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Ataullah Mengal

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Sardar Ataullah Mengal was born in 1929 at Wadh in Baluchistan he is well known political and feudal figure of Pakistan Sardar Ataullah Mengal is campaigning a nationlist and separatist movement for over four decades. He is the head of shahizai mangal tribe. It's pashtun Tribe which resides in eastern paktia and adjacent khost. He became first chief minister of Baluchistan during Zulfikar Ali Butto's premiership from 1 May 1972 to 13 February 1973. In 1958 he along with chief of Marri tribe ,Khair Bakhsh Marri joined the national Awani Party. Ataullah Mengal was one of the candidate's considered for the position of president of Pakistan after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf . His participation in Sindhi Baloch Pushtoon fornt in 31 march 1985 which held in London. In 1995 he returned to Baluchistan and formed B. N. P Baluchistan National Party where he served as the chief Minister of Baluchistan in 1997 in Nawaz Sharif Premiership.

Mona Khalidi

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Mona khalidi is the Assistant Dean of student affairs and the Assistant Director of graduate studies of the school of international and public affairs at Columbia University. She married to Columbia University historian Rashid Khalidi. She work in Wafa agency late 1970's and early 1980's,  Wafa is official news agency of Palestine liberation organization. Mona khalidi is president of the Arab American Action network, an organization that acts as an advocate for Palestinian issues and for women issue. She is well-known personality

WAFA

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Wafa is the agency of Palestine which means Palestine News agency. It's also known as Palestine News and information agency. This is basically news agency of Palestine national authority and was P. L. O's news agency in the years before the formation of the PA. WAFA provides daily news from Palestinian territories,  Israel and the Middle East, and is available in English,  Arabic,  French and Hebrew language. It's source of information is currently issues currently events and regions. In the lates of 1970's and early of 1980's Mona Khalidi worked at WAFA