Akhtar Mengal ill

Published July 21, 2014
President of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal, Sardar Akhtar Mengal.—File photo
President of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal, Sardar Akhtar Mengal.—File photo

QUETTA: Sardar Akhtar Mengal, president of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal, fell ill while travelling from Karachi to his hometown in Khuzdar district on Sunday.

According to reports, Sardar Mengal was going to his native Wadh town along with some other leaders of his party. During the journey he complained that he was not feeling well.

His companions abandoned the journey and took their leader back to Karachi for medical check-up.

Sources said that Sardar Mengal was stable but would stay in Karachi for further check-ups.

Published in Dawn, July 21st, 2014

Opinion

Editorial

Punishing evaders
02 May, 2024

Punishing evaders

THE FBR’s decision to block mobile phone connections of more than half a million individuals who did not file...
Engaging Riyadh
02 May, 2024

Engaging Riyadh

OVER the last few weeks, there have been several exchanges involving top officials and their Saudi counterparts. At...
Freedom to question
02 May, 2024

Freedom to question

WITH frequently suspended freedoms, increasing violence and few to speak out for the oppressed, it is unlikely that...
Wheat protests
Updated 01 May, 2024

Wheat protests

The government should withdraw from the wheat trade gradually, replacing the existing market support mechanism with an effective new one over the next several years.
Polio drive
01 May, 2024

Polio drive

THE year’s fourth polio drive has kicked off across Pakistan, with the aim to immunise more than 24m children ...
Workers’ struggle
Updated 01 May, 2024

Workers’ struggle

Yet the struggle to secure a living wage — and decent working conditions — for the toiling masses must continue.