Strike in Balochistan marks Bugti death anniversary

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Strike in Balochistan marks Bugti death anniversary | DAWN.COM

QUETTA: A province-wide strike was observed in Balochistan to mark the sixth death anniversary of the late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti on Sunday, DawnNews reported.

Markets and shops were shut and vehicular traffic remained sparse on the roads.

According to DawnNews correspondent Syed Ali Shah, a complete shutter-down strike was observed in Quetta, the provincial capital. Heavy contingents of Frontier Constabulary (FC) and police were deployed throughout the city as security measures.

Meanwhile, Khuzdar, Mastung, Jaffarabad, Sibi, Kharan, Gwadar, Turbat and other Baloch majority areas also witnessed complete shutter down strikes.

The Jamhoori Watan Party (Aali group) and the Baloch Republican Party had announced a strike and called for protest demonstrations in several parts of the province. The Balochistan National Party – Mengal (BNP-M) and the National Party had also announced their support for the strike.

The provincial government had imposed a ban on pillion riding throughout the province keeping in view the law and order situation.


The previous night, Quetta witnessed at least four bomb blasts in different areas of the city. Three of the explosions appeared to target houses while one was planted on a railway track. At least seven people were injured as a result of the explosions.

The veteran Baloch nationalist leader and former Chief Minister of Balochistan was killed, along with 37 armed tribals, in a military operation in Chalgri area of Bhamboor hills of Dera Bugti district on August 26th 2006.

 

[karan.1970]

Strike in Balochistan marks Bugti death anniversary | DAWN.COM

QUETTA: A province-wide strike was observed in Balochistan to mark the sixth death anniversary of the late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti on Sunday, DawnNews reported.

Markets and shops were shut and vehicular traffic remained sparse on the roads.

According to DawnNews correspondent Syed Ali Shah, a complete shutter-down strike was observed in Quetta, the provincial capital. Heavy contingents of Frontier Constabulary (FC) and police were deployed throughout the city as security measures.

Meanwhile, Khuzdar, Mastung, Jaffarabad, Sibi, Kharan, Gwadar, Turbat and other Baloch majority areas also witnessed complete shutter down strikes.

The Jamhoori Watan Party (Aali group) and the Baloch Republican Party had announced a strike and called for protest demonstrations in several parts of the province. The Balochistan National Party – Mengal (BNP-M) and the National Party had also announced their support for the strike.

The provincial government had imposed a ban on pillion riding throughout the province keeping in view the law and order situation.


The previous night, Quetta witnessed at least four bomb blasts in different areas of the city. Three of the explosions appeared to target houses while one was planted on a railway track. At least seven people were injured as a result of the explosions.

The veteran Baloch nationalist leader and former Chief Minister of Balochistan was killed, along with 37 armed tribals, in a military operation in Chalgri area of Bhamboor hills of Dera Bugti district on August 26th 2006.

If I am not wrong this is the same Baloch leader for whose murder, Musharraf is being tried by the Pakistani courts which have issued an arrest warrant against Musharraf...

 

[David James]

My best wishes are with real baloch people.

 

[American Pakistani]

Nawab Akbar Bugti with Quaid e Azam (R.A) portrait in the Background.
Also Aali Bugti a respected person in Balochistan province as well as in Pakistan & Bramdagh Bugti a known terrorist & many believes his mans killed Akbar Bugti when he was in the cave talking to Pak Army personnals.

