Quetta

Mengal vows not to let-up Balochs’ rights struggle

Quetta, June 11 : Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chief of his own faction of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), has said that there would be no let-up in BNP’s struggle for securing the rights of the people in Balochistan.

Sardar Mengal said that the BNP was neither frightened by the usurpers nor would it compromise on sacrifices rendered by Nawab Akbar Bugti and Nawabzada Balaach Marri. He said that as army chief President Musharraf was “very arrogant” and threatened to annihilate the Baloch leadership, but now things were different.

“Today, thousands of people are here … but the man who had once been a dictator is living a life in isolation,” the Dawn quoted Mengal as saying while addressing a large public meeting here late on Monday night.

“Brave Musharraf can handle pressure from political parties”

Quetta, June 4 : “Brave Musharraf can handle pressure from political parties”

Pak investigating agencies fail to establish Bugti’s links with RAW, Afghan govt

Quetta, May 24: Pakistan investigating agencies have reportedly failed to establish the links of Shah Zain Bugti, the grandson of Nawab Akbar Bugti, with Indian intelligence agency RAW (Research an

Having lost faith in conferences, Baloch nationalist parties not interested in APC

Quetta, Apr 28: The nationalist parties of Balochistan have reportedly refused to attend the all-parties conference (APC) which PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari has called to address Balochistan’s grie

Justice (Retd) Bhagwandas rejects formula of restoration of judges sans deposed CJP

Quetta, Apr 23 : Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad ChaudhryJustice (Retd) Rana Bhagwandas, the only Hindu judge to be installed as one of the Pakistan Supreme Court judges, has rejected the “minus-one” formula, saying that reinstatement of all deposed judges except deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry would “aggravate” the judicial crisis and that it would harm the cause of independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.

He said that if an individual (read President Pervez Musharraf) could remove the judges, there should be no reason that parliament could not reverse the illegal act.

Balochistan govt withdraws all “politically motivated” cases against Akhtar Mengal

former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal

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