QUETTA: The National Party has said that the right of nations over their natural resources must be recognised and institutional interference in the political and democratic process must be stopped.

Speaking at a session of the party’s council meeting in tehsil Buleda Zamran on Tuesday, NP President Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and senior leader Senator Jan Mohammad Baloch said that the National Party’s mandate had been forcibly taken away and anti-Baloch elements imposed on the people. They alleged that nepotism and corruption had reached alarming levels in Kech district, and national wealth was being looted for personal and group interests.

They said that so-called development projects in Buleda were being used only as a cover for corruption. They claimed that the Rs13 billion city project had fallen victim to corruption and that even a two-kilometre road had not been completed so far. They also alleged that millions of rupees had been misappropriated under the name of compensation.

The NP leaders demanded a thorough inquiry into all projects and called for legal action against the responsible project directors and the contractor mafia. They said the national and political interests of Balochistan and the Baloch people remain the party’s top priority.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2026