QUETTA: ANP leader Zamrak Khan Piralizai, who emerged victorious in the April 21 re-polling for the Balochistan Assembly’s PB-50 Qila Abdullah seat, has advised the rival candidates to wait for five years to win the voters’ trust.

Addressing a presser along with ANP’s Vice President Malik Usman and Joint Secretary Rashid Khan Nasar on Thursday, he said voters reposed their trust in the ANP first on Feb 8 and now in the April 21 re-polling held on the Supreme Court’s orders.

Rejecting the PkMAP candidate’s allegations of rigging, he said, “We have once again won the hearts of people as we always serve them sincerely.”

Mr Piralizai claimed that Awami National Party had never compromised on the principles of Bacha Khan and Wali Khan for personal or political gains, and that’s why the people of Qila Abdullah expressed their trust in the ANP.

He said ANP achieved the success despite attempts by the opponents to sabotage the peaceful voting process. However, he added, the administration successfully controlled the situation.

ANP’s Piralizai rejects allegations of rigging in re-polling for PB-50

In reply to a question, the legislator-elect said the decision about joining the coalition government would be made by the party’s provincial leadership.

Published in Dawn, April 26th, 2024