Says people of Balochistan \u2018are not slaves\u2019, questions why a Balochistan peace conference has not been convened
\nINP
\nISLAMABAD
\nBalochistan National Party-Mengal President (BNP-M) Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Wednesday announced his party\u2019s withdrawal from its alliance with the ruling PTI government.
\nSpeaking during a session of the National Assembly, he said: \u201cI am officially announcing that our party is separating itself from the government. We will stay in the parliament and will keep talking about issues.\u201d
\nIn January, BNP-M leaders including MNA Khalid Magsi, Ahsan Ullah Reki, Israr Tareen, Senator Manzoor Kakar, Naseeb Ullah Badini, Rubina Irfan and Sana Jamali participated in talks with the government as it started efforts to appease its \u2018annoyed\u2019 allies. However, the BNP-M chief did not participate in the talks.
\nThe government side had assured the Baloch leaders that it would address all grievances of the party and would include them in \u201cdevelopment-oriented\u201d decision making.
\nThe BNP-M and PTI had signed a six-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) in August 2018 for an alliance at the Centre. The six points included recovery of missing persons, implementation of the National Action Plan, implementation of six per cent quota for Balochistan in the federal government, immediate repatriation of Afghan refugees and the construction of dams in the province to resolve the acute water crisis.
\nThe alliance with the PTI was only at the Centre, while the BNP-M\u2019s alliance with the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl in Balochis\u00actan continued at the provincial level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Says people of Balochistan \u2018are not slaves\u2019, questions why a Balochistan peace conference has not been convened INP ISLAMABAD Balochistan National Party-Mengal President (BNP-M) Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Wednesday announced his party\u2019s withdrawal from its alliance with the ruling PTI government. Speaking during a session of the National Assembly, he said: \u201cI am officially announcing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n