Baloch leader Akhtar Mengal to return to Pakistan today

QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief Nawab Akhtar Mengal will fly to Karachi from Dubai on Monday (today), Geo News reported.

BNP leader Dr Jehanzaib Jalamdini said that Mr Mengal would arrive at the Karachi airport from where he would be brought to his residence in procession.

Balochistan caretaker Chief Minister Nawab Ghaus Bux Khan Barozai telephoned the Baloch leader. He told Mengal that he wanted all the political parties to contest general election so that people could elect their representatives.

The chief minister said that establishing peace and restoration of trust of political circles were his priorities.

According to reports, during the talk it was decided that Akhtar Mangal would meet the chief minister to discuss political affairs upon his arrival.