Bhootani quits Imran-led coalition

Published March 29, 2022
This image shows Mohammad Aslam Bhootani. — Photo courtesy: NA website
This image shows Mohammad Aslam Bhootani. — Photo courtesy: NA website

QUETTA: Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, an independent MNA elected from the Gwadar-Lasbela NA-272 constituency, has decided to quit the ruling coalition and join hands with the opposition trying to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan through a vote of no confidence.

“I have decided to leave the government alliance,” Mr Bhootani told Dawn on Monday night.

He has taken the decision after a meeting with PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. “I and my family have very old relations with Asif Ali Zardari and I cannot ignore him,” Aslam Bhootani said, who joined the PTI-led government in 2018 when Imran Khan came to power and supported it for over three and a half years.

Mr Bhootani was elected as an MNA after obtaining 70,000 votes — the highest in Balochistan.

Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2022

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