After their failure to reach to an agreement over a reserved seat for women in the Balochistan Assembly, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Balochistan National Party (BNP) have decided to carry out a coin toss to decide which party gets the seat.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notification on the reserved minority and women’s seats in 10 of the 11 seats in the Balochistan Assembly, with the decision on one of the seats is pending.
According to the ECP, the two parties will flip a coin to decide who gets the seat.
On August 10, the BNP-Mengal announced support for the PTI at the Centre as the two parties signed a landmark deal to solidify their alliance. Senior members of both parties met in Quetta late Thursday morning and agreed on the points put forth by the BNP-M. The party then announced its support for a PTI-led government in Islamabad. Currently, the BNP-M has four seats in the National Assembly and will be allotted one reserved seat for women. The party announced support to the PTI with five seats in hand.
Published in Daily Times, August 13th 2018.
