Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chief of his faction of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) announced an end to his party’s 20-day-long sit-in at the Lakpass area of Mastung district against the arrest of Baloch activists.
Addressing a press conference in Mastung today, Mengal called off the sit-in, saying: “We believe in a peaceful struggle. We are not ending the movement but will initiate a public outreach movement from today.”
He announced that the BNP-M would organise rallies and protests at district level across Balochistan in the coming days.
“In the first phase, we would hold protest rallies in Mastung, Kalat, Khuzdar and Surab. In the second stage, these rallies would be held in areas of Turbat, Gwadar and Makran,” Mengal explained.
He added that the third phase of his protest movement would engage the public in the Nasirabad, Jaffarabad and Dera Murad Jamali districts, along with other areas of Balochistan.
When did BNP-M start its protest?
On March 28, BNP-M started a long march to protest against the arrests of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders and activists, including Mahrang Baloch.
Earlier, the Balochistan government issued a warning to arrest Mengal.
