BNP-M chief Akhtar Mengal says goodbye to PTI government coalition.

ISLAMABAD -- The federal government was dealt a blow on Wednesday as Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) leader Akhtar Mengal announced that his party was breaking its alliance with the ruling coalition.

'Today, I announce in Parliament [the BNP-M's] separation from PTI's [ruling] alliance,' Mengal said while addressing the National Assembly.

However, the lawmaker clarified that his party will continue to be part of the National Assembly and keep talking about Balochistan's issues.

Mengal reminded the House that his party had two agreements with the ruling party, adding that it was the Imran Khan-led party which had come to him for an alliance, not the BNP-M which went to Bani Gala - the personal residence of PM Imran Khan.

'The first agreement was done on August 8, 2018 and signed by Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Jahangir Tareen and Yar Muhammad Rind,' recalled Mengal.

He added that his party had demanded that the missing persons issue be resolved and the National Action Plan be implemented in letter and spirit in the agreement.

'Can someone tell us if there was anything unconstitutional in both these demands? Why were they not implemented?' asked the lawmaker from Balochistan.

He regretted that the ruling party's mindset was "the same one running in the country since 1948".

'We waited for two years for the implementation of the agreement; we are ready to [wait] further, but start something,' appealed the...