QUETTA, July 24: President of the Balochistan National Party-Awami Senator Mir Israrullah Zehri has regretted that his party was not invited to the coalition meeting in Islamabad.

“We are an ally of the PPP-led government at the centre and in Balochistan,” he told journalists on Wednesday.

Senator Zehri said he would meet PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to ask whether his party still needed BNP-A’s support.

“We will decide a future line of action after talks with Mr Zardari,” he said, adding that his party and the PPP had agreed that there should be no military operation in Balochistan.

“We will continue to oppose military operations and support rights of the Baloch people even if they are unhappy with our stance,” he said.