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Sanghar (Urdu: سانگھڑ) is a city in Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan. Sanghar is the headquarters of Sanghar District and Sanghar Taluka (a subdivision of the district).^[1] It is one of the agriculture town situated approximately 265 km from Karachi city. Unfortunately, there is largest railway station and airport of the Pakistan in the city and also have road links with Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Mirpur Khas and other major cities of Sindh.

Sanghar has a unique place in history of Pakistan, as it was the Head Quarter of Militant freedom fighters called "HURS". Hur movemnet started during second world war when British raj was busy in fight against German Nazis and Japan at variopus fronts.

Sanghar is unique in its kind; it is probably the most variable in terms of ethnic community of all the cities of Sindh. People from every land and every community are found here and they enjoy the most cordial of the relationships. Even Hindus enjoy quite a good status here and they do their trade with a minimum of fuss, most of the doctors are from Hindu community.

Notable Personalities[link]

• Ch.Muzaffar Khan Janjua, Ex. District Chairman PPPP
• Ali Ghulam, MPA PS-78 (Sanghar-I)
• Choudhary Abid Farooq Janjua, Ex. City Nazim,^[2]

See also[link]

• Sanghar District

References[link]

External links[link]

• District Government Sanghar

Coordinates: 28°01′N 69°21′E / 28.017°N 69.35°E / 28.017; 69.35

Akbar Khan Bugti (Balochi: نواب اکبر شہاز خان بگٹی) (July 12, 1927–August 26, 2006) was the Tumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch and served as Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Balochistan Province in Pakistan.^[1]

After a wave of armed struggle started in Balochistan in 2004, Bugti was widely perceived as the leader but went underground in 2005. On August 26, he was killed in his cave in Kohlu, about 150 miles east of Quetta, leading to widespread unrest in the area.^[2]

Early life and family[link]

Nawab Akbar Khan was born in Barkhan the rural home of the rustic Khetran a Baloch tribe to which his mother belonged and now an upgraded district of Balochistan, on July 12, 1927. He was the son of Nawab Mehrab Khan Bugti and a grandson of Sir Shahbaz Khan Bugti. ^[3]His immediate relatives were his brothers Sardar Abdul Rahman Khan Bugti, Sardar Ahmed Nawaz Bugti and cousin Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan Bugti. He received his early education from Aitchison College and received Higher Education from Oxford University.^[4]

In politics[link]

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He was a Tumandar, Tuman is a political alliance and not a tribe;hence the Tuman Bugti was led by him. Nawab Akbar Bugti was elected in a by-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 bench as a member of the ruling coalition. Bugti (Republican) served as Minister of State (Interior) in the government of Prime Minister Malik Sir Feroz Khan Noon (Republican) from September 20, 1958, to October 7, 1958, when the cabinet was dismissed on the declaration of Martial Law by President Iskander Mirza.

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.

However, Bugti developed differences with the NAP leadership, especially the new Balochistan Governor, Ghaus Baksh Bizenjo. He informed the Federal Government and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan Peoples Party) of 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. The next day, the Federal Government appointed 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.

He resigned on January 1, 1974, after disagreeing with the manner in which the Federal Government was carrying out policies in Balochistan. The army had deployed 100,000 men in Balochistan killed large numbers of Balochis. The Pakistani army is alleged to have killed more than 4000 Balochi, mostly Marri insurgents, in these operations.

There was a lull in his activities when General Rahimuddin Khan was appointed 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.

In 1988, he 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).

Bugti resigned on August 6, 1990, when the provincial assembly was dissolved by Governor of Balochistan General Muhammad Musa in accordance with the instructions of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who was exercising his authority by virtue of Article 58 (2 b) of the Constitution of Pakistan. For the 1990 General Elections, Bugti formed his own political party, the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), being Balochistan's single largest party and was elected to the provincial assembly.

In 1993, he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan, representing the JWP in parliament. Also, in 1993, Nawab Bugti announced his candidacy to be President of Pakistan but later withdrew his candidacy and announced his support of the eventual winner, Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari. In 1997, Nawab Bugti was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan, representing the JWP.

Balochistan conflict[link]

Bugti was involved in struggles, at times armed ones, in Balochistan in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He led the current movement in Balochistan for greater autonomy. He was the public face and provided political support for the movement while his grandson, Brahamdagh Khan Bugti, led the Bugti tribesmen.^[5]

In recent years, he was accused by the Pakistani government of being a warlord and running a well-organized militia, sometimes thought to be the shadowy Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) with members numbering in the thousands. The BLA allegedly ran dozens of militant guerrilla training camps. While campaigning from the mountain ranges of Dera Bugti, he was, according to the Pakistani government, directing a “Mullah Omar” style guerrilla war. In July 2006, Pakistani president General Musharraf targeted him through aerial bombing, using air force jets and gunship helicopters. The leader of Balochistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal said, "The increase in bomb attacks in the Bugti and Marri areas are meant to target Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti and his associates" and called upon the international community to take note of the situation.^[6]

Death[link]

On Saturday August 26, 2006, around 22:30 hrs (PST), Bugti was killed when a shell exploded in the cave in which his camp was set. The Pakistani government launched a missile and it resulted in the cave shattering down into pieces killing Nawab Saab and his men. ^[7]

