'Missing' Balochistan Assembly member Bushra Rind surfaces in Islamabad

QUETTA: A purportedly missing member of Balochistan Assembly, Bushra Rind, has surfaced in Islamabad, ARY News reported on Thursday.

“I am in Islamabad for medical treatment,” Bushra Rind said in a statement today.

Yesterday five members of the disgruntled group, including Akbar Askani, Lala Rasheed and Ms Bushra Rind, were absent in the assembly session summoned for the no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani.

“The minority government has made our supporting members disappeared,” a leader of the estranged group Zahoor Buledi alleged in the session.

“Those being declared missing have themselves opted to stay away from the session,” Chief Minister Jam Kamal said. “Several other members have also failed to attend the session,” chief minister said. “Those being dubbed ‘missing’ are members of our party,” the chief minister reiterated.

Chief Minister Jam Kamal while refuting the opposition’s allegations said that he will face and defeat the motion against his government.

A session of the Balochistan Assembly has been summoned on October 25 (Monday) for voting on the no-confidence motion tabled against Chief Minister Jam Kamal. The no-trust motion required 33 members support to de-seat the chief minister  in the house of 65 members.

BAP spokesperson Abdul Rehman Khetran presented the no-confidence motion in the assembly yesterday.

The estranged lawmakers, in a motion submitted to the assembly, stated that the chief minister had failed to deliver during his three-year tenure and should be removed immediately.