Khuzdar: Leader of Balochistan National Party (Mengal), Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal, has said that the issue of Balochistan was not tribal rather it was a political issue, adding, “We are waging political and democratic struggle for our rights which will continue till the objectives are achieved”.

Addressing a public meeting in Tehsil Saruna of District Khuzdar here on Friday, he said that people of Balochistan had been deprived of their rights basic rights whilst on the other hand it was being conspired to fan tribal enmities in the province so that people might not pay heed to their basic rights. Mengal said that Balochistan was replete with mineral resources, but unluckily people of Balochistan were living in stone age.

He added that government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had bankrupted Pakistan, adding that skyrocketing inflation was rapidly swallowing poor people of the country. He said the issue of Balochistan was not tribal, rather it was a political issue, adding, “We are waging political and democratic struggle for our rights which will continue till the objective are achieved”.

Public meeting was also addressed by central leader of BNP (Mengal) MPA Mir Muhammad Akbar Mengal, Takari Bashir Ahmed, Mir Allah Dina, Mir Haji, Dr. Abdul Wahid Ghulamani, Dr. Muhammad Bakhsh Ghulamani and others.