QUETTA, Aug 16: Nawabzada Talal Bugti and Nawabzada Aali Bugti were elected presidents of their own factions of the Jamhoori Watan Party in separate sessions of the two councils on Saturday.

Both groups announced that they would continue their struggle to accomplish the mission of the party’s founder, Nawab Akbar Bugti, to protect the rights of the people of Balochistan.

Noorullah Watanpal and Rauf Sasoli were elected secretaries-general of the Talal group and Aali group, respectively.

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