Ataullah Mengal

Ataullah Mengal

Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal (Urdu: سردار عطااللہ خان مینگل‎), popularly known as Sardar Ataullah Mengal, is a well-known political and feudal figure of Pakistan hailing from Balochistan. He has been campaigning a nationalist and separatist movement in Pakistan for over four decades. He is the head of the Shahizai Mangal tribe. He was born in 1929 in Wadh, and became the first Chief Minister of Balochistan during Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's premiership from May 1, 1972 to February 13, 1973.

It was reported that Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal is one of many candidates considered for the position of President of Pakistan after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf.

Read more about Ataullah Mengal:  Joining National Awami Party, Chief Minister of Balochistan, Dismissal of NAP-led Government, Discovery of London Plan, Hyderabad Tribunal, Differences With NAP Leaders, Assisting Afghan Communists, Return To Pakistan and Founding of BNP