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	Bugti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bugti, a Baluch tribe of Rind (Arab) origin, numbering about 200,000, who occupy the hills to the east of the Sind-Peshin railway, between Jacobabad and Sibi, with the Marris (a cognate tribe) to the north of them.
		Like the Marris, the Bugtis are physically a magnificent race of people, fine horsemen, good swordsmen and hereditary robbers.
		Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the leader of Democratic National Party Balochistan, clearly stated that the attack was borne out of frustration on the lack of action against the employees who did the assault and was not a nationalist struggle for freedom by the tribals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bugti (1123 words)

	Worldandnation: Rebellion flares over Pakistan gas
		Bugti, who is about 80 and has led the tribe for decades, accuses the central government of pillaging Baluchistan's natural resources while locals live in poverty.
		Bugti is said to receive about $1.7-million a year from the state gas company in lease fees, and the province receives a portion of the gas profits, though local leaders say that is not enough.
		Bugti has been ruthless in maintaining his dominance of the Bugtis and commands great loyalty among them - although there is little sign in the dirt-poor town that he has used his wealth to improve the lives of its people.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/03/25/Worldandnation/Rebellion_flares_over.shtml (565 words)

	Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan
		The Sui gas fields are situated in the areas dominated by Bugti, who is viewed as a "moderate" as he has apparently dissociated himself from any insurgency, yet he is known to pull the strings of 10,000 powerful insurgent tribals in Dera Bugti and Sui.
		Bugti and his party hold a few seats in the Balochistan assembly and in the central government in Islamabad, but because of enormous enmities he has not traveled out of his area of Dera Bugti for a long time.
		Bugti: According to my knowledge, this is a reaction and resentment because of an incident in which a lady doctor, Shazia Khalid, was gang-raped by army personnel.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/GA15Df07.html (1470 words)

	The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
		The scene of the action was Dera Bugti, which is the stronghold of tribal chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti, whose writ prevails in a virtually lawless zone.
		Bugti has long been a thorn in the side of the federation, against which his tribesmen have waged an armed struggle for “depriving the local population of their rights”.
		Bugti, who publicly reposed trust in the two “old friends of mine” appeared to relent and in a four-hour session, reportedly reached some understanding on how to break the stalemate.
	www.thepeninsulaqatar.com /commentary/commentaryother.asp?file=marchcommentary692005.xml (1265 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Pakistani tribe battles for gas revenues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bugti is said to receive about $1.7 million a year from the state gas company in lease fees, and the province receives a portion of the gas profits in royalties, though local leaders complain that is not enough.
		Bugti now sits like "a wounded lion in his lair," said visiting lawmaker Sherry Rehman, who pushed the government to organize the trip.
		Bugti has indicated he is willing to negotiate with former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who heads a parliamentary committee charged with making recommendations to address the grievances of people in Baluchistan.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/03/23/pakistani_tribe_battles_for_gas_revenues?mode=PF (815 words)

	The Nation
		Chaudhry Shujat along with Mushahid called on Akbar Bugti at Dera Bugti and discussed with him the measures to be taken to ease tension prevailing in Dera Bugti and Sui areas since March 17 armed clash between the FC personnel and the tribesmen.
		Shujat and Bugti continued to claim that positive developments took place in their meeting but refused to disclose details to resolve the issue within shortest possible time through the political dialogue.
		According to sources, withdrawal of FC and Bugti tribe’s armed persons from Dera Bugti areas to their previous positions would be the first step to resolve the issue and then hold negotiations on other issue.
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/apr-2005/5/index2.php (775 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Negotiations fail to end Balochistan standoff
		Baloch tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti insulted and humiliated the members of a parliamentary delegation that had flown to the province’s troubled Sui region from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
		Nawab Akbar Bugti told the delegation that it was “the duty of the government” to resolve the dispute and end the confrontation between military troops and tribesmen.
		Bugti accused the military of killing 62 members of his tribe, including women and children, during an operation earlier this month.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=10995 (626 words)

