Looks like he was also directing the attacks in the 70’s? Is this true?
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/jan-2005/19/editorials2.php
THE Federal Cabinet’s decision not to launch a military operation in Balochistan is indeed welcome. Better sense seems to have finally prevailed, putting to rest all the speculation about a government plan to resort to the use of force to deal with the elements carrying out subversive activities in the province for some time now. It was also decided that the federal government would utilise all available resources to protect the vital national installations in the province. Most of the cabinet members reportedly opposed the idea of a military action in Balochistan but they all agreed that the government should take whatever steps are needed to establish its writ. Meanwhile, another meeting at the PM House, presided over by General Musharraf and attended by heads of ruling coalition, endorsed the cabinet decision.
There is no denying that recurring rocket attacks on gas pipeline in the Sui area has not only gripped Balochistan with lawlessness, vitiating the investment climate and adversely impacting the ongoing development in the province, but is also causing a huge economic loss because of the suspension of gas supply upcountry. Even though security has been beefed up in and around the vital installations with paramilitary forces patrolling the area since the rocket attacks on the gas fields, tension continues to prevail in Sui. But what remains mind-boggling is why the government continued to meet demands of the local tribesmen who did not refrain from damaging gas and oil installations for the past two years? Nawab Akbar Bugti’s reaction to the government decision to protect vital installations, a threat to counter this with force, hardly leaves any doubt about his tribe’s involvement in the subversion. It is hard to fathom what makes him react thus to the idea of a military operation when he himself had supervised the one launched during the Bhutto era as Governor of Balochistan. It clearly signals that these tribal chieftains always care more for their personal gains rather than the genuine grievances of their people.
That the government has now decided to resolve the Balochistan crisis through political consultation rather than pursue policy of brinkmanship is a step in the right direction. At the same time the Balochistan Government cannot escape its responsibility of maintaining law and order by asking the federal government to take ‘direct control’ of the gas and oil installations. And while the federal cabinet reviewed the progress of the Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan with a hope that its recommendations, likely to be submitted to the government soon, would go a long way towards redressing the grievances of the Baloch population, the process of engaging the Baloch politicians in talks must be initiated at once. The writ of the state must ultimately be based on consent, not commanded by force.