Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the president of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal), asserted during a public meeting in Sariab that his party is determined to thwart attempts by certain forces to treat Balochistan as a ‘commodity for sale’.

He emphasised the power of the vote to defeat those who seek to divide the province through empty slogans. Speaking at the BNP’s election campaign event on Sunday, Mr Mengal warned that any manipulation of election results would be a ‘severe blow’ to democracy.

Addressing the crowd, he, along with other BNP leaders, including Senior Vice President Sajid Tareen, Agha Hassan, Mir Maqbool Lehri, Akhtar Hussain Langove, Ghulam Nabi Marri, Shumalia Ismail, and Shakeela Naveed Dehwar, stressed the party’s commitment to continuing its democratic struggle despite the imposition of Section 144 in Quetta.

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