Balochistan Assembly members demand former cabinet to resign
Opposition members demanded former cabinet to resign over Mushtaq Raisani's mega-corruption
QUETTA (Dunya News) – Members of opposition in the Balochistan Assembly walked-out of the session while protesting against the former cabinet, raising slogans against it and demanding it to resign, reported Dunya News on Saturday.
Session of the Assembly commenced under the leadership of Speaker Rahila Hameed Durrani. Opposition members demanded the members of the former cabinet to resign on the basis of the involvement of former Finance Secretary Mushtaq Raisani in mega-corruption.
Matters got really tensed when the Speaker ordered that the microphones of the protesting members of the opposition be switched off. The opposition members walked-out of the Assembly whilst boycotting the session.
Commenting upon the opposition’s protest, Balochistan’s former Chief Minister (CM) Dr Abdul Malik stated that the opposition should avoid doing politics based on allegations and advised the members to remain calm and be realistic, adding that his party also has names of certain individuals involved in wrongdoings.
Resolution regarding the transfer of funds of the Employees Old-Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) workers to the federal was unanimously approved during the session and further proceedings were suspended till May 17.