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf termed his death a victory for Pakistanis and congratulated the secret service chief who carried out this operation.^{[citation needed]} Pakistan's Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani, confirmed that the operation included both air and ground assault. In a short telephone interview, made to a private television network, the Pakistani Information Minister said that Bugti's death occurred as the cave he was in collapsed.^{[citation needed]}

In a recent article the Pakistani Journalist Hamid Mir said that the last time that he talked to Nawab Bugti, he was in the mountains and had called Mir from his satellite phone. In this last conversation with Hamid Mir, Nawab Bugti told him Your commando general will rest only after he martyrs me but after my martyrdom he will be held responsible. So now it's up to you people to either choose Musharraf or Pakistan. The choice is yours."^[8][9]

Independent Sources[link]

The death of Nawab Bugti was a result of a military raid by the Pakistani security forces^[10] when they raided his mountain hideout. ^[11]

Quotes[link]

“It is better to die quickly in the mountain than slowly in bed."-^[3]

Aftermath[link]

Funeral and rioting[link]

Bugti's death was followed by rioting by thousands of students from the state-run Balochistan university and other balochs .^[12] As the news flashed across television screens in Pakistan, the government deployed Rangers and paramilitary forces across major cities to prevent a backlash and impose a curfew in the provincial capital, Quetta.^[12] Security arrangements for the Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf have been beefed up to the highest level, and his movement has since been very restricted, fearing a retaliatory attack. Security arrangements have been further enhanced in and around all airports of Pakistan. The media both in Pakistan and outside have severely condemend the killing as the "[m]ilitary’s second biggest blunder after Bhutto’s execution" and calling it a "political nightmare".^[13] Others have likened it to the East Bengal crisis of 1971 where military violence eventually led to the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[14]

On August 27, 2006, some private media broadcast news that Bugti's grandsons, Brahamdagh and Mir Ali, are still alive, but no official confirmation has been made.^{[citation needed]}

On September 1, 2006 Bugti was buried in Dera Bugti with three locks on his coffin, next to the graves of his son and brother. His family, who wanted a public funeral in Quetta, did not attend the burial, they protested against his body being locked in the coffin.^[15]

Brahumdagh Khan Bugti (son of Rehan Khan Bugti),Shah Zain Khan Bugti (son of Talal Bugti), Mir Aali Bugti, Kohmeer Bugti (son of Saleem Bugti), Tabish Khan Bugti (son of Agha Shahid Hassan Bugti), Taleh Bugti and Zamran Bugti (sons of saleem Bugti) are Bugti's grandsons.

On 26 September, 2010 Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi, a senior Pakistan federal minister criticized and accused the army of killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in a raid in 2006. He was later made to resign following this disclosure.^[16]

See also[link]

• Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
• Mir Gul Khan Nasir
• Ataullah Mengal
• Bugti
• Bugti militia
• Talal Akbar Bugti
• Brahamdagh Khan Bugti
• Hyderabad tribunal

Further reading[link]

• Matheson, Sylvia A. The Tigers of Balochistan. London: Arthure Barker Limited (1967). Reprint: Oxford University Press, Karachi (1998), ISBN 0-19-577763-8.

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Dawn - Dera Bugti jirga ‘ends Sardari system’
• Dawn - Elders term ‘jirga’ a govt drama
• DAWN - The Tumandar of the Bugtis
• Daily Times - Akbar Bugti killed in army operation
• Dawn - Bugti killed in operation: Six officers among 21 security personnel dead
• Gulf News - Bugti's killing will haunt Musharraf

External links[link]

• Exclusive Interview of Brahmdagh Bugti by Qurat ul ain Siddiqui

Portrait

• Rediff Pakistan - Birth Till Death Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti

Video clips[link]

• CNN Video Clip CNN Video Report on the Bugti tribe 2001
• BBC Reporters BBC Video Report on Dera Bugti, Balochistan situation 2005
• BBC Reporters BBC Video Report on Dera Bugti, Balochistan situation 2006
• [1] In Urdu
• [2] Nawab Bugti come for tribal jirga halt between Marri and Bugti tribes
• [3] In Sindhi, Nawab Bugti's Profile
• [4] An interview with Brahamdagh Bugti starting orcehstrated separatist movement against Pakistan

Audio clips[link]

• 13.01.05 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 27.01.05 Voice Of America English Interview Nawab Bugti
• 17.03.05 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 10.04.05 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 15.05.05 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 18.12.05 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 19.12.05 Voice Of Germany Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 25.12.05 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 14.02.06 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 11.05.06 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 14.06.06 BBC Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• 07.07.2006 Interview of Nawab Bugti explaining how on 3 July 2006, his tribesmen foiled the Pakistani governments attempts to assassinate him for the third time using 3 fighter jets, 19 gunship helicopters which landed dozens of para-troopers and commandos (This particular clip has been blocked in Pakistan and can only be heard in countries other than Pakistan)
• 09.07.06 Voice Of America Urdu Interview Nawab Bugti
• General Musharraf talks to The Washington Post about his view of the rape victims

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