ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: A Pakistan Muslim League-Q delegation, comprising senior party leaders and MPAs from Balochistan, held on Sunday its first round of talks with party President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on party’s organisational matters.

They also apprised him about the intensifying differences with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) in the coalition government.

Later, the delegation also had a luncheon meeting with Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and discussed with him matters relating to the development projects undertaken by the federal government in the province, a member of the delegation told Dawn.

The delegation, which is here to vent its grievances against what it views to be unacceptable attitude of the MMA ministers in the provincial coalition government, discussed with the PML-Q chief ways and means to strengthen the party in the province.

The delegation is said to have impressed upon the party chief that if the MMA refused to share the powers and responsibilities of the government with its senior coalition partners then other political alternatives be considered to make the coalition a genuinely PML-Q-led setup.

The second round of talks will be held on Monday.

Opinion

Editorial

Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

MATTERS have worsened in the stand-off between the Azad Kashmir government and the Joint Awami Action Committee,...
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....
Soft on traders
08 Jun, 2026

Soft on traders

THE Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with an annual turnover of up to Rs200m has been designed as a ‘pragmatic...
Ceasefire in name
Updated 08 Jun, 2026

Ceasefire in name

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Damaged childhoods
08 Jun, 2026

Damaged childhoods

CHILD abuse is so prevalent that the UN ranked Pakistan as the least safe country for children. Even so, more than...