Pakistan: Further information on incommunicado detention / torture/ill-treatment / unfair trial: Akhtar Mengal

Index Number: ASA 33/015/2008
Date Published: 16 May 2008
Categories: Pakistan

Akhtar Mengal was released on 9 May 2008, after the Sindh government withdrew the charges against him. On 21 April the Balochistan government had also withdrawn all charges against Mengal, who is the leader of the Balochistan National Party and former Chief Minister of Balochistan.