ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Sunday contacted Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) Chief Akhtar Mengal, seeking support for the election of National Assembly (NA) speaker.
Mengal replied that he is coming to Islamabad next week and will give a response after consulting with the party leaders.
Earlier on August 3, BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal along with key party members met with Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman in Islamabad.
Sources said that matters of mutual interest, election-2018, the current political situation and formation of governments in Balochistan and centre were discussed in the meeting. Maulana Fazlur Rehman briefed Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal about the decision made in the all parties conference (APC).
Earlier, the BNP-M chief while questioning the transparency of the July 25 polls had said that the public’s mandate and election results differ in the province.
Addressing a press conference in Quetta, Mengal likened the July 25 polls to the general elections of 1970 and demanded a commission to investigate the polls.