Bureau Report
QUETTA: After Punjab and Pakhtunkhwa, the Balochistan government on Wednesday supported the presidential reference before the Supreme court seeking an opinion on the open ballot for the upcoming Senate polls. In a statement, Balochistan government’s spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani said that the provincial government had submitted its reply in the apex court in which they backed open ballot for Senate polls.
Lashing out at the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Liaquat Shahwani said that the opposition’s alliance did not have any policy for Balochistan.
Contrary to their claims about en masse resignations, the PDM was not ready to by boycott by-elections even on five seats, he added. Liaquat Shahwani claimed that the PDM will not hold long march in the country.
Earlier on 9th Of January, the Punjab government had backed holding the Senate polls with open ballot in its reply over the Presidential reference submitted in the Supreme Court.
