QUETTA: Balochistan government on Thursday decided to bring a no-confidence motion against the provincial legislature’s defiant assembly speaker— Jan Muhammad Jamali.

The decision was made during a Balochistan cabinet meeting presided by chief minister Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch.

Balochistan Information Minister Rahim Ziaratwal, while talking to journalists, said: “It was decided in principle to bring a no-confidence move against speaker Jan Jamali.” The motion against the speaker will be presented during the ongoing Balochistan Assembly session, said the minister.

Jamali, who belongs to the PML-N, had violated party policy during the recent Senate elections when he fielded his own daughter to contest for a women's seat. Differences between the party and its Balochistan leadership had cost the PML-N a crucial seat during Senate polls.

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Jamali had announced to form his own party—Muslim League Balochistan— during the Senate elections, alleging that Senate tickets were distributed to blued-eyed individuals while legislators were ignored.

Thursday's cabinet meeting also observed that the overall law and order situation in the province had improved considerably. The cabinet directed law-enforcing agencies to take further effective steps to improve the security situation in the insurgency-hit province.