QUETTA: The President Balochistan National Party (BNP), Sardar Akhtar Mengal has stated that it is constitutional responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to conduct general elections in the country, it is to see whether it complies with its constitutional obligation.
He expressed his concern over the decrease in population of the province in the recent population census as during the meeting of Council of Common Interests (CCI) as a “highhandedness” with the province.
The BNP chief was addressing a news conference at a local restaurant here on Thursday.
A senior lawyer Raja Jawad Advocate announced to join the BNP along with his companions.
Sardar Akhtar Mengal said that Balochistan is like an orphan child, whom everyone tries to loot.
He said that the population of Balochistan was increased in the recent population census to some extent, but it was decreased by 7 million by calling an emergent meeting of the CCI.
He said that the province was always exploited in the name of least population in the country. We had never objected to any population census in the past, and it was the only census in which all political parties of the province wholeheartedly took part.
But, population of the province was reduced with stroke of a pen in the census, adding he regretfully pointed out.
Earlier, the BNP chief welcomed Raja Jawad Advocate in the party.
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