A coalition of four Baloch, Pashtoon and Hazara nationalist parties protesting the alleged vote rigging has announced plans to shift their ongoing protest in front of the Balochistan Assembly, where newly elected members are set to be sworn in on Wednesday (Feb 28).

The four parties — the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awa­mi Party (PkMAP), Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), National Party (NP) and Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) — have been staging demonstrations for the last two weeks across Quetta and other towns of the province, voicing allegations of irregularities in the Feb 8 elections.

A spokesperson for the four-party alliance said on Sunday that 17 days of sit-ins in front of the district returning office (DRO) had been called off and would be shifted to the Balochistan Assembly starting Wednesday.

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