Akhtar Mengal protested as Shutter-Down Strike, Road Blockade Grip Balochistan
Islamabad: On Monday, a shutter-down strike and a blockade on a broad road were provoked by nationalist leader Sardar as a stressful deadlock in Balochistan on Monday Akhtar MangalCalls from Lakpass to “Long March” crippled Pakistani province.
Akhtar’s opposition Balochistan National Party-Megal ,
Shops remained closed in cities such as business and school Quetta, Kalat, Mastung Khuzdar and Gwadar. Mengal’s supporters blocked major highways, including the Quetta-Karachi National Highway.
The provincial government deployed containers, trenches and police posts in Lakpas, about 30 km from Quetta, stopped on March, forced protesters on rugged hill routes.
Police reports using Shelling to Teagas and BNP-M workers have intensified unrest.
Addressing a SIT-in in Luckpas, Mangal accused the harassment situation and vowed to press further. “The state may crush us, but we won’t bend,” they announced, indicating a plan to carry forward March in province-wide resistance. The protest began on March 28 in the slaughter, hometown in Mengal, which after the arrest of byc leaders including Mahrang Baloch, during a crack on their quetta sit-in. On March 29, a suicide bombing near the rally left Mangal, but underlined the volatile bet.
The government of Balochistan under the leadership of Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti has taken a difficult line. His spokesperson, Shahid Rind, warned Mengal to arrest under the maintenance of the Public Order (MPO) Act, if March entered the Lal area of Quetta.
The dialogue has fallen, Mangal has rejected the delegations of the provincial government as powerless to meet the demands. However, the BCC ralled behind Mangal, urged the blockade on the highway and attacks to increase pressure.
Analysts see this as a significant turn for Balochistan, where the state suppression, the disappearance of the applicable and the resource exploitation fuel dissatisfaction. The shutter-down has disrupted public life, with Quetta’s land link to 12 districts for more than a week. With cellular network down and security tightening, supporters of the province Mengal call a defined battle.
