08-31-2006, 11:53 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Two grandsons declare war </b>
Quetta, August 30
The two grandsons of Baluch tribal leader, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Hamdad Bugti and Ali Nawaz Bugti, who were earlier feared dead, have surfaced and established contact with their relatives in Quetta.
After the âghaibane janaazaâ, a funeral conducted without the body, at Ayub Stadium here,<b> both grandsons issued a statement that they would be leading the Baluch people in a war against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf</b>.
The statement was issued in the presence of a gathering of more than 10,000 persons. The statement further said the Baluch war against Islamabad would be intensified and that it was the âresponsibility of each and every Baluch to seek revenge for the murderâ of Nawab Bugti.
Both Hamdad and Ali Nawaz Bugti had gone underground with their grandfather earlier this year after the Pakistan Government sought to tighten the noose around rebel Baluch factions, especially the Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA), which was seen as an anti-development and anti-progress element in Pakistanâs largest, yet poorest province.
The grandsons and Nawab Akbar Bugti shared a very close and affectionate relationship, especially after their father and Bugtiâs eldest son, Salal Bugti, was killed by members of the rival Kalpar tribe in June 1992 following an intra-tribal feud that had been simmering for some years.
The situation took a turn for the worse in the early 1990s, when Akbar Bugti allegedly killed Amir Hamza, a son of Kalpar leader Khan Mohammad Kalpar, in May 1992 in Dera Bugti during a local bodiesâ election.
The death of Amir Hamza led to the retaliatory murder of Salal Bugti. Ever since, Akbar Bugtiâs primary goal was to remove the Kalpars and Masuris (another sub-tribe of the Bugti clan) from the region or to physically eliminate them.
<b>Besides these personal and political factors, the Kalpars had also staked a claim to the Sui gas fields located in their area. </b>
<b>Their demand to be the primary beneficiaries of its royalties had infuriated Akbar Bugti, who was an individual who brooked no opposition to his leadership of the Bugti tribe.</b> â ANI<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Quetta, August 30
The two grandsons of Baluch tribal leader, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Hamdad Bugti and Ali Nawaz Bugti, who were earlier feared dead, have surfaced and established contact with their relatives in Quetta.
After the âghaibane janaazaâ, a funeral conducted without the body, at Ayub Stadium here,<b> both grandsons issued a statement that they would be leading the Baluch people in a war against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf</b>.
The statement was issued in the presence of a gathering of more than 10,000 persons. The statement further said the Baluch war against Islamabad would be intensified and that it was the âresponsibility of each and every Baluch to seek revenge for the murderâ of Nawab Bugti.
Both Hamdad and Ali Nawaz Bugti had gone underground with their grandfather earlier this year after the Pakistan Government sought to tighten the noose around rebel Baluch factions, especially the Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA), which was seen as an anti-development and anti-progress element in Pakistanâs largest, yet poorest province.
The grandsons and Nawab Akbar Bugti shared a very close and affectionate relationship, especially after their father and Bugtiâs eldest son, Salal Bugti, was killed by members of the rival Kalpar tribe in June 1992 following an intra-tribal feud that had been simmering for some years.
The situation took a turn for the worse in the early 1990s, when Akbar Bugti allegedly killed Amir Hamza, a son of Kalpar leader Khan Mohammad Kalpar, in May 1992 in Dera Bugti during a local bodiesâ election.
The death of Amir Hamza led to the retaliatory murder of Salal Bugti. Ever since, Akbar Bugtiâs primary goal was to remove the Kalpars and Masuris (another sub-tribe of the Bugti clan) from the region or to physically eliminate them.
<b>Besides these personal and political factors, the Kalpars had also staked a claim to the Sui gas fields located in their area. </b>
<b>Their demand to be the primary beneficiaries of its royalties had infuriated Akbar Bugti, who was an individual who brooked no opposition to his leadership of the Bugti tribe.</b> â ANI<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->