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We are fighting for Balochistan’s liberation: Bramdagh Bugti
August 15, 2008
QUETTA: Armed groups in Balochistan are fighting for its freedom and not for provincial autonomy, Baloch separatist leader Bramdagh Bugti has
said in an exclusive interview with Daily Times. He said he did not want to negotiate with the government in Islamabad because it could not control
the army. The Baloch were an oppressed nation, he said, and would welcome “all types of external support from India and rest of the world”. He said
the weapons being given to Pakistan to fight terrorists and the Taliban were being used against the Baloch. He invited international media and
human rights organisations to witness what he called violations of the human rights by the army in Balochistan.
SOURCE: Courtesy Daily Times
August 15, 2008
QUETTA: Armed groups in Balochistan are fighting for its freedom and not for provincial autonomy, Baloch separatist leader Bramdagh Bugti has
said in an exclusive interview with Daily Times. He said he did not want to negotiate with the government in Islamabad because it could not control
the army. The Baloch were an oppressed nation, he said, and would welcome “all types of external support from India and rest of the world”. He said
the weapons being given to Pakistan to fight terrorists and the Taliban were being used against the Baloch. He invited international media and
human rights organisations to witness what he called violations of the human rights by the army in Balochistan.
SOURCE: Courtesy Daily Times
Baloch want sovereignty of Balochistan: Brahmdagh Bugti
LONDON, July 23, 2008 (Online): Brahmdagh Bugtti, grandson of Nawab Akbar Bugtti has said that the sovereignty of Balochistan is dear to them
instead of Pakistan and they would accept any sort of help from across the border for its defence.
Giving a telephonic interview to BBC from unknown place he said that the operation in Balochistan has been going on from last four years not from four
days and the purpose of operation is to capture the resources of Balochistan in the name of development, which is not acceptable for Baloch nation
because this is an aggression.
Answering to a question in relation with getting arms from neighboring countries, he replied that they are fighting for self-defence and have the right to
accept any foreign aid in this perspective. In relation with negotiation process he replied that it’s a drama that was created to provide an opportunity to
Army to stabilize it. He claimed the death of 40-50 security personals. Brahmdagh accused that security forces are continuing their operation for last four
days and bombarded at different areas of Dera Bugtti through helicopters, which killed 60-70 people including women and children.
Further he said that media is also not playing its role, if an incident happened in Quetta or in any other urban area all the media stand against it and
start hue and cry but when hundreds of people died in Dera Bugti then why media and civil societies are silent. He said that Baloch nation want to live
independent life, which is their right.
SOURCE: http://thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=11456
LONDON, July 23, 2008 (Online): Brahmdagh Bugtti, grandson of Nawab Akbar Bugtti has said that the sovereignty of Balochistan is dear to them
instead of Pakistan and they would accept any sort of help from across the border for its defence.
Giving a telephonic interview to BBC from unknown place he said that the operation in Balochistan has been going on from last four years not from four
days and the purpose of operation is to capture the resources of Balochistan in the name of development, which is not acceptable for Baloch nation
because this is an aggression.
Answering to a question in relation with getting arms from neighboring countries, he replied that they are fighting for self-defence and have the right to
accept any foreign aid in this perspective. In relation with negotiation process he replied that it’s a drama that was created to provide an opportunity to
Army to stabilize it. He claimed the death of 40-50 security personals. Brahmdagh accused that security forces are continuing their operation for last four
days and bombarded at different areas of Dera Bugtti through helicopters, which killed 60-70 people including women and children.
Further he said that media is also not playing its role, if an incident happened in Quetta or in any other urban area all the media stand against it and
start hue and cry but when hundreds of people died in Dera Bugti then why media and civil societies are silent. He said that Baloch nation want to live
independent life, which is their right.
