Pakistan, July 21 -- Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief Akhtar Mengal was offloaded from a Dubai-bound private airline's flight, the Federal Investigation (FIA) said on Sunday.

Taking to X, Mengal said he was offloaded from plane while travelling to Dubai from Quetta and was told by Immigration staff that his name was placed in the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL).

The politician also went on to share a screenshot of the immigration data where his name was included "with the approval of the competent authority," with explicit directions to prevent him from leaving abroad.

Reacting to the development, former federal minister Agha Hasan Baloch and Ghulam Nabi Mari condemned Mengal's offloading while further te...