Balochistan Assembly shelves resolution against Sardari system

Dawn27 October 2026, 01:58 UTCPakistan

• Speaker says legislation abolishing the system already passed in 1976, applies to whole country • JI MPA and opposition leader trade barbs over renewed move to abolish system QUETTA: A resolution seeking the immediate abolition of the Sardari system in Balochistan and a ban on the use of the titles Sardar and Nawab in writing and speech was disposed of in the provincial assembly on Monday. The agenda for the session included a resolution moved by Jamaat-i-Islami MPA Hidayatur Rehman Baloch seeking the abolition of the Sardari system in the province. However, Speaker retired Captain Abd

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