62 Balochistan Assembly members administered Oath
'Pakistan Times' Balochistan Bureau

QUETTA: 62 out of total 65 members of the provincial assembly Balochistan took oath here Monday. Speaker Jamal Shah Kakar administered oath to the members of the provincial parliament in three languages Urdu, Pashto and Balochi.

Six MPAs of Balochistan National Party (Awami) took oath in Balochi while three of Awami National Party members took oath in Pashto language. 53 members of the house belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Pakistan Peoples Party, Muthida Majlas-e-Amal and others were administered oaths in national language.

Independent member Jan Ali Changezi left the house with the demand that he may also be administered oath in Darri language but his demand was not conceded and he took oath in Urdu.

MPAs belonging to Mutahida Majlas-e-Amal walked out of the house in protest against Multilanguage oath taking ceremony.

They said since Urdu is national language the members of the house should have been administered oath in Urdu.

In its maiden session, the house offered Fateha for the departed souls of PPP leader Muhtarama Benazir Bhutto, Nawab Mohammad Akbar Bugti, Balach Marri and Principal Residential College Loralai Professor Mohammad Ali Kakar. The session was adjourned and would resume today, Tuesday.●