Bhutani, Jamali appears as strong contenders for CM Balochistan slot

F.P. Report

QUETTA: After the resignation of Sanaullah Zehri as the chief minister on Tuesday ahead of the no confidence motion, the ruling PML-N start search for a new suitable person to handle the political situation in the province.

According to party sources Saleh Bhutani and Jan Muhammad Jamali are strongest candidates in the run and the CM is likely to be formed one of them.

While talking to private news channel PML-N leader and one of the strongest contenders for the CM slot Jan Muhammad Jamali has said that the members of Balochistan assembly will take the decision and we will not accept any decision from the center.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former premier Nawaz Sharif held a meeting in the wake of Zehri’s resignation, where it was decided that the opposition would be offered to bring forward their candidate for the position of the next chief minister if they express a majority.

However, the two dignitaries also shared concerns of a dissolved assembly if the political crisis worsened.

He added that my ancestors were in the Muslim League, way before Nawaz Sharif was and adding that the dynamics of the PML-N in Balochistan is different from other parts of Pakistan.

Zehri’s decision came after he was reportedly advised by Prime Minister Abbasi to resign ahead of a no-confidence motion which was to be taken up against him in the provincial assembly.