Govt to resolve Awaran women case within two days, Shah assures Mengal.

Interior Minister Brigadier (r) Ijaz Shah on Friday assured Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal that the issue of arrest of four women from Awaran district of Balochistan will be resolved within two days.

A meeting was held at the office of National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri where the BNP-M chief was also present along with other MNAs.

Mengal expressed concerns over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) failure to address the issues of its allies and said that his party would reconsider its position if it was not getting any benefits from the coalition. 'We do not see the point of being a partner of this government if it refuses to address our genuine concerns,' he said.

On this, the NA deputy speaker said that he himself is from Balochistan and assured Mengal that the government was genuinely interested in working with his party for the development of the province in order to end all injustices towards the people of Balochistan.

Meanwhile, during the proceedings of the National Assembly (NA) on Friday, the opposition staged a walkout in protest for not being allowed to speak about the production orders of detained lawmakers. The BNP-P chief also walked out with the opposition.

The opposition demanded the implementation of the production orders issued by NA Speaker Asad Qaiser and announced that they would continue to boycott the House's proceedings until the issue has been resolved. The session was then adjourned till Monday.

On November 30, four Baloch women were forcibly picked up from different parts of Awaran. According to a tweet by rights activist associated with Amnesty International, Rabia Mehmood, four Baloch women named Sakina, Sayad Bibi, Nazal and Hameeda had been...