Akhtar Mengal released from jail
From Zeeshan Mirza

KARACHI—Former chief minister Balochistan, Sardar Akhtar Mengal made his way out of the hospital after his release order issued by the court.
Sindh Interior Minister Zulifiqar Mirza carrying the release order arrived at the hospital, where Mengal was under medical treatment. Akhtar Mengal was shifted to Karachi jail on December 24, 2006. Talking to media on this occasion, Megal demanded the probe into the killings of all innocent people including former PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto.
He termed his release as the defeat of dictatorship and the victory of democracy. Akhtar Mengal thanked the media and civil society, adding the judges restoration is vital to dispel the sense of deprivation among Pakistanis.
The Baloch leader said he was released without any deal, as there is no word of deal in the Baloch dictionary.
BNP leader and former chief minister Balochistan Akhtar Mengal said judges must be restored adding judges reinstatement is critical for removing the sense of deprivation of people of Balochistan. He said this while talking to journalists after leaving the hospital on his release here Friday. Responding to a question he said Gwadar was, is and will remain part of Balochistan. People of Balochistan have the right on their resources. “We will ensure protection of their rights “, he held. Replying to a question on participation in by elections he said “ we can not get share from bounty by contesting by-elections”, he added.
The killers of Nawab Akbar Bugti are still sitting in Aiwan-e-Sadr, government and assemblies, he said adding, “ our struggle for removing the sense of deprivation of people of Balochistan will not scale down and our morale is high”. He expressed his gratitude for media, representatives of civil society and workers of his party for playing their respective role in connection with his release.
A single bench of Balochistan High Court headed by Chief Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai here on Friday adjourned hearing of treason cases against Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president, Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal and other leaders of the party, till Friday next (May 16).
The bench adjourned hearing of treason cases against the BNP-M president and other leaders of BNP-M Habib Jalib advocate, Abdul Rauf Mengal, Jahanzeb Jamaldini, Manzoor Baloch, Khalid Longov, Akhtar Hussain Longov, Abdul Razaq Longov, Ghulam Nabi Marri, Ali Ahmed Kurd advocate, Suhail Rajpoot advocate, and BSO leaders Nazeer Ahmed Baloch, Shafi Baloch, Muhiddin Baloch and Amanullah Baloch.
The adjournment came when applicant-cum-counsel Habib Jalib advocate did not appear before the court and the bench was informed by Ayyaz Zahoor advocate that Habib Jalib was out of the station. During the last hearing of the cases, Habib Jalib sought time for producing judgment copy of the subordinate court in which co-accused had been acquitted in the instant cases and were exonerated of the charges. During the hearing, the CJ BHC remarked on reply of police officials and assistant advocate general Malik Sultan Mehmmod that it was sole responsibility of the government to ensure peace and control law and order situation.
The BNP-M and BSO leaders filed criminal quashment applications in 2007 challenging the FIRs registered against them after Ghaibana Nimaz-i-Jinaza of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in the provincial capital on August 29, 2006 (Civil Line police station), after convention at Govt Science College Quetta on July 13, 2002 (Gawalmandi police station), after public meeting in Panjgur on June 9, 2004 (Panjgur police station).