Khuzdar braces for high-stakes by-poll

Khuzdar braces for high-stakes by-poll

The rugged hills of Khuzdar are bracing for a high-stakes political showdown. Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the towering figure of Baloch nationalism and chief of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), stunned supporters last year when he resigned from the National Assembly seat NA-256, declaring that "participation in this broken system only legitimizes injustice." For seventeen long months the seat lay vacant while Mengal's letter gathered dus…