Balochistan spinning in political whirlpool

The Balochistan political crisis took a serious turn on Tuesday after the provincial assembly reposed confidence in Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, while the provincial chapter of PPP declared his government unconstitutional. Acting speaker Matiullah Agha chaired the assembly session on Tuesday wherein Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay tabled a unanimous resolution in the House. The resolution said the worsening law and order in the province was a conspiracy of internal and external elements and the people were suffering due to the law and order and it was incumbent upon the House to review the situation. Fifty seven members present in the House unanimously expressed their confidence in the chief minister in a House of 65.
The resolution called for joint line of action and solidarity to improve the situation.
Opposition members, PPP Balochistan President and minister Mir Sadiq Imrani and Minister for Quality Education Jan Ali Changezi did not attend the session.
Speaking in the House, Wasay said, “We want continuity of democracy and survival of constitution. We will fight those elements that try to stop us from fighting for the rights of the people,” he said. “There is nobody in this House who demands UN or US guarantee for his own country,” the minister noted.
Abdul Rehman Mengal said the Centre was hatching a conspiracy against the provincial government as it wanted to impose emergency or governor’s rule to delay the general election. On the other hand, the PPP Balochistan declared the provincial government unconstitutional. The decision by PPP Balochistan chapter was made during the provincial council session on Tuesday. The council also said that Chief Minister Balochistan Aslam Raisani had been suspended from the party. Earlier, acting governor Muhammad Aslam Bhootani put off the assembly session called on November 13 by Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi.
Prior to the development, Bhootani had refused to chair the session as speaker and had sent a memo seeking clarification from the Supreme Court’s Registrar about the constitutional status of the existing provincial government and the chief minister in the backdrop of SC’s October 12, 2012 interim order in the Balochistan law and order case.