 

[ajtr]

Bugti the martyr

Sanaullah Baloch
The world watched incredulously as Pervez Musharraf declared war on Balochistan, and particularly against Nawab Akbar Bugti. Prior to fabricated rocket “attack” on Musharraf in December 2005, tanks rolled into Dera Bugti and other parts of Balochistan in January 2005, when Baloch nationalists were in talks with a parliamentary committee.
In March 2005, the armed forces began to bombard the town of Dera Bugti, including Bugti’s house, killing dozens, and leaving him besieged in his fort. After the so-called “attack” on Musharraf on December 14, 2005, the armed forces got the perfect excuse to indiscriminately bomb Dera Bugti, which compelled Nawab Bugti and his tribesmen to escape. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’s report in 2006, 160,000 people were displaced during the conflict.
In a sign of rebellion and protest, Bugti moved to the mountains, but, with superior technology and the establishment’s will to eliminate the elderly Baloch leader, the leaders murdered Akbar Khan Bugti and hundreds of his compatriot on August 26, 2006. In December 2005, Musharraf had said that “there are two or three tribal chiefs and feudal lords behind what’s going on in Balochistan. The past governments have made deals with them and indulged them. My government is determined to establish its writ. It will be a fight to the finish.”
However, after massive anti-government protests in Balochistan, Pakistan and abroad, Musharraf backtracked on his statement and denied any role in the killing of the 79-year-old Baloch leader. Bugti’s killing by the military establishment turned him into a martyr for the Baloch people. After the killing of his brilliant son Salal Bugti in June 1992, he clearly sensed the establishment’s designs against him and his people. Nawab Bugti and his region were in the focus of greedy oil and gas companies and the establishment. Islamabad used all dirty tricks to rule over his region. Bugti was kept engaged in intra-tribal feuds for decades and all efforts for peace were foiled by government agencies.
His efforts to unite Baloch nationalist in 2004, were blocked due to Islamabad’s continued meddling, conspiracies and attacks against him and his people. Having immense experience in politics, Bugti never saw armed struggle as a solution to the Baloch problem. He began negotiating with Islamabad and prepared a set of reasonable demands in consultation with veteran Baloch leaders and nationalist parties. He appointed his representatives to the parliamentary committee on Balochistan.
For the people of Balochistan it was a momentous occasion. Many saw the dialogue as the beginning of a new era for Baloch-Islamabad relations. But as expected by Bugti, Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Nawab Khair Bux Marri and other Baloch nationalists, Islamabad and its ruling civil-military establishment once again deceived the Baloch and betrayed their trust.
During the talks, several political activists ‘disappeared’ and were tortured. There was no letup in intimidation and harassment by the troops. Talking to a journalist, in January 2005, Bugti said: “How can negotiations on political issues continue with the government in this situation? A military operation and negotiations cannot continue side by side. If the authorities launch an operation, with whom will they hold negotiations?”
Nevertheless, Musharraf and the establishment were unwilling to compromise on Balochistan’s genuine economic and political demands. Instead of addressing Baloch grievances politically, the military government resorted to brute force. Musharraf added fuel to the fire when he declared, “Don’t push us. It isn’t the 1970s when you could hit and run and hide in the mountains. This time you won’t even know what hit you.” The Baloch Nawab was prepared for the consequences.
The killing of the Baloch leader has dealt a serious blow to the fragile Baloch-Islamabad relations. Six years after Bugti’s death, Balochistan is a worsening scenario.
The writer is a former senator from Balochistan. Email: balochbnp@gmail.com

 

[Edevelop]

Some Baloch people are supporting Bugti because of a feudal system. They have a choice between getting killed or shoe polishing.

 

[tarrar]

Akbar Bugti was killed by his own men who were of course traitors & this was the perfect time to put the blame on Pak Army, Pak Army never killed him. Four Pak Army officers were also killed with Bugti in that cave so it is impossible that Pak Army had to do anything with Akbar Bugti murder, he was killed by his own men.

Secondly only 2% terrorists have destroyed the peace of Balochistan with the help of US & India. Whatever is happening in Balochsitan today US & India are directly involved in destabilizing Balochistan province.

