09-02-2006, 07:34 AM
<b>Bugti`s killing start of end of Musharraf rule: Khan of Kalat</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The countrywide protests after the Baloch nationalist leader's killing had "sent a clear message to Musharraf that his era is over", said Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Dawood, a descendant of Balochistan rulers who opted to join Pakistan during the time of partition in 1947.
"All Sardars of Balochistan are discussing future plans. The government has invited the Baloch to fight and we will not back down," he was quoted as saying by dawn in Balochistan capital Quetta yesterday<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Nawab Bugti's funeral held, relatives not present </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Islamabad, Sept 01: The decomposed body of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was on Friday buried by Pakistani authorities in his native Dera Bugti town in the absence of his relatives and fellow tribesmen. The body was brought in a sealed coffin and no one was allowed to see the body.
Deputy Commissioner of Dera Bugti, Abdul Samad Lassi told a news channel that family members had been asked to come to the funeral but no one turned up.
Some tribesmen from the rival ranks of Bugti's tribe and officials attended the funeral. An Islamic cleric brought in by the government conducted the funeral prayers.
Bugti's sons and relatives demanded the body be handed over to them but the government has declined to do so.
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This is gross insult.
One Muhajir can show middle finger to Baloch. What a shame?
"All Sardars of Balochistan are discussing future plans. The government has invited the Baloch to fight and we will not back down," he was quoted as saying by dawn in Balochistan capital Quetta yesterday<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Nawab Bugti's funeral held, relatives not present </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Islamabad, Sept 01: The decomposed body of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was on Friday buried by Pakistani authorities in his native Dera Bugti town in the absence of his relatives and fellow tribesmen. The body was brought in a sealed coffin and no one was allowed to see the body.
Deputy Commissioner of Dera Bugti, Abdul Samad Lassi told a news channel that family members had been asked to come to the funeral but no one turned up.
Some tribesmen from the rival ranks of Bugti's tribe and officials attended the funeral. An Islamic cleric brought in by the government conducted the funeral prayers.
Bugti's sons and relatives demanded the body be handed over to them but the government has declined to do so.
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This is gross insult.
One Muhajir can show middle finger to Baloch. What a shame?