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Dr Malik's fate hangs in the balance

Islamabad - Nawaz Sharif is likely to decide the fate of the coalition government in Balochistan as per the Murree Accord in a day or two.

Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has left Balochistan's provincial capital for his hometown of Turbat as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to decide the fate of the coalition government in Balochistan as per the Murree Accord in a day or two.
After the May 2013 general election, three major parties in Balochistan - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), National Party (NP) and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) - signed a power-sharing deal in Murree on June 4.
According to the agreement, the chief minister would be from the NP, but he would step down midway through his five-year constitutional tenure to make way for another chief minister from the PML-N. Chief Minister Dr Malik took oath on June 9.
The prime minister, who arrived in Islamabad from London on Friday night, will be in Lahore on Sunday and may summon his party leaders to any of these places. The Prime Minister's House confirmed reports about the meeting but did not give an exact date.
Sources said the PML-N Balochistan chapter was asked by the senior party leaders to wait till December 9 - the day Dr Malik's government will officially complete its 2.5 years.
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