Says CPEC did not bring any benefi­ts for the provin­ceQUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP) President and former chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal has claimed that Balochistan is no longer treated as a federating unit of Pakistan and its status has been reduced to that of a colony. Welcoming Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani to the party at a huge gathering of party representatives on Sunday afternoon Mengal demanded that the people of Balochistan be given complete sovereignty over the resources and precious assets that come out of the province. The BNP president also lashed out at anti-democratic elements in Pakistan who he blamed for robbing the people of Balochistan of their democratic rights. The BNP president said that the image of Balochistan inculcated in the world is one of corruption and dishonesty, whereby the government is deemed one of the most corrupt. However, he said, that from the start his party demanded that the people of Balochistan benefit from the projects economically.

Source: The Express Tribune December 25, 2017 05:14 UTC