	Heavily armed tribesmen flock to Dera Bugti -DAWN - National; 19 January, 2005
		DERA BUGTI, Jan 18: Thousands of armed Bugti tribesmen have reached Dera Bugti from different parts of Balochistan and Sindh in the wake of heavy deployment of FC troops in Sui and rumours about a military operation in the area.
		Tribesmen took positions on hill-tops in and around the Dera Bugti township, with heavy weapons, including rocket-launchers, mortars and other weapons." "They are coming to Dera Bugti on their own and nobody has invited them," the Chief of the Bugti tribe, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, said, adding that they were coming in thousands and voluntarily.
		Meanwhile, addressing a press conference on Monday night, Nawab Akbar Bugti held government responsible for the present deadlock in negotiations on issues concerning Balochistan, he said there was a radical change in the situation but he was still ready to listen to any representative of the federal government.
	www.dawn.com /2005/01/19/nat5.htm (815 words)

	Unholy Alliance
		PPL officials disclose that Bugti and his associates also have the exclusive right to rent vehicles to the PPL through which they rake in around approximately a million rupees monthly.
		In fact, so wide ranging are Bugti's powers in the area, that the PPL needs his consent for every appointment in Sui.
		And from time to time Bugti has his tribals apply strong-arm tactics which often result in standoffs with the centre, to extract more money, perks and a bigger say in the Sui operations from the government.
	www.newsline.com.pk /NewsFeb2005/cover2feb2005.htm (626 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tribal chief Akbar Bugti said that the two member delegation only presented proposals to resolve the crisis.
		Mr Shujaat was sent with Muslim League Secretary General Mushahid Hussain to ease tension in the Dera Bugti and Sui areas of the province.
		But Mr Bugti said after the meeting that all the government did was present proposals for the resolution of the crisis which would be made public in a few days time.
	www.sabawoon.com /newsnew/miniheadlines.asp?dismode=article&artid=21860 (422 words)

	Rape sets off tribal fight against government / Baluchis angry that Pakistan takes resources, leaves province poor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Musharraf fanned the flames by saying the suspect identified by the Bugti tribe as the alleged rapist -- an army captain who had been guarding the gas installation on the night of the assault -- was innocent.
		Bugti has been imprisoned for murder, runs a private jail that holds 32 tribesmen he has accused of treason and has been involved in countless blood feuds that have killed some of his own children.
		Members of the Bugti tribe are judged by the tribal system of law, famous for its "trial by ordeal." An accused man crosses a bed of burning coals to prove his innocence.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/22/MNGDGBT0021.DTL (1167 words)

	Balochvoice - BALOCH SHADOW OVER WEN JIABAO'S VISIT
		Twenty-eight members of the Bugti tribe and 33 Hindus living under the protection of the tribe were killed during the exchange of fire.
		While the FC spokesman claims that the Bugti tribe attacked an FC convoy at Sangsila with automatic weapons, the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP, of which Nawab Akbar Bugti is the leader) and Bugti tribal leaders blame the FC for opening fire by launching mortar and rocket attacks on the fort of Nawab Akbar Bugti.
		Under an agreement reached with Bugti, the tribe as well as the FC have already withdrawn many of the armed pickets set up by them after the March 17 clash.
	www.balochvoice.com /Articles_Editorials_local_papers/Baloch_shadow_over_Pak_China_ties-18.4.05.html (1681 words)

