Sanaullah Zehri. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) central leadership finds itself in a fix after its Balochistan chapter president Sardar Sanaullah Zehri lodged an FIR against Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief over the murder of his son, brother and nephew.
Following the incident, the PML-N and BNP-M have stopped their negotiations and almost refused to sit again for seat adjustment in Balochistan.
PML-N Balochistan leadership has conveyed its message to party president Nawaz Sharif to either strike a deal of seat adjustment with BNP-M or save his party in Balochistan.
Zehri, while talking with The Express Tribune, said that when he joined the PML-N, he raised the party’s flag in the troubled province where he encountered tragic incidents, including the assassination of his young son, nephew and brother.
Sanaullah Zehri said that BNP-M, which spoke against the federation, is responsible for the killing of his beloved ones. He added that he does not understand why his party (PML-N) is keen on striking a seat adjustment deal with BNP-M.
In addition, Zehri indicated that if his party (PML-N) insists on joining hands with the killers of his family, then he would quit the party. Zehri added that Nawaz Sharif has to decide either to stand by the party or with groups who are against the country.
Seat adjustment
Prior to the attack on Zehri, PML-N and BNP-M had held only two meetings. According to details, Zehri, Lashkari Raisani, Yaqoob Nasir and Abdul Qadir Baloch represented PML-N while Dr Jahenzeb Jamaldini, Nawab Amanullah and Agha Hassan Baloch represented BNP-M.
Both parties discussed seat adjustment but could not arrive at a mutually acceptable formula.
A few days before the deadly attack, Nawaz Sharif had sent two senior party leaders, Mushahidullah Khan and Ayaz Sadiq with a mandate to strike a deal with BNP-M.
The officials said that both leaders supported seat adjustment and their next meeting was to take place shortly, but due to the attack, the dialogue process did not proceed.
Dr Jamaldini of BNP-M said that PML-N Balochistan leadership is divided and there are three hopefuls for the office of chief minister – Sanaullah Zehri, Lashkari Raisani and Changez Marri.
Zehri enmity
Sanaullah Zehri is the head of his tribe. However, Mir Amanullah Zehri announced himself as the chieftain of the Zehri tribe. Amanullah is an active member of BNP-M Central Working Committee.
Amanullah’s son Riaz Zehri was killed in 2009 by unidentified miscreants in district Khuzdar. He pointed fingers at Sanaullah Zehri for the tragic incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 23rd, 2013.
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the pml-n had a great influence before a month ago. but during the battle of party tickets, the party had been divided. many of the pml-n leaders are taking parts in election against the ticket holders of the pml-n. mir liaqat lehri, sardar atif ali, sardar najeeb sanjrani and many more candidates who are taking part in election.Giving NA260 ticket to irfan kurd rather than sardar najeeb sanjrani was a shocked for all. Even the people who are against the sardar najeeb sanjrani also remaines in a fix, according to sardar najeeb, when he was answering the question in the press confrence, that Mian nawaz sharif himself issued the ticket but provincial leaders passed a commitee and decide to give ticket to irfan kurd. The party decision on giving the tickets was neither metured nor in the favor of pml-n.and now pmln influence will be more weak by the decision of sardar sanaullah zehri. sardar sanullah wants just his cm seat at any cost.that is why he lodged fir against bnpm's cheif. because negociations between two party would be ready for giving bnpm as a cm. sardar sanaullah affraid of this situation. now let see what will happens till the 11 may..
Mind you gentlemen, Nawaz Sharif is not trying to strike a deal with BNP-M because he wants to bring them in mainstream rather he is striking deal so he could call himself a party more than Punjab and to increase his numbers to claim a bigger party. Otherwise, there is no ideological understanding between two parties, as well as PMLN and many nationalist parties in Sindh.
Pakistani people should think out of the box, and elect leaders and party, who could provide justice to all and then such people will automatically be happy with federation, when you provide justice to the killers of their loved ones rather than letting them take revenge.
PML-N should try their best to bring BNP-M to mainstream politics of Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif should persuade Sanaullah Zehri to drop accusations against Akhter Mengal, Sardar Attaullah Mengal, Nawab Khair Bukhsh Marri and others.
And the world is told, Baloch people are suffering since 60 years due to federal establishment.. Fell sorry for the common baloch..
This is truly unfortunate. It is very important to bring the BNP-M back to the mainstream of Pakistani politics, and Nawaz Sharif had done commendable work in the direction. I think while the police investigates Zehri's complaint, NS should step in save the deal with the BNP-M even if it may mean parting ways with Zehri. The latter is not going anywhere.