Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti

Sardar Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti is the Tumandar (head) a section of the Bugti tribe, and leader armed resistance against the Pakistan Army & Government, operating in the Dera Bugti retion of Balochistan, Pakistan. He is a true Baloch Nationalist who has currently waged a war against Pakistan and vowed to make General Pervez Musharraf's life difficult. Image File history File links Nawab_Akbar_Khan_Bugti. ... Image File history File links Nawab_Akbar_Khan_Bugti. ... Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: ; born August 11, 1943 in Delhi, British India) is the current Military ruler of Pakistan. ...

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He is the son of Nawab Mehrab Khan Bugti and a grandson of Sir Shahbaz Khan Bugti. He was born in Barkhan on July 12, 1927. At present (2006) , he is 79 years old. Once Governor and twice Chief Minister of Balochistan. He was educated at Oxford,England, Aitchison College,Lahore and Karachi Grammar School but he lives by his own laws and values( how can he live by laws a thousand years old when he claims to be an arab decendant who only showed up a few hundred years ago? . He has claimed to have killed his first man when he was only 12, and claims to have he killed another 100 men to avenge the assassination of his son (Salal Bugti). Image File history File links Circle-question. ... Received the Title Knight of the British Empire for fighting for the British Colonial Government of India ad for his undying service to the British colonials. ... A governor is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered company which has... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... Balochistan or Baluchistan may refer to: Balochistan (region) is the name of a large region covering southwest Pakistan and southeast Iran Balochistan (Iran) is part of the Iranian Sistan and Baluchistan Province Balochistan (Pakistan) is the name of a province of Pakistan. ...

He is accused by many of being a Warlord and having a private militia numbering a few thousand, storing weapons of mass destruction, hundreds of murders, torture, running private prisons and courts and is currently in hiding from government forces in the mountain ranges of Dera Bugti from where he is directing a guerrilla war. According to the Economist Bugti has admitted to have received funding from the Government of India.

Jamil Akbar Bugti, Talal Akbar Bugti and Shahzwar Akbar Khan Bugti are the sons of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. Brahamdagh Bugti is the grandson of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.

Slyvia Matheson wrote a book on him called 'The Tigers of Balochistan'.

FAMOUS QUOTES:

Sardar Bugti stated to the Economist July 1, 2006 "What is better than seeing your enemies driven before you and then taking their women to bed"

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_STNTRTT

Background

Nawab Akbar Bugti was elected in a bye-election to the National Assembly of Pakistan in May 1958 to fill the vacancy created as a result of the assassination of the incumbent, Dr Khan Sahib and sat on the government benches as a member of the ruling coalition. The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. ... Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1882 - May 1958) popularly known as Dr Khan Sahib was a pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and a Pakistani politician. ...

Nawab Akbar Bugti (Republican) served as Minister of State (Interior) in the government of Prime Minister Sir Feroz Khan Noon (Republican) from September 20, 1958 - October 7, 1958, when the cabinet was dismissed on the declaration of Martial Law by President Iskander Mirza. Look up republican in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... Look up republican in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

He was arrested and convicted by a Military Tribunal in 1960, and subsequently disqualified from holding public office. As a result of his legal battles, he did not contest the 1970 general elections. Instead he campaigned on behalf of his younger brother, Sardar Ahmed Nawaz Bugti, a candidate of the National Awami Party. National Awami Party, a leftist political party in Pakistan. ...

However, Nawab Akbar Bugti developed differences with the NAP leadership, especially the new Balochistan Governor, Mir Ghaus Baksh Bizenjo. Nawab Bugti informed the Federal Government and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan Peoples Party) about the alleged London Plan, which resulted in the dismissal of the provincial governor as well as the Chief Minister Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal and his cabinet on February 14, 1973. Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo (Urdu: میرغوث بخش بزنجو ) was the Baloch politician in Balochistan, Pakistan. ... Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Urdu: ذوالفقار علی بھٹو) (Sindhi: ذوالفقار علي ڀُٽو) (January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician and a statesman of international repute. ... The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) (Urdu: پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ) is a mainstream political party in Pakistan. ...

The next day the Federal Government appointed Nawab Akbar Bugti as the Governor of Balochistan, and the Pakistan Army was deployed in the province as part of a crackdown on the National Awami Party. Military manpower Military age 16 years of age Availability 39,028,014 (2005) Males ages 16-49 Reaching military age males: 1,969,055 (2005) Active troops 620,000 (Ranked 7th) Military expenditures Dollar figure $3. ... National Awami Party, a leftist political party in Pakistan. ...

Nawab Akbar Bugti resigned on January 1, 1974 after disagreeing with the manner in which the Federal Government was carrying out policies in Balochistan. Balochistan or Baluchistan may refer to: Balochistan (region) is the name of a large region covering southwest Pakistan and southeast Iran Balochistan (Iran) is part of the Iranian Sistan and Baluchistan Province Balochistan (Pakistan) is the name of a province of Pakistan. ...

There was a lull in his activities when General Rahimuddin Khan was appointed as Governor of Balochistan in 1978. Bugti remained silent throughout the course of Rahimuddin's rule, which was often characterized by hostility towards the Baloch Sardars. General Rahimuddin Khan (21st July, 1926-) held the dual posts of Corps Commander and Governor of Balochistan, Pakistans largest province, during the regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. ...

