however, the final straw was the discovery of arms in the iraqi embassy in islamabad and nawab akbar bugti's declaration of the london plan, that alleged that nap-led governments in balochistan and khyber pakhtunkhwa was seceding to gain independence from pakistan. hence, zulfikar ali bhutto's government, fresh from the humiliation of 1971 bangladesh liberation war used the pretext of arms shipment from iraq to dismember pakistan and dismissed the balochistan provincial government in 1973, in protest against the decision the khyber-pakhtunkhwa government resigned in protest. ataullah mengal and his colleagues, including ghaus bux bizenjo and khair bakhsh marri were arrested along with other nap leaders.