Mir Muhammad Akbar Mengal | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan | |
In office 30 October 2018 –12 August 2023 | |
Constituency | PB-40 Khuzdar-III |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Balochistan National Party (Mengal) |
Mir Muhammad Akbar Mengal is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from October 2018 to August 2023.
Mengal was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from the constituency PB-40 in 2018 Pakistani by-elections on the ticket of Balochistan National Party (Mengal). He defeated an independent candidate Shafiqur Rehman Mengal. He garnered 23,742 votes while his closest rival secured 14,512 votes. [1] [2]
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