SOURCE: http://thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=11456
Brahamdagh threatens to ‘repay’ PPP
* BRP leader says PPP has shown its real face by not ending military operation
* Says his party not linked to organisation that has kidnapped UNHCR official
* BRP workers protest against ‘missing’ leaders
By Malik Siraj Akbar
QUETTA: While hundreds of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) activists protested on Monday in front of the Quetta Press Club against the 'disappearance'
of BRP Secretary General Dr Bashir Azeem Baloch, the BRP’s fugitive chief Nawabzada Brahamdagh Bugti pledged to 'repay' the Pakistan People's
Party (PPP) for its 'brutal anti-Baloch policies' during its ongoing rule.
* BRP leader says PPP has shown its real face by not ending military operation
* Says his party not linked to organisation that has kidnapped UNHCR official
* BRP workers protest against ‘missing’ leaders
By Malik Siraj Akbar
QUETTA: While hundreds of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) activists protested on Monday in front of the Quetta Press Club against the 'disappearance'
of BRP Secretary General Dr Bashir Azeem Baloch, the BRP’s fugitive chief Nawabzada Brahamdagh Bugti pledged to 'repay' the Pakistan People's
Party (PPP) for its 'brutal anti-Baloch policies' during its ongoing rule.
Bugti, a grandson of late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, told a telephonic press conference at the Quetta Press Club he had previously predicted that the
PPP government was unlikely to bring an end to the military operation in Balochistan. He said the “real designs” of the ruling party had now been
exposed.
“The PPP has shown us its real face and done the worst it could do with the people of Balochistan. Now, it should wait and see how we repay the
ruling party for the brutalities it has committed on our land since coming into power,” he said.
Bugti has been operating underground since he took to the hills along with his 79-year-old grandfather in 2005. While the senior Bugti was killed in a
military operation, Brahamdagh, 27, has been leading the Baloch insurgency from an unknown location and runs the BRP. The Balochistan
Republican Army, founded last year, rejects parliamentary politics and spouses the cause of an independent Balochistan.
Bugti rejected all forms of government offers for negotiation and reconciliation by saying that his struggle was not for provincial autonomy or
ownership of the Baloch resources, as claimed by other nationalist leaders. The ultimate goal of the Baloch struggle, he said, was to seek national
liberation.
He regretted the policies of the Balochistan government, headed by Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, whom he billed as “a man who does not
deserve to be called Baloch or a son of the soil”.
UN official: Bugti said he did not know much about the Baloch Liberation United Front, which had accepted responsibility for the kidnapping of UNHCR
official John Solecki. However, he added that his organisation did not support the kidnapping of foreigners and aid workers. “We have never
kidnapped a foreigner nor will we do it in the future. Those who abducted the US citizen, with whom we have no links, can better explain their stance,”
he said.
Protest: Meanwhile, hundreds of supporters of the BRP protested on Monday in front of the Quetta Press Club against the disappearance of their
central secretary general and Chakar Qambarani, a member of the BRP Central Committee. The protesters were carrying posters, banners and
placards of 'the martyrs of the Baloch movement'. They chanted slogans against the government and gave an ultimatum of 72 hours to the
government to ensure the release of their missing leaders.
Both the nationalist leaders went missing from Quetta on Friday.
“If the government does not bring our leaders to the surface within 72 hours, we will resort to the line of protest which we think suits our demands the
best,” said Riaz Badani, a central BRP leader. “The government would be responsible if violence breaks out after the passage of the deadline set for
the release of our leaders.”
Baloch and Qambarani are the first important Baloch leaders to go ‘missing’ since the restoration of democracy in the country and the ouster of former
president Pervez Musharraf. The Baloch nationalists maintain that thousands of Baloch political workers and tribesmen went missing during
Musharraf’s nine-year rule, which witnessed a deadly military operation in the province.
While the PPP government claims to have released a majority of the missing persons, the Baloch contend that a majority is still missing and the
government has initiated a new phase of oppression of political opponents in order to muzzle political and social dissent in the province.
http://dailytimes.com.pk/
PPP government was unlikely to bring an end to the military operation in Balochistan. He said the “real designs” of the ruling party had now been
exposed.
“The PPP has shown us its real face and done the worst it could do with the people of Balochistan. Now, it should wait and see how we repay the
ruling party for the brutalities it has committed on our land since coming into power,” he said.
