Akbar Bugti Politician
Akbar Khan Bugti (Urdu, Balochi: نواب اکبر شهباز خان بگٹی) (12 July 1927 – 26 August 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.After a wave of armed struggle started in Balochistan in 2004, Bugti was widely perceived as the leader but went underground in 2005. On 26 August 2006, he was killed in his cave in Kohlu, about 150 miles east of Quetta, leading to widespread unrest in the area.
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- http://hold.rediffpk.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=503:nawab-akbar-bugti&catid=76:high-profiles&Itemid=205
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web/video/9012da680048130/bb/09012da6800483cc_16x9_bb.asx
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/news_web/video/40958000/bb/40958435_bb_16x9.asx
- http://pkpolitics.com/2008/06/02/live-with-talat-2-june-2008
- http://www.cnn.com/video/world/2001/11/12/cl.pakistan.tribes.cnn.med.asx
- http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/25/top5.htm
- http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/25/top6.htm
- http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/27/top1.htm
- http://www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/20060309.htm
- http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/04-some-balochis-support-the-sardari-system-others-direct-democracy-qs-10