Cellular and internet services were suspended in Quetta for two days following JUI-F's announcement of a shutter-down strike over alleged rigging in the re-polling of PB-45 Quetta VIII. JUI-F's provincial emir vowed to continue protests "until we get our rights." Meanwhile, PPP candidate Ali
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders remarked that 'no decision has so far been taken about the upcoming chief minister's slot, which will be announced after consultation with the would-be coalition partners.'
As the Pakistan electoral body rejected over 3000 nominations for upcoming elections, Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal emphasised that a well-planned conspiracy led to the rejection of his and other party candidates' nomination papers and pushed the