BNP protests against attack on Mengal house

Published October 15, 2018
DERA ALLAH YAR: Members and supporters of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal protest against the attack on the residence of party president Sardar Akhtar Mengal at the Sindh-Balochistan highway on Sunday.—Online
DERA ALLAH YAR: Members and supporters of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal protest against the attack on the residence of party president Sardar Akhtar Mengal at the Sindh-Balochistan highway on Sunday.—Online

QUETTA: Workers and supporters of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) staged a protest rally here on Sunday against an attack on the residence of party president Sardar Akhtar Mengal in Wadh the other day.

The participants of the rally marched on roads in the provincial capital and chanted slogans against the government. They vowed to continue their struggle for the rights of the people of Balochistan.

Addressing the protesters, MNA Agha Hassan Baloch, MPA Shakeela Dahwar, Ghulam Nabi Marri and other party leaders demanded immediate arrests of those involved in the attack on the residence of Mr Mengal.

“Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has no political or personal enmity with anyone, but unfortunately the district administration has released attackers by labelling the attack a tribal dispute,” they said.

The BNP leaders said that instead of demanding ministries and government posts, the BNP had signed a six-point agreement with the PTI to achieve rights of the people of Balochistan and the party would not withdraw from its six-point agreement with the PTI. “We will continue our struggle for the recovery of missing people,” they said.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2018

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