{"id":42717,"date":"2018-01-08T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T09:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=42717"},"modified":"2018-01-08T14:49:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T09:49:02","slug":"political-watershed-in-balochistan-pm-visits-quetta-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=42717","title":{"rendered":"Political watershed in Balochistan: PM visits Quetta today"},"content":{"rendered":"

QUETTA Jan 08 (TNS):<\/strong> Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will visit Quetta today and meet with\u00a0Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmakers, who seem to be abandoning their leader \u2014\u00a0Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) representative and provincial lawmaker Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has claimed that as many as 40 legislators will vote for the no-confidence motion against Zehri.<\/p>\n

Bizenjo said that PML-N leader Changez Marri has also rendered his support for the no-confidence motion.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Balochistan chief minister said that those claiming to have the support of 40 MPAs could not gather more than 20 legislators at their recently held dinner meeting.<\/p>\n

Zehri has reportedly said that he will fight against the no-confidence motion and will prove his support in the house.<\/p>\n

The no-confidence motion will likely be presented on Tuesday (tomorrow).<\/p>\n

Separately, Zehri contacted PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Sunday and conveyed to him that the issue of the no-confidence motion against him needs to be resolved.<\/p>\n

According to sources, Zehri told Nawaz that a no-confidence motion against him could have an impact on the results of the upcoming general elections.<\/p>\n

The government has increased efforts to resolve a brewing crisis in the province after provincial lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Zehri last week, followed be resignations of several provincial\u00a0cabinet members.<\/p>\n

Federal ministers Khurram Dastagir and Abdul Qadir Baloch, and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai called on Zehri in Quetta on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

Dastagir discussed the\u00a0present political situation, law and order and other affairs pertaining to the province with the chief minister, as per sources.<\/p>\n

The meeting was also attended by chief minister’s adviser Obaidullah Babat.<\/p>\n

Dastagir assured Zehri of support from the federal government and the PML-N.<\/p>\n

The PkMAP chief, in his meeting with the chief minister, discussed the overall political scenario in Balochistan.<\/p>\n

Minister of State for Petroleum Jam Kamal was also part of the meeting.<\/p>\n

The no-confidence motion, which was submitted by Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Syed Agha Raza, was signed by a total of 14 parliamentarians and submitted on January 2.<\/p>\n

Later, the chief minister\u2019s adviser Prince Ahmad Ali Ahmadzai, Fisheries Minister Mir Sarfraz Domki and Home Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti submitted their resignations.<\/p>\n

This was followed by resignations from two more cabinet members, a provincial minister and the chief minister\u2019s adviser.<\/p>\n

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QUETTA Jan 08 (TNS): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will visit Quetta today and meet with\u00a0Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmakers, who seem to be abandoning their leader \u2014\u00a0Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri. Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) representative and provincial lawmaker Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has claimed that as many as 40 legislators will vote for the no-confidence motion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,46],"tags":[589,390],"class_list":["post-42717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-quetta","tag-national","tag-quetta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42719,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42717\/revisions\/42719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}