fisheries Mir Sarfaraz Domki of the PML-N had decided to resign from their ministries. Before meeting Zehri, the PkMAP chairman had said that his party would fully support CM Zehri.

Source: The Express Tribune January 02, 2018 20:42 UTC