text: Sardar Ataullah Mengal is a well known political figure of Pakistan hailing form Balochistan.  He has been campaigning nationalist and separatist movement in Pakistan for a long time. He is also the Chief of his Mengal tribe. He was Chief Minister of Balochistan during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's Premiership from May 1 1972 to February 13 1973.\n\nImmediately after the separation of Bangladesh in 1971, large sections of the Balochi tribals led by Khair Bux Marri, the leader of the Marri tribe, and Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal, the leader of the Mengal tribe, rose in revolt against the Punjabi domination of Pakistan and demanded the creation of an independent Balochistan consisting of the Balochi-inhabited areas of Pakistan and Iran.\n\nIn answer to your question regarding the Rind tribe, a number of tribes constitute to the people of Balochistan. The three major tribes are Baloch, Pashtun and Brahui.\n\nThe Baloch speaking tribes include Rind, Lasher, Marri, Jamot, Ahmedzai, Bugti Domki, Magsi, Khosa, Rakhashani, Dashti, Umrani, Nosherwani, Gichki, Buledi, Sanjarani and Khidai.