QUETTA: The opposition leader in Balochistan Assembly has claimed that Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch is preparing to quit following his failure to recover missing persons and bring an end to recovery of mutilated dead bodies in the province.

Addressing a press conference at his chamber on Monday, Maulana Wasey of Jamiat Ulemai-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) said Dr Baloch's press conference in Karachi was disappointing and far from ground realities. He said the chief minister and his coalition partners have deceived the masses since they had made tall claims before the elections to stop recovery of mutilated dead bodies.

“Number of missing persons has increased and bullet- riddled dead bodies are being recovered every day,” he asserted.

The opposition leader's reaction has come a day after Balochistan Chief Minister Baloch admitted at meet the press in Karachi that he was failing to recover the missing political workers. “I have been unsuccessful so far. I need time and space to work on the missing persons’ case. Dialogue and institutional reforms are necessary at the moment,” said the CM.

Maulana Wasey said under a pre-planned conspiracy, renowned politician Arbab Zahir Kasi was picked up in brazen day light from Quetta. “Where is writ of the government,” he questioned.

The opposition leader, who remained a senior minister for ten years in Balochistan, lamented that the current coalition partners were fighting on attractive ministries rather than addressing the grievances of masses. “They could not even form government for five months,” he said.

He said the present nationalist government was merely paying a lip service in terms of addressing the grievances of masses, adding that even Supreme Court had praised Nawab Aslam Raisani-led government regarding the recovery of missing persons.

”During our government we recovered missing persons and produced them before the court of law,” he claimed.

In the meantime, Chairman Baloch Voice for Missing Persons Nasrullah Baloch claimed that law enforcers in plain clothes had picked up his brother on Sunday. “They tortured my brother and set him free after the crowd was gathered,” he blamed.

Baloch also demanded of the government to provide protection to the participants of long march.