News Desk:

Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) has announced to support joint opposition in a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday. BAP parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Nawabzada Khalid Magsi announced this decision at a news conference.

Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari and others were also present on the occasion. BAP has five members in the national assembly.

Magsi said that his party had reached the conclusion to join the opposition after consultations as they had “come with a new aim after bitter experiences in the past”.

“We wanted the country to be handled in a new manner, he said, lamenting that “Balochistan has been deprived” and the party wanted the province’s issues to be addressed which was why BAP had decided to support the opposition.

During the question and answer session, when asked on whose instructions had he toppled the PML-N government in Balochistan in 2018, Magsi got visibly upset at the reporter.

 

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