A no-confidence motion against Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Alyani is likely to be tabled and put to a vote in the Balochistan Assembly on Wednesday, October 20, that is, the next week. Balochistan Governor Syed Zahorr Ahmed Agha has summoned a session of the provincial assembly on October 20 and it is expected that a no-confidence motion from the dissident members of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) would be tabled in the session. The dissident members had submitted the motion with the assembly secretariat on October 12. Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Balochistan government Liaquat Shahwani has claimed that the dissident BAP members were being manipulated by the P.
A no-confidence motion was tabled against Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan in the Balochistan Assembly on Monday by as many as 14 lawmakers belonging to the ruling coalition. Members of the provincial assembly opposing the incumbent chief minister insisted that he has lost the support of majority in the assembly. They said that Jam Kaml was supported by just 24 of the legislators in the 65-member house. The motion was submitted by Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Jan Muhammad Jamali, Abdul Rehman Khetran, Akbar Askani, Muhammad Khan Lehri, Sikandar Umrani, Lala Rashid, Mahjabeen Sheran, Bushra Rind of the Balochistan Awami Party and Asad Baloch and his wife Bibi Mastoor of the Balochistan National.
Three of the Balochistan ministers tendered resignations on Friday, which were promptly accepted by Governor Syed Zahoor Agha. Officials said that provincial ministers Zahoor Buledi, Abdul Rehman Khetran and Asad Baloch. However, the governor did not accept the resignations of two advisors and four parliamentary secretaries because only the chief minister was empowered to accept their resignations. The three ministers, two advisors and four parliamentary secretaries had handed their resignations over to the governor a couple of days ago, citing differences with the chief minister. Among the advisors who tendered resignations are Haji Muhammad Khan Lehri and Akbar Askani while .