Islamabad, Sep 1(IANS) Baloch leader Akbar Khan Bugti was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard at Dera
Bugti in Balochistan, a local private TV channel reported.
Confirming it, Major General Shaukat Sultan, chief military spokesperson, told the media that the body was
"in advanced stage of decay".
The news became public even as the government braced to meet nationwide protests spearheaded by
major opposition parties and alliances which alleged that the killing was deliberate.
The body of the slain leader, who was 79, killed in a military operation last Saturday, was retrieved Thursday
evening from the rubbles of the cave where he was supposed to be hiding in Balochistan's hilly interior.
On being retrieved, the body had been immediately examined by doctors, Sultan said. The body was flown in
a sealed coffin to the area.
According to the report, newsmen were not allowed to see the slain Baloch leader's body or face. Available
reports indicated that it was a private ceremony under strict government control, although family members
had demanded that they be given custody of the body.
His sons had raised doubts whether the body belonged to Bugti.
However, the cleric who led the funeral prayers claimed that he had seen the body. None of the relatives of
the slain tribal leader were present at the funeral, the TV channel added.
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all Baloch in North America, to expose the Occupation of our land (Balochistan) and exploitations of
our resources by Pakistani and Iranian Governments, and to bring their Human Rights Violations in
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