PESHAWAR:Central President of Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan Thursday expressed grief and sorrow over demise of the first former Chief Minister Balochistan Sardar Attaullah Mengal and termed it a great loss for people of Balochistan.
In his condolence message he said that Attaullah Mengal was a visionary politician who had always struggled for strengthening democracy and supremacy of the constitution and parliament in the country.
He said that Mengal was detained for raising voice against dictatorship but he stood firm and continued his struggle vigorously, adding that his death created a vacuum in national politics and his services would always be remembered.
Expressing sympathies with the bereaved family, he prayed eternal peace for the departed soul and courage for the family to bear the loss with fortitude.
Sardar Attaullah Mengal, had died at the age of 93. He was ill and had been hospitalised in Karachi for the last one week.