QUETTA: The deputy speaker, four provincial ministers and two advisers to the chief minister are among 19 members of the Balochistan Assembly who have submitted a requisition for immediately convening a session of the house.

The decision to submit the requisition was taken in a meeting where they expressed reservations over a session not having been convened over the past three months

They said the law and order situation in the province was worsening and many other issues also needed to be discussed by the assembly.

Published in Dawn, November 21th, 2014

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