BNP

The BNP has vote bank in Balochistan’s Khuzdar, Kalat, Wadh, Mastung, Quetta, Panjgur, Naushki areas as well as its Makran belt. The party enjoys street power in Quetta and its workers frequently stage protest demonstrations against the non-recovery of missing persons and killings of political workers in the province.
For the May 2013 election, BNP launched a campaign from Quetta on April 7, demanding all ‘missing’ persons be recovered before the date of the election. On the occasion, Akhtar also said that boycotting the election was still an option for the party.
The party further set conditions for free, fair and transparent polls in Balochistan, with the first demand being the recovery of ‘missing’ persons. The BNP also demanded an end to the killings of Baloch political activists, rehabilitation of internally-displaced persons of the province as well as guaranteed safety for election candidates and workers.