“We are not going to join a central political party,” the MPA said, burying the rumours that certain members of the Balochistan Assembly are going to join the Pakistan Peoples Party. The legislators claimed that funds worth more than Rs15 billion from the federal government and Rs20 billion from the provincial government had lapsed, and blamed the ethnic party for maladministration, inefficiency and corruption. Balochistan CM Zehri quits to avoid no-trust voteHe also claimed that the government had failed to explain CPEC and its objectives in Balochistan. Prince Ahmed Ali claimed that Rs15 billion from the federal funds and Rs20 billion from the provincial funds lapsed every year and the government failed to utilise those funds. Deputy Opposition Leader Zamruk Khan said they used the no-confidence motion after a former minister levelled charges of buying and selling of votes.

Source: The Express Tribune January 19, 2018 03:33 UTC