Jam kamal says Pervez Khattak responsible for his ouster

Quetta: Former Balochistan chief minister Jamal Kamal Alyani on Monday stated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister Pervez Khattak were "responsible" for his ouster from the cabinet and this was "nothing new".

Jam Kamal clarified to the media during his interview that he and Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo were not at conflict. "One cannot criticise Bizenjo in light of the current situation. As he [Bizenjo] is surrounded by another 65 people," he added.

The former chief minister of Balochistan claimed to have met with Maryam Nawaz, the main organizer of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). 

Earlier, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan on October 2021 evening announced he had resigned from his post, with the Governor House Secretariat confirming that it had been accepted.

“I, Jam Kamal Khan, under Article 130 (8) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, hereby resign from the office of the Chief Minister Balochistan today, the 24^th day of October 2021,” read the brief resignation submitted by Kamal.

In a subsequent posting on Twitter, he thanked the lawmakers who had continued to support him and said he had arrived on his decision after deliberating on the events of the past month. “After many thoughts and reasoning and [to] not let PDM [Pakistan Democratic Movement] put further cracks in us … I put my resignation with a consensus,” he said, though the no-confidence motion against him was moved by disgruntled members of his own Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and not the opposition’s alliance.

“The resignation tendered by Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan is hereby accepted today on 24/10/2021,” read a statement from Governor Syed Zahoor Ahmad Agha.