Sardar Asif Mengal is the acting chief of Zagar clan of mengals inhabitants of Nushki, Chagai and Helmand.[citation needed] He was has big influence on the political affairs of Balochistan.[citation needed].The honorary title "sardar" is given to a Mengal leader.
Asif Mengal was among the tribal leaders that attended a loya jirga ("Grand assembly") at Kalat in September 2006 to announce that a case would be filed in the International Court of Justice regarding the sovereignty and rights of the Baloch people.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "Grand jirga in Kalat decides to move ICJ". The Dawn Edition. September 22, 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ "Baloch chiefs to approach International Court of Justice" (PDF). India eNews. September 26, 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-11.