Ataullah Mengal

Ataullah Mengal (Urdu: سردار عطااللہ خان مینگل‎), popularly known as Sardar Ataullah Mengal, is a 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 1 May 1972 to 13 February 1973.

Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal
1st Chief Minister of Balochistan
In office
1 May 1972 – 13 February 1973
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byJam Ghulam Qadir Khan
Personal details
Born1929 (age 91–92)
Wadh, Balochistan, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistan
Political partyBalochistan National Party (Mengal)
ChildrenAkhtar Mengal (son)

It was reported that Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal was one of many candidates considered for the position of President of Pakistan after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf.[1]


Founding of Sindhi Baloch Pushtoon Front

Ataullah Mengal participated in the founding of Sindhi Baloch Pushtoon Front in London on 31 March 1985.[2]

Mengal's son, Akhtar, was involved in a standoff with Pakistani police at his Karachi house in April 2006 after his bodyguards kidnapped three government employees who he accused of attempting to kidnap his children.[3] The kidnapped men were later released and the standoff ended after a week.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. Top contenders for office of president Archived 16 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Christophe Jaffrelot (15 July 2015). The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience. Oxford University Press. pp. 113–. ISBN 978-0-19-061330-3.
  3. Schmidle, Nicholas. To Live of Perish Forever, 2009, pg. 81–82.
  4. High drama grips DHA as Mengal’s house besieged Archived 14 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Political offices
Preceded by
Post created		 Chief Minister of Balochistan
1972–1973		 Succeeded by
Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan
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