Veteran politician and former chief minister of Baluchistan Sradar Attaullah Khan Mengal passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Thursday after protracted illness.He was 93.

He will be laid to rest at ancestral graveyard in Wadh, Khuzdar district.

President Dr Arif Alvi has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of veteran politician Sardar Ataullah Mangal.

In his condolence message on Thursday, he also expressed sympathy with the bereaved family and prayed for high ranks to the departed soul.