Shabaz, Mengal discuss poll strategy

QUETTA (Dunya News) – PML-N leader Mian Shahbaz Sharif and BNP Chief Akhtar Mengal met here Wednesday.The two leaders discussed the possibilities of electoral cooperation in the elections.Talking to media persons after the meeting, Akhtar Mengal said free and fair elections were not possible under the conditions prevailing in Balochistan.He said death squads were still operating in Balochistan and people were ‘disappearing’.Mengal said PML-N had presented certain proposals regarding the upcoming elections and a committee had been formed to take decisions about seat adjustment.Shahbaz urged Mengal to take part in the elections, saying if there were any grievances of BNP those can be addresses jointly.“It is not the question of certain seats but question of the future of country,” he said.He said PML-N would talk to the caretaker PM about the reservations of the Balochistan leaders, adding he had come to Quetta to show solidarity with the Baloch leadership.