QUETTA: Maulana Muham­mad Ramzan Mengal, a leader of the Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party, formerly known as Ahle-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat (ASWJ), is also set to contest for a National Assembly seat from Quetta.

According to the Election Com­mission of Balochistan, Maulana Muhammad Ramzan Mengal has submitted his nomination papers with the returning officer for the National Assembly constituency NA-263, Quetta-II.

When the federal government banned different militant organisations, ASWJ changed its name and got itself registered with a new name of Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party with the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Before that, it was known as the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), which was declared a proscribed organisation during the regime of former military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf.

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2023