	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		DERA BUGTI — On the floor of a Hindu temple in this medievally poor desert town in southwestern Pakistan, dozens of pairs of jewelled slippers lay hastily abandoned beneath chunks of rubble.
		However the urbane, 78-year-old Bugti countered that the troops were targeting him with mortar rounds by zooming in on his satellite phone signal and were trying to wipe out him and his tribe.
		Bugti, officials say, is one of an outdated breed of “sardars” or chiefs who maintain their power by keeping their people in poverty and rejecting government development projects.
	www.timesofoman.com /print.asp?newsid=12871 (839 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Tribesmen revolt in Pakistan town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He said they were camped in the open outside Dera Bugti or sheltering with relatives in neighboring towns.
		Thursday's fighting in Dera Bugti -- about 30 miles from Pakistan's main gas fields -- was an alarming escalation of a low-level tribal rebellion in Baluchistan, the country's poorest province.
		Nawab Akbar Bugti, the chief of Bugti tribe in Dera Bugti, claimed that hundreds of his armed supporters have taken up positions on mountains near the town and they were ready to face the security forces.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/03/20/tribesmen_revolt_in_pakistan_town (626 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mr Bugti is at the forefront of a tribal campaign to win political autonomy and a greater share of revenue from the south-western province's gas reserves.
		But Mr Bugti had little to offer by way of compromise, saying that it was "his land" and it was "his people that had been killed".
		Those clashes were sparked by the rape of a doctor, which Bugti tribesmen blame on an officer in the security forces.
	www.sabawoon.com /newsnew/miniheadlines.asp?dismode=article&artid=21826 (557 words)

	Political (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Reports say Bugti tribesmen have amassed around Sui in Dera Bugti and are taking pot shots at the oil and gas pipelines of the OGDC, allegedly at the behest of Nawab Bugti.
		In this perspective, Nawab Bugti and his tribes are anachronistic flmailers who should be dealt with ruthlessly by the state so that the multinational oil and gas companies can get on with their job.
		Indeed, if Akbar Bugti is to be the last Nawab of the Bugti tribe who combines in himself the dual power of function and exploitation, the state of Pakistan should strive to become the first Sardar of the Bugti tribe which retains the power of function and gives up the power of exploitation.
	www.asianoutlook.com /functionandexplotian050702.htm (724 words)

	Interview - Akbar Khan Bugti
		A seasoned politician and an influential tribal chief, Bugti has not stepped out of his native Dera Bugti for the last five years, but he keeps himself abreast of all political developments through extensive reading.
		And true to his reputation, Bugti did not mince his words as he held forth on the latest crisis in Sui...
		However, the Bugtis have been saying that this is their right.
	www.newsline.com.pk /NewsFeb2005/cover3feb2005.htm (1434 words)

	Radio Balochi FM - www.radiobalochi.com
		Dear All: Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in an interview on BBC Urdu today evening invited all Baloch political leaders to leave the parliamentary politics and unite their ranks to form a single party instead of present four parties.
		Bugti’s this wise and timely statement, we wish it should be implemented as fast as possible as time does not wait for another day and moves faster and the Paki army grip is tightening every coming day.
		Bugti’s wise statement and asked the Baloch nation to rejuvenate the promise that "we will continue our struggle for the mutual affinity and unity among ourselves".
	www.radiobalochi.org /BalochWelcome_BughtiStatm.html (4200 words)

	Indo-Asian News Service -> Pakistan-Terrorism-Clash -> Women, children among 30 killed in Balochistan: tribal chief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti claimed dozens of tribals were also injured in the clash and a residential area in Dera Bugti town severely damaged.
		They claimed over 40 Bugti tribesmen including women and children had been killed in the attack and called for a seven-day mourning period from Friday for the victims.
		The demonstration was led by former Balochistan chief minister Akhtar Mengal, Mir Humayun Khan Marri, opposition leader in the provincial assembly Kachkol Ali Baloch and Tahir Bizenjo.
	www.eians.com /stories/2005/03/18/18women.shtml (613 words)

	The Daily Mail - Daily News from Pakistan - Newspaper from Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Bugtis also intercepted the three reinforcement groups of the FC, which were dispatched from Sui to rescue the besieged troops.
		According to accounts gathered from both the government and Bugti sides, it was found that it was a planned move engineered by some hidden hands and executed by Bugti’s hirelings.
		It was found that the Nawab, under a well-thought-out design, had positioned his armed men at Dera Bugti after the January 7 incident at Sui and increased the number of Hindu families in and around his fort in order to use them as a human-shield at the time of the engineered eventuality.
	dailymailnews.com /200504/27/column.html (3044 words)

