{"id":20917,"date":"2023-11-03T16:58:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T16:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/bnps-mengal-assails-pdm-govt-claims-bajwa-aided-pdm-in-imrans-ouster\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T16:58:06","slug":"bnps-mengal-assails-pdm-govt-claims-bajwa-aided-pdm-in-imrans-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bnps-mengal-assails-pdm-govt-claims-bajwa-aided-pdm-in-imrans-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"BNP\u2019s Mengal assails PDM govt, claims Bajwa aided PDM in Imran\u2019s ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Friday claimed the PML-N-led government exploited the coalition \u2014 of which his party was a member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo streamline their own matters, they introduced the NAB amendment \u2014 they passed 56 bills in one day on the floor of the assembly \u2014 [but] they did not pass even one bill of ours,\u201d he said in an interview on <em>Dawn News\u2019<\/em> programme <em>Doosra Rukh<\/em> which will air tonight at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>The BNP-M, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1458041\">previously allied<\/a> with the then-ruling PTI in the Centre in 2018, joined hands with the PDM to eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1584519\">bring down Imran Khan\u2019s government<\/a>. Mengal\u2019s party has since been vocal about its uneasiness with the PML-N-led coalition\u2019s policies, hinting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1739163\">severa<\/a>l <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1739163\">occasion<\/a>s at parting ways with it.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, he said PML-N, PPP, and PTI had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1564106\">disappointed<\/a> him and he \u201cwill now think not once, but 100 times\u201d before entering a coalition with any of the three major parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the sake of [our] votes they call us back and when the job is done, they want to be rid of us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about whether he felt he was exploited by the PDM government, Mengal added: \u201cEveryone here only uses each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mengal said that when he met Shehbaz for the coalition of PDM, he told the then-prime minister that since they were now in agreement, they should not, as has been the case in the past, leave Balochistan to the mercy of the \u201cestablishment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShehbaz Sharif \u2026 wrapped us [BNP-M] up and placed us in their [establishment] pockets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1769927\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He stated that the matter of missing persons was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1773367\">raised<\/a> when the PDM government was formed and when nothing was done about it, the Mengal group started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1726425\">resigning<\/a> from the cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two ministers resigned, they told us that we should sit down and talk,\u201d Mengal said.<\/p>\n<p>The BNP-M leader went on to claim that the coalition government was formed with the help of the military establishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met [then-Army chief Gen Qamar Javed] Bajwa after submitting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1684168\">motion for no-confidence<\/a> and he was ambivalent. He was trying to keep both the PDM and chairman PTI happy so that he could be with whoever wins,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGen Bajwa used to tell the PDM government and chairman PTI to go easy \u2026 he did not want to upset either one of them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mengal, if Bajwa did not have his differences with Imran Khan, the PDM coalition would never have formed.<\/p>\n<p>While talking about the elections, he said that a minute after the PDM was formed, it was decided that after the movement succeeds, the country should go for immediate elections.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"nawazs-return-raises-question\" href=\"#nawazs-return-raises-question\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Nawaz\u2019s return raises question<\/h2>\n<p>Mengal also said that PML-N  party supremo, Nawaz Sharif\u2019s return raised questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unfortunate thing about this country has always been that decisions are never taken by the people and the manner in which he has returned \u2014 could he not have returned a year earlier?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that Nawaz\u2019s return just as the election draws near raises a \u201cbig question mark\u201d and it remained to be seen how he would explain it himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNawaz\u2019s return raises doubts \u2026 he should have at least taken his former allies in confidence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented that the government could not deliver on anything besides handling their own cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not think any major party would want elections \u2026 if elections do take place then it is unlikely that the parties that were in the coalition will win. We do not even know whether the PDM still exists or if the end of the PTI\u2019s government marked the end for the PDM as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Friday claimed the PML-N-led government exploited the coalition \u2014 of which his party was a member. \u201cTo streamline their own matters, they introduced the NAB amendment \u2014 they passed 56 bills in one day on the floor of the assembly \u2014 [but] they did not pass 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