QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Balochistan leader, Mir Aslam Rind, has resigned from party membership in protest, saying he will contest the election from the PB-42 (Quetta) constituency as an independent candidate.

He announced this decision at a press conference at the Quetta Press Club on Sunday, accompanied by Bakir Suleimankheil, Syed Sabir Hussain Shah, Mohammad Inamul Hassan, and others.

Asserting his decision to run independently in the PB-42 constituency of the Balochistan Assembly, Mr Rind highlighted that the PML-N nominee has no connection with Quetta’s politics. Mr Rind pledged that he would not compromise on the rights of the people of Quetta.

He said that he was a senior representative in the municipal committee in 2013 and a potential candidate for the Mayor of Quetta Metropolitan. However, he mentioned that one day he received orders from the party’s central command to vote for the Pashtunkhwa Party’s mayor.

Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2024