Bugti has been operating underground since he took to the hills along with his 79-year-old grandfather in 2005. While the senior Bugti was killed in a
military operation, Brahamdagh, 27, has been leading the Baloch insurgency from an unknown location and runs the BRP. The Balochistan
Republican Army, founded last year, rejects parliamentary politics and spouses the cause of an independent Balochistan.
Bugti rejected all forms of government offers for negotiation and reconciliation by saying that his struggle was not for provincial autonomy or
ownership of the Baloch resources, as claimed by other nationalist leaders. The ultimate goal of the Baloch struggle, he said, was to seek national
liberation.
He regretted the policies of the Balochistan government, headed by Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, whom he billed as “a man who does not
deserve to be called Baloch or a son of the soil”.
UN official: Bugti said he did not know much about the Baloch Liberation United Front, which had accepted responsibility for the kidnapping of UNHCR
official John Solecki. However, he added that his organisation did not support the kidnapping of foreigners and aid workers. “We have never
kidnapped a foreigner nor will we do it in the future. Those who abducted the US citizen, with whom we have no links, can better explain their stance,”
he said.
Protest: Meanwhile, hundreds of supporters of the BRP protested on Monday in front of the Quetta Press Club against the disappearance of their
central secretary general and Chakar Qambarani, a member of the BRP Central Committee. The protesters were carrying posters, banners and
placards of 'the martyrs of the Baloch movement'. They chanted slogans against the government and gave an ultimatum of 72 hours to the
government to ensure the release of their missing leaders.
Both the nationalist leaders went missing from Quetta on Friday.
“If the government does not bring our leaders to the surface within 72 hours, we will resort to the line of protest which we think suits our demands the
best,” said Riaz Badani, a central BRP leader. “The government would be responsible if violence breaks out after the passage of the deadline set for
the release of our leaders.”
Baloch and Qambarani are the first important Baloch leaders to go ‘missing’ since the restoration of democracy in the country and the ouster of former
president Pervez Musharraf. The Baloch nationalists maintain that thousands of Baloch political workers and tribesmen went missing during
Musharraf’s nine-year rule, which witnessed a deadly military operation in the province.
While the PPP government claims to have released a majority of the missing persons, the Baloch contend that a majority is still missing and the
government has initiated a new phase of oppression of political opponents in order to muzzle political and social dissent in the province.
http://dailytimes.com.pk/
Baloch leader urges India, US to help attain
freedom from Pakistan
Lahore, Apr.16, 2009 : Baloch Republican Party chief Brahamdagh Bugti has urged India and the United
States to help the Baloch people attain freedom from Pakistan.
Bugti said Baloch people were being suppressed by the Pakistan Government which wants to take
control of natural resources of the region.
"We will welcome India's help for the Baloch people.We do not recognise the Constitution of 1973. We
only want freedom," The Daily Times quoted Bugti, as saying.
He charged the Pakistan government of discriminatory behaviour, and particularly targeting Baloch
people in the military offensive being carried out in the region.
freedom from Pakistan
Lahore, Apr.16, 2009 : Baloch Republican Party chief Brahamdagh Bugti has urged India and the United
States to help the Baloch people attain freedom from Pakistan.
Bugti said Baloch people were being suppressed by the Pakistan Government which wants to take
control of natural resources of the region.
"We will welcome India's help for the Baloch people.We do not recognise the Constitution of 1973. We
only want freedom," The Daily Times quoted Bugti, as saying.
He charged the Pakistan government of discriminatory behaviour, and particularly targeting Baloch
people in the military offensive being carried out in the region.
"The Baloch people have always been considered as slaves. They had been forced to put up resistance against the usurpation of their rights," Bugti
added.
Baloch people have long been demanding their right and control over the large deposits of natural gas and other resources which lies under the
province's geographical territory. They believe they are being bluffed by their government as the region still lacks basic amenities despite being rich in
natural resources.
"Isn't it a wrong that the people of the very district from where gas is being explored have to use wood for fire while the facility of gas is available in every
house in Punjab," Bugti said.
--- ANI
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