Three leading commanders of rebel tribal chieftain Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti gave themselves up along with their men before Balochistan Home Minister Sohaib Sherwani in Dera Bugti, about 600km east of the provincial capital Quetta.
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I hope this ends the senseless blood-shedding of both Balochis and the FC law-enforcement agents.
Balochis need 6 lane highways, big ports, schools and universities and Pakistan must work on providing these.
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Good, very good, now Khan Mohamed Masuri is the "good" sardar and will get government handouts, weapons and protection. Someone should maintain a database of Baloch tribes and whose side they are on currently. Kaplars, Masuris of the Bugti clan etc.
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Only last week Bugti nephew and elected MNA defected to the government side, in another major blow to the militancy.
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so much for imran khan and other idiots comparing this to civil war in east pakistan in 1971 and calling this an uprising of baloch people against the govt.they were just a few thugs and criminals with hardly any support from the people of balochistan.
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Very goog news.
Please don't call imran khan an idiot.
That was the only issue, he had wrong approch about.
Other wise guy is good and have a vision for pakistan.
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Isnt insulting Imran Khan a bannable offence?
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:k:
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300 tribal rebels surrender in Pakistan](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060721/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrest;_ylt=AjC8je1Wb7x2u9XYKtiygXcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) - Three hundred tribal militants surrendered to authorities in southwest Pakistan, where President Pervez Musharraf says an insurgency is dying down, officials said.
Pakistani troops also seized a huge arms cache belonging to the autonomy-seeking rebels, who launch almost daily attacks on security forces and government installations in gas-rich Baluchistan province.
Four commanders were among the scores of militants who gave themselves up under an amnesty deal at a ceremony in the gas field town of Sui, senior administration official Abdul Samad Lasi said.
Provincial government spokesman Raziq Bugti said more were expected to lay down their weapons in coming days as “people realize they were misled by their Sardars (clan chiefs).”
Last week some 800 militants laid down their arms in the wake of the amnesty offered by the government, officials said.
Separately in a search near the former rebel stronghold of Dera Bugti on Thursday, troops seized 10 surface-to-air missiles, 195 anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, 270 hand grenades, 205 rockets and 201 mortar shells, a security official told AFP.
They also uncovered 392 kilograms (862 pounds) of explosives, 170 detonators and 250,000 rounds of different calibers, the official said.
Three bodyguards of rebel leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, who is hiding in mountains near Dera Bugti, also gave themselves up on Thursday, the official said, requesting anonymity.
Good, more people giving up militancy against state :k:
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The surrender
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Govt. should be smart enough to provide these ex-fighter–some reasonable jobs.
So they can sll support their families.
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Another knockout blow to the Balochi rebellion. :k: :k: :k:
Six top commanders of Nawab Akbar Bugti and 500 armed tribesmen surrendered on Friday separately in Sui and Dera Bugti.
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The history of Baluch rebellion goes way back, whenever there are NA commies in power they get in bed with India and the trouble starts. Same was the case during Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and before that.
But the good think is no uprising no matter how legitmate can survive without popular local support. This is not the first time Baluch rebels have surrender not because they cannot fight but because there are no takers for their terrorism.
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But the good think is no uprising no matter how legitmate can survive without popular local support. This is not the first time Baluch rebels have surrender not because they cannot fight but because there are no takers for their terrorism.
Spot on.
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Three Bugti men surrender to government
QUETTA: Three more commanders of tribal chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti on Sunday surrendered to the government, vowing to cooperate with Islamabad until the Nawab’s ouster from Dera Bugti and the establishment of government writ in the area, government sources said. They said that the commanders - Sherbaz Khan Bugti, Sher Ali Bugti and Qalandar Khan Bugti –had surrendered along with seven tribesmen, handing over at least nine Klashnikovs, two rocket launchers and seven hand grenades. One government source quoted the commanders as saying that Akbar Bugti had failed to reward their loyalty and was simply pursuing his own interests. Government sources said the ongoing surrendering of loyalists showed that the tribal chief had become completely isolated. Sources in Bugti’s Jamori Watan Party (JWP), however, insisted that no commander had disserted the Nawab. “Those identified as having surrendered were never actually part of the Nawab’s team,” said one JWP leader, adding that the tribesmen would not abandon their struggle until Islamabad halted its military operation in the area. staff report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\07\31\story_31-7-2006_pg7_20
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5,500 displaced Bugtis returning home
QUETTA: Around 5,500 displaced Bugti tribesmen will start returning to their homes in Dera Bugti from today (Monday) following the government’s assurance of security to their lives and property. Eight hundred and thirty families comprising around 5,500 people of the Marhata sub-tribe of the Bugtis, led by elder Sooju Khan, will return to their homes after the government assured them that the security situation in Dera Bugti had improved. The tribesmen had left their native town after violence escalated in Dera Bugti. Sooju Khan told Daily Times that the displaced tribesmen would return to their homeland in phases. “In the first phase, 5,500 people of the Marhata sub-tribe will return from Quetta, Sibi, Dera Allayar, Usta Mohammad, Lehri, Mach and Dera Murad Jamali to Dera Bugti,” he said.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\07\31\story_31-7-2006_pg7_26
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Cool.
Sure we need those people back in their homes. However we should NOT relish our victories while ignoring the urgent need to put 6 lane motorway system throughout Kohlu, and other hot spots. Later these motorways should be connected south to Gawadar, Karachi, and to north/north Eastern urban centers.
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Even if all Bugti's men 'surrender', will it solve the problem?....NO
A few years from now there will be another rebellion as long as the Balochi and Balochistan are treated like they are by Pakistan.
And if they are not treated fairly, sooner or later after many efforts, the Baloch will succeed in leaving Pakistan
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Yeap, they will settle in the prsperous state of Afghanistan after being "accepted" by their Afghan brethren.