Balochistan’s PSDP brings MPAs on roads Allege CM not taking opposition into confidence

on 03/07/2020

The opposition in Balochistan has complaints that the government does not take it into confidence on the development program of the province.
This led opposition parties to stage a sit-in outside Chief Minister House last week. They alleged that Jam government was not taking them on board while finalizing the 2020-21 Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).
Members of the opposition parties in the Balochistan Assembly led by Opposition Leader Malik Sikandar Khan took out a protest.
Carrying placards and banners, hey marched on Zarghoon Road and gathered in front of the official residence of the chief minister. They chanted slogans against the provincial government and staged a sit-in there.
Malik Sikandar Khan claimed that the government had committed to taking the opposition on board for the development of Balochistan but despite promises, the coalition government led by Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani had not taken them into confidence while preparing PSDP 2020-21.
He said that provincial ministers and non-elected people belonging to the ruling party were interfering in their constituencies despite their protest.
Since the rally passed through the Red Zone, police and personnel of other law enforcement agencies had been deployed at the entrance of the zone area. However, the opposition MPAs entered the Red Zone and reached outside the CM House.
Another report said the opposition parties also alleged that the government had arrested MPAsAkhtar Hussain Langove, Malik Naseer Shahwani, and Ahmed Nawaz Baloch.
After hearing reports about the arrest of the three MPAs workers of the Balochistan National Party blocked Sariab Road, Qambrani Road, and Spiny Road putting barricades, burning tyres, chanting anti-government slogans, suspending traffic for hours.
A spokesman for Balochistan Government Liaquat Shahwani refuted the news of the arrests. Balochistan government didnt give any directive to arrest opposition members.
He further said the opposition violated Section-144 by attempting to barge inside the Red Zone but police spoke to them politely instead of using force to intercept them