QUETTA, Feb 4: Balochistan Minister for Agriculture Maulvi Faizullah has termed the visit of the chief minister to Loralai a failure and said that the announcement by Jam Mohammad Yousuf to provide electricity from the Kuwait funds was aimed to deceive people.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, the minister said that the chief minister also faild to persuade the influential people to join the ruling PML party during his public contact campaign trip to Loralai district.

Maulvi Faizullah asserted that the PML Balochistan leadership made concerted efforts to convince the people in his constituency to join the party but they received negative response from them.

He claimed that owing to good performance of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal ministers in Balochistan coalition government, led by Jam Mohammad Yousuf, people were reluctant to support the PML.

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