Mengal

Mengal (Balochi: مینگل ) are a Brahui speaking Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan.^[1]

Clans[]

Zagar Mengal (مینگل) is one of the two main branches of the Mengal tribe. Zagar Mengals inhabits the northwest and central parts of Balochistan (Pakistan)—mainly Nushki, Chagai, and Kalat.

Prominent people[]

Mir Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal was a Governor and Chief Justice of Balochistan.^[2]^[3] He was also the recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz on 23 March 2008.
Mr. Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal was Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court and Chairman Zakat Council Balochistan.^[4]
Ex Senator Mir Muhammad Naseer Mengal served as acting Chief Minister of Balochistan^[5] and as Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources.^[6]
Mir Nooruddin Mengal was a prominent politician of Balochistan. He was assassinated on 13 October 2010.^[3]
Mir Lawang Khan Mengal was a politician and tribal leader.^[7]
Sardar Asif Mengal is an acting chief of Zagar Mengal.^[8]
was a former caretaker chief minister of Balochistan.^[9]
Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Sultan Mohammed Khan Mengal was a Pakistan Army personnel and the oldest army veteran in Pakistan.
Mir Gul Khan Nasir, poet, historian and politician^[10]
Mir Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal, former Governor and Chief Justice of Balochistan^[11]
Sardar Asif Mengal Acting Chief of Zagar Mengal ^[12]

References[]

^ Nahyan, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al; Hussain, Jamal; Ghafoor, Asad ul (2019-05-09). Tribes of Pakistan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-3439-1.
^ Muhammad Ayub Khosa. Suo motu notice over Balochistan’s tehsil drinking dirty water for years. Samaa TV. 8 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b Shezad Baloch. Senior Balochistan National Party leader shot dead. Express Tribune. 14 October 2010.
^ Press briefing by the UN offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan, UN News Center, retrieved 2009-03-25
^ Senators: Mir Muhammad Naseer Mengal, Pakistan Senate, archived from the original on 2007-12-09, retrieved 2009-03-26
^ CNG exhibition inaugurated. Daily Times. 11 November 2007.Archived version from 12 February 2008.
^ Mir Lawang Khan, National Balochmedia Network, retrieved 2010-04-09
^ "Grand Jirga in Kalat decides to move ICJ". Dawn News Paper.
^ Karachi: Naseer Mengal's grandson injured in gun attack. Dunya News. 10 April 2015.
^ Mir Gul Khan Naseer (Politician, Scholar, Historian, Poet) 1914-1986, Baloch Homeland, retrieved 2010-04-09
^ MR. JUSTICE (R) AMIR-UL-MULK MENGAL, Chief Justice, High Court of Balochistan, The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, retrieved 2010-04-09
^ Grand Jirga in Kalat decides to move ICJ, Dawn News Paper

[1] Nahyan, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al; Hussain, Jamal; Ghafoor, Asad ul (2019-05-09). Tribes of Pakistan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-3439-1.

[2] Muhammad Ayub Khosa. Suo motu notice over Balochistan’s tehsil drinking dirty water for years. Samaa TV. 8 December 2018.

[shezad-3] Shezad Baloch. Senior Balochistan National Party leader shot dead. Express Tribune. 14 October 2010.

[4] Press briefing by the UN offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan, UN News Center, retrieved 2009-03-25

[5] Senators: Mir Muhammad Naseer Mengal, Pakistan Senate, archived from the original on 2007-12-09, retrieved 2009-03-26

[6] CNG exhibition inaugurated. Daily Times. 11 November 2007.Archived version from 12 February 2008.

[7] Mir Lawang Khan, National Balochmedia Network, retrieved 2010-04-09

[8] "Grand Jirga in Kalat decides to move ICJ". Dawn News Paper.

[9] Karachi: Naseer Mengal's grandson injured in gun attack. Dunya News. 10 April 2015.

[10] Mir Gul Khan Naseer (Politician, Scholar, Historian, Poet) 1914-1986, Baloch Homeland, retrieved 2010-04-09

[11] MR. JUSTICE (R) AMIR-UL-MULK MENGAL, Chief Justice, High Court of Balochistan, The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, retrieved 2010-04-09

[12] Grand Jirga in Kalat decides to move ICJ, Dawn News Paper

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