	Tight security for gas pipelines in Balochistan - Asia News - Webindia123.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bugti's spokesman, Agha Shahid, said the leader's residence caught fire after shelling by the law-enforcing agencies that damaged five cars.
		Bugti is leading the agitation by the nationalists against the government.
		The administration however said that only two bullets were fired at Bugti's house in retaliation for an attack on a jeep of the paramilitary troops.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=243459&cat=Asia (575 words)

	Pakistan Daily News Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shujaat assured Bugti that the government would implement recommendations of the parliamentary committee on Balochistan, and all demands of Bugti would be duly considered.
		Durrani, however, left little to imagination about how the government viewed Bugti’s standing, when he said, "no government could afford (to have the writ of) warlords or a parallel government" in a region where, he said, currently, there were two centres of power--the Frontier Corps (FC) and the armed Bugti tribesmen.
		He said tribesmen equipped with heavy weaponry as well as latest communication equipment were seen on both sides of the road leading to Dera Bugti from Sui and they were in eyeball-to-eyeball position with the FC personnel present in the area.
	www.observerindia.com /cps/from_pak/pb050324.htm (2460 words)

	Army Commandos Beat up Police as Operation Sui Gathers Steam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		DERA BUGTI, Balochistan, January 27: Hundreds of poor Dera Bugti tribesmen and their families have been driven out of their homes and forced to become tenants of Afghan refugees inside Pakistan.
		In a rare first hand account from the heart of Operation Sui, the SAT correspondent interviewed Dera Bugti refugees who confirmed that the Army operation had begun, although officially it was not being admitted for political reasons.
		Pakistan Army SSG commandos raided the local Dera Bugti Police Station on Sunday, Jan 23, beat up the policemen and took away the two doctors of Pakistan Petroleum Ltd, who were detained by the police in the Shazia Khalid rape case, the correspondent reported.
	www.satribune.com /archives/jan05/P1_sui.htm (1717 words)

	WOAI: San Antonio News - Battle for gas revenues in Pakistan's poorest province fuels dangerous tribal rebellion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The silver-bearded chieftain, who is about 80 and has led the Bugti tribe for decades, accuses the central government of pillaging Baluchistan's natural resources while locals live in poverty - even though the country's main gas field is only 35 miles away.
		Gaping holes in the roof of Bugti's sitting room and an open-sided pavilion - where he says he was sitting when rockets rained down - suggest he was targeted during the 16-hour battle.
		The chieftain has been ruthless over the years in maintaining his dominance of the Bugtis and commands great loyalty among them - although there is little sign in the dirt-poor town that he has used his personal wealth to improve the lives of its people.
	www.woai.com /news/world/story.aspx?content_id=BDBEB626-5731-490E-B336-09313DEE4067 (1082 words)

	Gulfnews: Comment: PML-QA seeks deal with Bugti
		Senior PML-QA leaders confirmed that Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, the PML-QA nominee for prime minister, travelled to Quetta to meet Bugti to seek the support of his lone member of parliament at the centre and a handful of members in the provincial legislature.
		News of the Quetta visit coincided with increasing speculation that the session of the next parliament, due to begin on Friday, may be delayed, with General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, seeking to give more time to parliamentarians to cobble a new coalition government.
		But MMA leaders in Islamabad said they were hoping for Nawab Bugti's supporters to join their group at the provincial level in Balochistan to form the next provincial government.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/02/11/06/67766.html (289 words)

	Pakistan Daily News Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bugti tribesmen and Frontier Corps (FC) have exchanged small and heavy arms fire in Bekar area near Dera Bugti in Balochistan.
		According to reports, Bugtis and the FC traded fire in the Bekar area, 70 miles north-east of Dera Bugti, on April 27 night.
		When contacted Agha Shahid Bugti, general secretary of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), said on April 28 that recently the paramilitary force established a check-post in Bekar area which was being provided reinforcement.
	www.observerindia.com /cps/from_pak/news.htm (1696 words)

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