QUETTA, Nov 5: Balochistan Assembly Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhootani has called a session of the provincial assembly in Quetta on Nov 13.

According to a spokesman for the provincial government, the speaker summoned the session at 4pm on Nov 13 on the advice of Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi.

On Nov 1, Mr Bhootani had turned down a request of the chief minister to call a session of the assembly.

The speaker had told a news TV channel that he had received a letter from the chief minister asking for the session to be called on Wednesday.

He had not only refused to summon the session but

also asked the governor to determine the legal status of the Raisani government after the Supreme Court’s interim order issued on Oct 12.

Mr Bhootani had said that until the legal position of the provincial government was determined he would not budge, adding the government had lost its constitutional authority after the apex court had ruled that the Balochistan government had failed to fulfil its constitutional duty and protect basic human rights in the province.