TURBAT: In a crucial political development, a high-level federal delegation, including Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah and other federal ministers, arrived in Turbat on Monday. The delegation, representing Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, held a significant meeting with National Party (NP) chief Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch, a key member of the provincial assembly.
The closed-door meeting focused intensely on the impending 27th Constitutional Amendment and the broader national political landscape. According to reliable sources, the primary objective of the federal government’s emissaries was to secure Dr. Baloch’s critical support for the passage of the constitutional amendment. The government is actively lobbying various political factions to gather the necessary parliamentary votes.
However, the delegation’s mission faced a formidable obstacle. The National Party had publicly announced its firm stance to oppose the amendment earlier in the day. This position casts a shadow of uncertainty over the amendment’s fate, given the NP’s strategic representation in the parliament.
While the NP holds a single vote in both the National Assembly and the Senate, its support is considered potentially decisive in what is expected to be a tightly contested legislative process. The party’s vote could play an instrumental role in either the approval or the failure of the government’s constitutional initiative.
The meeting in Turbat underscores the intense political maneuvering underway in the capital, as the government leaves no stone unturned to build a consensus for its constitutional agenda. The refusal of a key Balochistan-based party like the NP to align with the government highlights the challenges in achieving a nationwide political agreement on the amendment, setting the stage for a closely watched parliamentary battle.
Meanwhile the central spokesperson of the Balochistan National Party has stated that after the draft of the 27th Constitutional Amendment was tabled in the Senate of Pakistan and made public, the party held detailed consultations with its legal experts and deliberated on the matter at its relevant forums.
The spokesperson said the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment is, in fact, tantamount to weakening the very spirit and structure of the Constitution. Therefore, the party’s constitutional bodies have, by a majority decision, rejected the amendment.
