Bhootani quits Imran-led coalition
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QUETTA: Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, an independent MNA elected from the Gwadar-Lasbela NA-272 constituency, has decided to quit the ruling coalition and join hands with the opposition trying to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan through a vote of no confidence.
“I have decided to leave the government alliance,” Mr Bhootani told Dawn on Monday night.
He has taken the decision after a meeting with PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. “I and my family have very old relations with Asif Ali Zardari and I cannot ignore him,” Aslam Bhootani said, who joined the PTI-led government in 2018 when Imran Khan came to power and supported it for over three and a half years.
Mr Bhootani was elected as an MNA after obtaining 70,000 votes — the highest in Balochistan.
Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2022
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Mar 29, 2022 08:29am
IK will make him CM balochistan. Everyone will get a ministry to save the king.
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Mar 29, 2022 08:30am
All clearly part of the big ‘foreign saazish’ against super power PM!
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Mar 29, 2022 08:36am
And he remembered these "old relations" with Zardari after spending 3.5 years with PTI government? Why am I not surprised?
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Mar 29, 2022 08:49am
The hefty purse is the reason! Money wins!
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Mar 29, 2022 08:52am
This happens when umpires are no longer with you.
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Mar 29, 2022 08:52am
These MNAs won on Imran Khans support and now when he needs most help, they're leaving to support Zardari. Turncoats.
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Mar 29, 2022 08:54am
Why did you ignore him 4 years ago.......shameful fellow who is taking money and running. What did Zardari do for the people of Gwadar....
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Mar 29, 2022 09:15am
@Queen, It's not just him, everyone's "zameer" woke up in this month before Ramadan. Salute to all the elected members.
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Mar 29, 2022 09:29am
Pdm busy buying votes, will they have any money to run their parties afterwards
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Mar 29, 2022 09:30am
How can we expect these guys to be loyal to the nation when they can’t even be loyal to their party. These are power hungry corrupt people.
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Mar 29, 2022 09:42am
Amazing to see that an ‘important’ country has sent a threatening letter..a letter(!) to IK. IK then doesn’t share this with security committee but instead is carrying this ‘secret’ high value evidence on his person to a non government event, outside the security parameters of the state!
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Mar 29, 2022 09:49am
Everyone has their price. It is just a matter of time.
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Mar 29, 2022 10:03am
He was not a selected thug, so good on him!
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Mar 29, 2022 10:10am
All the corrupts gathering in one place, slowly revealing themselves.
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Mar 29, 2022 10:26am
What a shame. Now he remembers the family affiliations with Zardari.
Pity these politicians
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Mar 29, 2022 10:43am
@Jay ahmed, next stop will be the treasury
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Mar 29, 2022 10:45am
wise are those who jump the sinking ship
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Mar 29, 2022 10:46am
@Anwar, if that's what it takes to have what people call political skill in this country, why not?
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Mar 29, 2022 10:47am
@Queen, he has a price !
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Mar 29, 2022 10:53am
@Jay ahmed, they will loot from Country’s money which have been left . This is what they have been doing .
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Mar 29, 2022 10:55am
Another turncoat....the system has failed, it only benefitted the political corrupt elites
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Mar 29, 2022 10:55am
Money talks
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Mar 29, 2022 11:25am
Rats
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Mar 29, 2022 11:31am
History will tell us that Zardari was the ultimate destroyer of Pakistan!!
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Mar 29, 2022 11:55am
Money can buy everything and everybody except love
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Mar 29, 2022 11:55am
His reason for quitting the coalition Govt. " “I and my family have very old relations with Asif Ali Zardari".
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Mar 29, 2022 11:55am
No future for this one....
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Mar 29, 2022 11:56am
@King, Ramadan hasn't begin yet and if that's how you perceive Ramadan then you need to introspect yourself first.
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Mar 29, 2022 12:20pm
Please make him PM of Bhutan
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Mar 29, 2022 01:13pm
Get rich quick, sell your vote.
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Mar 29, 2022 01:57pm
@Anwar, IK will make him CM balochistan. Everyone will get a ministry to save the king.
Wow! A stargazer predicts.
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Mar 29, 2022 01:58pm
Because Biden called him
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Mar 29, 2022 02:09pm
Money talks. How many sacks?
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Mar 29, 2022 02:09pm
This is called ''Politics''.
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Mar 29, 2022 02:16pm
These turncoats are committing political suicide. PDM will be finished after this and Imran Khan will make sure they suffer.
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