Posts tagged as: Akhtar Mengal

Nisar invites politicians to APC on security policy

Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali Khan telephoned to Jamaat-e-Islami, Amir Munawar Hassan, and invited him to attend All Parties Parliamentary Conference on security policy on July 12, the interior ministry said Sunday.   The Interior Minster extended the invitation on behalf of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.   The Heads of political parties in Parliament will […]

PML-N, BNP to make seat adjustment in Balochistan

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) Wednesday agreed to make seat adjustment in Balochistan for the May 11 elections.   PML-N leader and former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif met BNP chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal and agreed to form committees for seat adjustment.   Both told a joint presser that the seat […]

Only political settlement can resolve Balochistan conflict; says Malik Siraj Akbar (Part Two)

Malik Siraj Akbar sees a very bleak future for Balochistan and its people unless the Establishment allows a political settlement of the conflict.   The US-based Malik Siraj Akbar, who is an ambitious young Pakistani journalist, has been actively highlighting the issue of Balochistan across the globe.   He is a Contributing Writer at the […]

Interview: Only political settlement can resolve Balochistan conflict; says Malik Siraj Akbar (Part One)

Malik Siraj Akbar sees a very bleak future for Balochistan and its people unless the Establishment allows a political settlement of the conflict.   Akbar, who is currently residing in the United States, is an ambitious Pakistani journalist and has been actively highlighting the Balochistan issue across the globe.   He is a Contributing Writer […]

Army backs constitutional solution in Balochistan: Gen Kayani

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Wednesday said that the army would second any political solution under the Constitution to resolve the problems of insurgency-hit Balochistan, a press released by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. He noted, “Army will extend its support to a political solution to the Balochistan problem, provided […]

Qamar Zaman Kaira says FC cannot be called back on Nawaz’s request

Federal Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the Frontier Corps (FC) couldn’t be called back from Balochistan at the request of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif. While speaking to the media, the minister said that the government would pull out the FC from Balochistan if Nawaz Sharif takes the responsibility […]

Imran Khan endorses Akhtar Mengal’s six point agenda

Endorsing the points raised by Baloch leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan blamed a non-representative provincial government for the deteriorating law and order situation in the region. The cricketer-turned-politician issued a statement, saying that the real political stakeholders in the province had boycotted elections and that the incumbent assembly was full of […]

Fazlur Rehman expresses reservations over elections under army’s supervision

Reacting over the statement of Chief Election Commission (CEC), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ha said on Friday that he has reservations over holding election under army’s supervision. While speaking to media, he said that  the election should be held under the supervision of judiciary. He berated PML-N’s premature tantrums about consensus over caretaker […]

Imran Khan is hoping successful rally in Quetta

Despite the continual rainfalls in different parts of the province, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has expressed high hopes from his scheduled Quetta rally. While speaking to the media, the cricket-turned politician said that the PTI leadership will explain the security situation in Balochistan and how it could be improved. About the erratic downpour, […]

Deteriorating Balochistan

The government will not have to miss the fact that the situation in Balochistan has reached grievous levels. The issue of Balochistan has been in the media across the globe and also has been taken up by the US House of Representatives. In what appeared to be a critical phase, the government decided to move […]

Nawaz Sharif rolls out conditions to attend All-Parties Conference

In what appeared to be a quite hard-line stance by the PML-N, Mian Nawaz Sharif has rolled out two non-negotiable conditions for ensuring his party’s participation in an All Parties Conference (APC) on Balochistan. He has made his party’s participation in the proposed APC conditional to the arrest of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killers and recovery […]

Balochistan and politics

Regardless of severe violation by the US congress on holding a hearing over Balochistan and introducing a resolution in the house, it has done little good to either the Americans or the Balochistan. The move allowed the ghoulishly anti-US lobby in Pakistan another issue to criticize America, despite the declarations by the Obama administration that […]

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