In 1988, Nawab Bugti joined the Balochistan National Alliance and was elected Chief Minister on February 4, 1989. His government frequently disagreed with the Federal Government led by the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan Peoples Party). A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) (Urdu: پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ) is a mainstream political party in Pakistan. ...

Nawab Akbar Bugti resigned on August 6, 1990 when the provincial assembly was dissolved by Governor of Balochistan General Muhammad Musa Khan in accordance with the instructions of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan exercising his authority by virtue of Article 58 (2 b) of the Constitution of Pakistan.

The incoming caretaker Chief Minister Mir Humayun Khan Marri was the son-in-law of Nawab Akbar Bugti.

For the 1990 General Elections, Nawab Akbar Bugti formed his own political party, the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), being Balochistan's single largest party and was elected to the provincial assembly. The Jamhoori Watan Party is a political party in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. ...

In 1993, Nawab Akbar Bugti was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan representing the JWP in parliament. The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. ...

Bugti was involved in failed insurgencies in Balochistan in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is at the forefront of a tribal war of independence, currently waging in Balochistan. Bugti provides the public face and political support for the insurgency while his grandson Brahamdagh Bugti leads the Bugti tribesmen.

In Hiding:

It started last year when the clashes between the government forces and the Bugti tribesmen had ensued after Musharraf and Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti had publicly traded threats following rocket attacks on Sui gas plant, presumably by the Bugti tribe to blackmail the gas company into increasing the rent of its land on which the plant is located. In fact Musharraf had all but carried out his threat (they would not know what hit them) when a couple of bombs landed in the house of Akbar Khan. He escaped narrowly. Two others were not that lucky. Indeed, there never was any doubt in anybody’s mind about the brute capability of the government forces to wipe out the opposition in no time. But what perhaps had stopped the government from taking the plunge was the determined display of an equally brute resolve by Akbar Khan to fight to his last man. Not that it was not known to Musharraf how Akbar Khan would react to the threat of use of force or its actual use. Still, he had perhaps thought that the shock and awe that he seemingly believes his Army exudes in Pakistan would terrorise Akbar into blinking. But instead we saw Musharraf blinking and sending his political arm into the fray to broker a ceasefire. But even Shujaat, a family friend could not persuade Akbar Khan to vacate the forward positions his tribesmen held without the government forces doing the same simultaneously from across the road. This was a question of saving your face. But perhaps to his foreign friends who have been providing Musharraf with a helping hand to do what he pleased in his country as long as he kept capturing Al Qaeda terrorists, it was not a very reassuring sight to see their hero getting entangled in a war of his own which could divert his attention from the "real war". That the US has an interest in Balochistan has already been established in a recent story in the New Yorker by Seymour Hersh. The story had recounted how Washington had been using the province to mount commando operations inside Iran. So, the ceasefire on Akbar Khan’s terms. But if one knew the nature of the two contesting sides, one would be too reluctant to bet on the ceasefire holding for too long.

Since fresh military operations began early this year against Nawab Akbar Bugti, he has been in hiding with anti-personnel mines encircling his mountain hideout, the octogenarian warrior mixes 17th century guerrilla tactics with modern weaponry to take on the might of Pakistan's security forces after fierce fighting broke out between his tribal forces and the Pakistani Paramilitary Forces in 2005. The cause of the fighting was an attack by Bugti tribesmen on paramilitary troops, which was a violation of a peace accord Bugti had reached with the government. Bugti now regularly issues threats from his secret cave hideouts while his loyal tribesmen attack government forces and installations. Nawab Mohammed Akbar Khan Bugti, a former provincial governor and chief minister, has taken to the hills of his fiefdom in the south-west province of Balochistan to direct an increasingly bloody insurgency. He has sought refuge in a series of large caves in the mountains of his 5,000 sq mile tribal area, Dera Bugti. All his men have spread out in large numbers in different areas of the mountainous region to engage in 'guerrilla warfare' with the Pakistan Army while thousands are said to have been protecting and guarding Nawab Bugti from any kind of attack from the Pakistani security forces, be it air or ground attacks. The Nawab hastily left his home town with several thousand armed tribesmen a few months ago after the Pakistan military bombed it and surrounding villages as part of a wider campaign against Baloch leaders. He keeps changing location in order to avoid being spotted by government spy planes with his band of guerrilla fighters who're armed to the teeth with the most sophisticated weapons and are numbered in thousands. They are equipped with Kalashnikovs, rocket launchers, grenade launchers, mortar shells, anti tank and anti aircraft guns, night vision goggles, generators, satellite phones, and powerful wireless sets that match the ones used by the security forces. Security officials say Nawab Bugti is not only financing the rebels, he is also taking care of the logistics of providing them with communications equipment, food and arms. Government officials say they are being supplied weapons and food on a daily basis by the Bugtis, who often use camels to transport the supplies across the hills as the roads are blockaded by the Frontier Corps. Frontier Corps officials estimate that logistics alone are costing Nawab Bugti upwards of $2,000 a day.

External links

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