An FIR has been lodged against the head of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), Sardar Akhtar Mengal, and his associates at the Secretariat Police Station. The charges include terrorism, among seven other counts.
The case was registered on the complaint of Jameel Ahmed, Joint Secretary of the Senate.
According to the FIR, the BNP leader and his companions allegedly assaulted Senate staff and forcibly held a press conference.
The incident comes after Akhtar Mengal held a press conference outside the Senate yesterday, accompanied by BNP dissident Senator Qasim Ronjho. During the conference, Mengal claimed that votes for constitutional amendments were forcibly taken from lawmakers.
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Later, Senator Ronjho issued a statement accusing the BNP leader of coercing him into attending the press conference. On the other hand, BNP has accused intelligence agencies of harassing its senators to force them to vote in favor of the new constitutional amendments, which the BNP opposes. Following these events, the FIR was filed today on the complaint of the Senate’s Joint Secretary against Mengal and his associates.