Bugti the martyr

Sanaullah Baloch
The world watched incredulously as Pervez Musharraf declared war on Balochistan, and particularly against Nawab Akbar Bugti. Prior to fabricated rocket “attack” on Musharraf in December 2005, tanks rolled into Dera Bugti and other parts of Balochistan in January 2005, when Baloch nationalists were in talks with a parliamentary committee.
In March 2005, the armed forces began to bombard the town of Dera Bugti, including Bugti’s house, killing dozens, and leaving him besieged in his fort. After the so-called “attack” on Musharraf on December 14, 2005, the armed forces got the perfect excuse to indiscriminately bomb Dera Bugti, which compelled Nawab Bugti and his tribesmen to escape. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’s report in 2006, 160,000 people were displaced during the conflict.
In a sign of rebellion and protest, Bugti moved to the mountains, but, with superior technology and the establishment’s will to eliminate the elderly Baloch leader, the leaders murdered Akbar Khan Bugti and hundreds of his compatriot on August 26, 2006. In December 2005, Musharraf had said that “there are two or three tribal chiefs and feudal lords behind what’s going on in Balochistan. The past governments have made deals with them and indulged them. My government is determined to establish its writ. It will be a fight to the finish.”
However, after massive anti-government protests in Balochistan, Pakistan and abroad, Musharraf backtracked on his statement and denied any role in the killing of the 79-year-old Baloch leader. Bugti’s killing by the military establishment turned him into a martyr for the Baloch people. After the killing of his brilliant son Salal Bugti in June 1992, he clearly sensed the establishment’s designs against him and his people. Nawab Bugti and his region were in the focus of greedy oil and gas companies and the establishment. Islamabad used all dirty tricks to rule over his region. Bugti was kept engaged in intra-tribal feuds for decades and all efforts for peace were foiled by government agencies.
His efforts to unite Baloch nationalist in 2004, were blocked due to Islamabad’s continued meddling, conspiracies and attacks against him and his people. Having immense experience in politics, Bugti never saw armed struggle as a solution to the Baloch problem. He began negotiating with Islamabad and prepared a set of reasonable demands in consultation with veteran Baloch leaders and nationalist parties. He appointed his representatives to the parliamentary committee on Balochistan.
For the people of Balochistan it was a momentous occasion. Many saw the dialogue as the beginning of a new era for Baloch-Islamabad relations. But as expected by Bugti, Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Nawab Khair Bux Marri and other Baloch nationalists, Islamabad and its ruling civil-military establishment once again deceived the Baloch and betrayed their trust.
During the talks, several political activists ‘disappeared’ and were tortured. There was no letup in intimidation and harassment by the troops. Talking to a journalist, in January 2005, Bugti said: “How can negotiations on political issues continue with the government in this situation? A military operation and negotiations cannot continue side by side. If the authorities launch an operation, with whom will they hold negotiations?”
Nevertheless, Musharraf and the establishment were unwilling to compromise on Balochistan’s genuine economic and political demands. Instead of addressing Baloch grievances politically, the military government resorted to brute force. Musharraf added fuel to the fire when he declared, “Don’t push us. It isn’t the 1970s when you could hit and run and hide in the mountains. This time you won’t even know what hit you.” The Baloch Nawab was prepared for the consequences.
The killing of the Baloch leader has dealt a serious blow to the fragile Baloch-Islamabad relations. Six years after Bugti’s death, Balochistan is a worsening scenario.
The writer is a former senator from Balochistan. Email: balochbnp@gmail.com

Nice propaganda & nice lies.

If I am not wrong this is the same Baloch leader for whose murder, Musharraf is being tried by the Pakistani courts which have issued an arrest warrant against Musharraf...

For a crime he did not commit.

 

[karan.1970]

Nice propaganda & nice lies.



For a crime he did not commit.

Yeah?? Shouldnt the courts decide that? But alas, Mussarraf does not have it in him to come back and face the courts to prove his innocence... And hence he is a proclaimed fugitive as per Pakistani law...

 

[Leader]

musharraf should face trial for murder of Nawab Akbar Bugti... only way to calm Baloch is to hang musharraf...

fall out of musharraf brutality in Balochistan is still to come... and god forbid only then we will realize our mistake...

Note: trained to kill can never be leaders, pity the people who think otherwise !!

 

[HamzaBaloch]

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