PM arrives in Quetta

09 Jan, 2018

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived here in the provincial metropolis on Monday evening. The Prime Minister, upon arrival at the airport, was received by Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, federal minister for petroleum Jam Kamal and the provincial cabinet members Abdul Reheem Zairatwal, Muhammad Khan Lehri, Rehmat Saleh Baloch, Ubaidullah Babat, Dr, Hamid Achakzai, Sardar Raza Bareech, Abdul Majeed Achakzai, other ministers and senior officials.
The prime minister was accompanied by Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal. During the visit, the prime minister would also meet the Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, Governor Balochhistan Muhammad Khan Achakzai PM's visit seems to be in response to a group of ministers' a press conference in the provincial capital. They claimed that number of ministers who have reservations over CM Zehri leading the provincial government would swell.
Representatives of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and Awami National Party (ANP) said that no-confidence motion is a democratic process and every MPA is entitled to bring about an in-house change. He said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had distributed sweets after dissolving government led by former chief minister Aslam Raisani.

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