This divide turned into a total split when Ataullah Mengal allied himself with Khair Bakhsh Marri and attempted to take over the National Democratic Party (a successor to the then banned NAP).
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In 1958, Ataullah Mengal along with chief of Marri tribe Khair Bakhsh Marri joined the National Awami Party (Wali) of Khan Wali Khan and developed a close friendship with Wali Khan over the next decade.
Those arrested from the National Awami Party leadership included Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Khan Amirzadah Khan, Syed Muhammad Kaswar Gardezi, Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, Mir Gul Khan Nasir, Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Habib Jalib, Barrister Azizullah Shaikh, Aslam Baluch (Shaysani), Aslam Kurd, Saleem Kurd, Sher Mohammad Marri (General Sherof), Najam Sethi, Saleem Pervez, Majid Gichki, Mir Abdul Wahid Kurd (read article) and Karnel Sultan Mengal.
The murder was alleged to be carried out by the orders of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri by his sons Balach Marri, Ghazan Marri and Mehran Marri.
Marri | Khair Bakhsh Marri | marri | Mehran Marri | Ghazan Marri | Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo | Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri | Shazia Marri | Muhammad Khair ud-din Mirza, Khurshid Jah Bahadur | Marri-Bugti country | Khair | Jaralla al-Marri |