Rare photo of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, shaking hands with future Baloch nationalist leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, in Quetta, in 1948. In the 1950s and 1960s, Bugti became a critic of the state and joined Sindhi, Baloch, Bengali and Pashtun nationalists to oppose the government of Pakistan.
In the 1970s however, he sided with the state and the populist government of Z A. Bhutto during the third Balochistan insurgency against the government and the Pakistan Army and was made the Governor of Balochistan.
Twenty years later Bugti once again turned anti-state, and in the early 2000s helped revive an armed insurgency in Balochistan. He was eventually assassinated by the Pakistan military in 2006 in a missile attack.
Categories: Asia, Pakistan, Picture of the day
Dear Zia
You should certainly check your claim; “He was eventually assassinated by the Pakistan military in 2006 in a missile attack”.
There are two very wrong assumptions on your part.
First, how can you defend a person who in your own words; “Twenty years later Bugti once again turned anti-state, and in the early 2000s helped revive an armed insurgency in Baluchistan”. I am sure that you know that anyone who picks up arms against the state is a traitor and not a hero.
Secondly, he was not killed by a missile but because of an explosion in the cave he was hiding.
I am sure that you are aware that he was attacking the State personal, blowing up gas pipe lines while at the same time was getting money for his private expenditures from the government.
I hate violence but for heavens sake do not make a hero out of a gangster.
Bashy I agree with you. We just wanted to share an old picture of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.