Islamabad: Akhtar Mengal, the leader of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) landed on Monday in Karachi amid pressure from Baloch militants and exiled nationalists, calling on him to boycott the 2013 elections.
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The warning came as election campaigning kicked-off in Balochistan. Dr Allah Nazar Baloch, commander of Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) warned all the politicians to boycott the elections arguing that “elections are to suppress the voice and demands of Baloch people and nothing else.”
Though BLF has a soft corner for Mengal, they say that if Mengal takes part in the elections he would “become a part of the establishment responsible for the killing Baloch”. “Our strategy is that people should not vote. We have our own agenda. These are not our elections; they are the elections of Pakistan. Those who take part in elections are equally responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of Baloch,” said Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch.
Follow up:
The warning came as election campaigning kicked-off in Balochistan. Dr Allah Nazar Baloch, commander of Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) warned all the politicians to boycott the elections arguing that “elections are to suppress the voice and demands of Baloch people and nothing else.”
Though BLF has a soft corner for Mengal, they say that if Mengal takes part in the elections he would “become a part of the establishment responsible for the killing Baloch”. “Our strategy is that people should not vote. We have our own agenda. These are not our elections; they are the elections of Pakistan. Those who take part in elections are equally responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of Baloch,” said Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch.
