Public rally: BNP-M leader says conditions not right for census
The BNP-M leader criticised the Balochistan government for not approaching the Supreme Court
The Balochistan Assembly. PHOTO: EXPRESS
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Chief of the eponymous faction of the Balochistan National Party Akhtar Mengal on Sunday voiced his opposition to the holding of a census in Balochistan on the grounds that thousands of people had been forced to leave their homes and a population count could only be credible if the displaced persons were rehabilitated before the exercise.
5-day immunisation campaign starts today in Balochistan
His remarks came at a public meeting on Saturday. The BNP-M leader criticised the Balochistan government for not approaching the Supreme Court with a request for cancelling the scheduled census in Balochistan.
Mengal claimed that since the census in Balochistan was a tool meant to convert the Baloch people into a minority in their home province it was unacceptable.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 13th, 2017.
Chief of the eponymous faction of the Balochistan National Party Akhtar Mengal on Sunday voiced his opposition to the holding of a census in Balochistan on the grounds that thousands of people had been forced to leave their homes and a population count could only be credible if the displaced persons were rehabilitated before the exercise.
5-day immunisation campaign starts today in Balochistan
His remarks came at a public meeting on Saturday. The BNP-M leader criticised the Balochistan government for not approaching the Supreme Court with a request for cancelling the scheduled census in Balochistan.
Mengal claimed that since the census in Balochistan was a tool meant to convert the Baloch people into a minority in their home province it was unacceptable.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 13th, 2017.