Bizenjo opts not to join PPP

Quetta: Balochistan chief minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo decided to not join the Pakistan People Party (PPP) on Thursday.

The Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader wrote in a letter to PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari that he was happy to have friendly connections with him and that he was personally inspired to join the PPP.

The BAP stood behind him during the no-confidence vote against him as Speaker, he continued to write, adding that the party's members had elected him as party leader and the CM during challenging situations.

"BAP is focused on general elections like every other party and it will participate fully in upcoming elections," he continued.