KARACHI: Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, a veteran Baloch nationalist leader has passed away in Karachi after a protracted illness for which he was admitted to a local hospital in critical condition last week, DawnNews reported late on Tuesday night.
The 86-year-old was being treated at Liaquat National Hospital’s intensive care unit where he had been unconscious for the last few days.
Marri, born in 1928, was a leader of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) – a proscribed Baloch separatist organisation – and was one of the key leaders of the 1970’s insurgency in Balochistan.
He had returned to Pakistan after the fall of the left-wing government in Kabul after spending several years there in exile.
He had six sons including Balach Marri, Jangaiz Marri, Hyrbyiar Marri, Gazain Marri, Hamza Marri and Mehran Marri.
Khair Bakhsh Marri’s eldest son, Nawab Balach Marri was allegedly killed by Nato forces in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border in 2007.
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain and Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari among other political leaders expressed deep sorrow and grief over the demise of the veteran Baloch leader.
In condolence message to the family of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, they paid rich tributes for his contribution in the national politics and rights of Baloch people.
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Mehran Marri @MehranMarri](https://twitter.com/MehranMarri) 4h
Pakistan Army steals my father’s body. Puts Nawab KhairBaksh Marri in a cold storage unit at a Naval base, denying family visits & viewing.
Mehran Marri @MehranMarri](https://twitter.com/MehranMarri) 3h
I hear Pakistan wil parade body of Nawab Marri in Quetta & hand him to ppl Baba fought all his life. Balochistan will nvr forget this insult
I sincerely hope the Army is not going to do something stupid
Re: BLA leader and founder Khair Bakhsh Marri passes away
He's a traitor to the people of Pakistan and through his "liberation" efforts i.e. warring and fighting, he's only helped deny his people progress. That's common sense. If you don't work with the establishment and make your province grow, and instead you arm youth and have them fight senselessly in a rebellion, how have you helped anyone?
And the government is honoring this guy?
Why did he seek medical help in Karachi? He should have sat in a hospital in Kabul and died there.
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Are these allegations by mehran marri even true? The guy looks like a bonified criminal. Please someone explain to me what that goon has done for his own people? Apart from maybe pocket money from developments of a port in his province, which he didn’t even build btw, it was a combined effort from the chinese government and Pakistani government that built that port. I can’t stand the way he greases his hair.
Re: BLA leader and founder Khair Bakhsh Marri passes away
He's a traitor to the people of Pakistan and through his "liberation" efforts i.e. warring and fighting, he's only helped deny his people progress. That's common sense. If you don't work with the establishment and make your province grow, and instead you arm youth and have them fight senselessly in a rebellion, how have you helped anyone?
And the government is honoring this guy?
Why did he seek medical help in Karachi? He should have sat in a hospital in Kabul and died there.
they were part of our politics and civil society , Now they are away but it is not their fault , Our foolishness , greed and concept of being powerful pushed them away .
Abhi Bhi
Rasi jal gai bal naheen gia
Re: BLA leader and founder Khair Bakhsh Marri passes away
Hamid Mir’s Column in Today’s Daily Jang, June 12, 2014
خیر بخش مری ریاست سے کیوں ناراض تھے؟ ۔۔ قلم کمان ۔۔ حامد میر ۔۔ روزنامہ جنگ Jang Multimedia Columns
I can’t stand the way he greases his hair.