QUETTA – In another blow to the embattled Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz government in Balochistan, the newly appointed Adviser to the Chief Minister on Excise and Taxation Majid Abro tendered his resignation on Friday.
Abro, who replaced Mir Amanullah Notezai after the latter signed the no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, sent his resignation to Governor Balochistan Muhammad Khan Achakzai today.
Moreover, Minister for Labour and Manpower Rahat Jamali also tendered her resignation amid speculations that a few more lawmakers would be following the same trend.
“More ministers and advisers will follow these resignations,” former home minister Sarfraz Bugti said adding that Zehri had lost the majority in the house and change was imperative as per the democratic principle, Dawn News reported.
The latest resignations have arrived following Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s meeting with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday night where the premier requested Fazl to support PML-N’s Balochistan government.
The PML-N government in Balochistan led by Zehri met a crisis earlier this week when a few MPAs from treasury benches filed a no-confidence motion following which home minister Sarfraz Bugti and fisheries minister Sarfaraz Domki jumped off the govt’s boat.
Zehri’s coalition partners the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) and the National Party (NP) publicly provided succour to him though one of NP’s own MPA was among signatories of the motion.
