QUETTA: The Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) has suspended party membership of its member of provincial assembly (MPA), Mir Jahanzeb Mengal, for violating party policies and being ineffective in the House.
“The party has suspended Mir Jahanzeb Mengal Jahanzeb membership for the period of two months for violating the party discipline,” said the notification.
The party had served notice to Mir Jahanzeb Mengal, an MPA from Wadh, sought reasons for persistent absence from party programmes, demonstrations and protest rallies. the party suspended his membership after not getting satisfectory reply from the lawmaker.
The notice, signed by BNP-Mengal Central Deputy Secretary General Malik Naseer Ahmed Shahwani, accused Mengal of attending government meetings despite a ban by the party and holding discussions with officials without prior permission of the party leadership.
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Sources said the party leadership was angry with Mr Mengal after he attended the government-sponsored tribal jirga last week in Quetta.
