Re: Balochistan after Bugti
In other news, in Bolan, “gunmen opened fire on two buses late Sunday, killing eight people including two women, police official Iftikhar Bugti said.” Their crime? They defied the terrorists’ call for this “strike.”
Chilling but, as usual, there is little outrage at their coldblooded murder.
At least eight dead in Balochistan | DAWN.COM
I agree that Bugti’s death provided opportunists with ample fodder for propaganda against the state in support of this so-called “freedom struggle” in Balochistan. However, please do not compare Bugti, who was at best a tribal thug, to Bhutto. Whatever his flaws, and there were many, the fact remains that ZAB was an Oxford-educated national leader and statesman who commanded an unusual degree of respect in the international community and enjoyed widespread national support even before his unfortunate death. There is absolutely no comparison between the two.