QUETTA: Disgruntled Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) members and the opposition on Wednesday tabled a no-trust motion against Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani in the provincial assembly.
Food Minister Abdul Rehman Khetran tabled the motion in the provincial assembly. Out of 65 members, 33 backed the motion, which is also the number of lawmakers required to pass the motion when it is put up for voting.
According to the Constitution, a no-confidence motion needs the signatures of 20 per cent of the make-up of the legislative body to be tabled for discussion and half the members must vote in favour of it to be passed.
Reading from the motion, Khetran said that the performance of government institutions had been negatively affected during the chief minister’s three-year tenure while unemployment had also spread.
He alleged that Alyani had taken care of important provincial matters without consultation which had caused “irreparable damage”. He said that lawmakers had tried to inform the CM about the damage being caused, but he paid no heed.
He noted that many people in the province, including bureaucrats, doctors, students and landowners, had taken to the streets in protest of the government’s “bad governance”. In view of these facts, Khetran said that Alyani should be removed as the provincial chief minister.
Khetran also demanded the release of five “missing” parliamentarians. Claiming to be a “well-wisher” of Alyani, he advised the chief minister to step down.
