BNP founder Ataullah Mengal laid to rest in ancestral town of Wadh
Last updated on: 03 September,2021 06:09 pm
BNP founder Ataullah Mengal laid to rest in ancestral town of Wadh
Quetta (Dunya News) – Balochistan s first chief minister and founder of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) Sardar Ataullah Mengal was laid to rest on Friday in his ancestral town of Wadh in Balochistan s district Khuzdar.
The funeral prayers of first Balcohistan’s chief minister were held at the main Eidgah in Wadh area of Khuzdar.
A large number of political and tribal leaders including Provincial Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Lango, former caretaker chief minister Sardar Muhammad Saleh Bhootani, Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party s (PkMAP) Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal, Hamid Khan Achakzai, Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) Liaquat Ali Hazara, and large number of citizens attended his funeral prayer.
After the funeral prayers, the BNP leader was laid to rest in his hometown.
Mengal died a day earlier in Karachi after being shifted to a hospital there for a week. He was 92. The party flag would remain at half mast to mourn the death of the party leader.
Sardar Ataullah Mengal was born in 1929 in Lasbela and was the first chief minister of Balochistan. After spending his childhood there, he moved to Karachi.
In 1954, he was declared the chief (sardar) of the Mengal tribe.