More than 2,000 tribesmen left Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rahim Yar Khan for their hometown of Dera Bugti supervision of law enforcement agencies on Tuesday after several years in exile. “Hundreds of families belonging to the Kalpar, Raija and Masuri sub-tribes of the Bugti tribe who had been evicted from Dera Bugti in 1996 have started returning to their ancestral land,” tribal chief Mir Ahmadan Khan Raija said on Tuesday. “We will protect the gas transmission lines, power supply system and oil and gas exploration companies’ staff in our area, like we did in the past. We have been protecting sensitive installations since 1952 because these are our property,” Raija said. He said that 750 Kalpar and around 200 Masuri tribesmen have reached the Bekar and Sui areas of Dera Bugti district. A caravan of Kalpar tribesmen, led by Jalaluddin Kalpar, left for Dera Bugti on Monday while the Masuri tribesmen, headed by Tariq Masuri Bugti, reached the area from Multan and other parts of the country. The Kalpar Bugtis have arrived in the area via Kashmore and the Masuri Bugtis came from the Rakhni area of Balochistan’s Barkhan district. The caravan of the Kalpars was fired at by unidentified men on their way to Sui, but no casualties were reported. Sources said that the process of the tribesmen’s return would continue during the next few days.
Raija said that law enforcement agencies should raid the “private prisons of Akbar Bugti to release hundreds of innocent people languishing for the last decade. He must be tried in an anti-terrorism court for killing more than 200 innocent people, and is already wanted by the police in 152 registered cases”. Jalaluddin Kalpar thanked President Pervez Musharraf for “the restoration of law and order in Dera Bugti, establishment of the writ of the government” and facilitating his tribesmen’s return from “forced exile”. Kalpar said that his tribesmen had been made “homeless by the Nawaz Sharif government to appease the Nawab”.
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Massuris return to Dera Bugti
QUETTA: A second batch of Massuri tribesmen returned to their homes in the Bekar region of Dera Bugti district on Monday, according to APP. A total of 67 families, comprised of 334 people made their way back to their hometown. On their arrival in Bekar, the displaced tribesmen thanked the present government as well as President Pervez Musharraf for their help and support.
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Kalpars back Musharraf’s policies in Balochistan
A large number of newly resettled Kalpar tribesmen staged a peace rally in Sui Tehsil of the Dera Bugti district in support of the ongoing development projects in Balochistan. The rally was led by Zia-ur-Rahman Kalpar, grandson of Wadera Khan Muhammad Kalpar Bugti. Kalpar is a clan of the Bugti tribe.
The participants first assembled at the Sui bazaar and from there they arrived at the Bugti bazaar after marching through Banwani Colony, Muhammad Colony, Bugra Colony, the Sui gas field and Bugti Colony. The peace marchers carried placards and banners inscribed with slogans against “anti-development” elements. They were also holding Pakistani flags and chanting the slogan “long live Pakistan”. Addressing the rally, Zia-ur-Rahman Kalpar thanked the government for the restoration of law and order and the writ of the law in Dera Bugti as well as for “setting his tribesmen free from forced exile”. He said his tribesmen were punished only because they raised their voice in democratic ways and wanted to compete “selected candidates”, but “some tribal heads disliked the ways and wanted that their selected candidates should returned unopposed in the elections in the district”. He alleged that his clansmen had been kept in a private jail and many, including Amanullah Bugti and Ameer Hamza, had been killed.
He said the Kalpars were ousted from Sui in 1993 and 1997, who took shelter in different parts of Sindh and the Punjab, including Multan, Shaikupura, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Panno Aqil, Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan. He said his people were pleased on their return and thanked President Gen Pervez Musharraf for restoring the possession of their ancestral land to them. More than 4,000 Kalpars have returned and resettled in Sui and about 3,000 are still to return from different places of the Punjab and Sindh in next phases, he said, adding that every day two to five families are returning to the town. Addressing the rally, Bashrullah Khan Kalpar, Muhammad Rahim Bugti, Muhammad Bakhsh Bugti, Zia Khan Kalpar and others slammed “atrocities” in the area. They strongly criticised the attacks on gas installations and said: “The future of our sons is linked to these installations.” They also criticised the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) for their “partial” attitude and for “ignoring their human and democratic rights”. They demanded of the HRCP and the ARD to visit their area and observe the Kalpars’ situation, who they said were subjected to atrocities. The speakers termed the Sui cantonment a great gift for the people of the area, hoping that that with its completion, more opportunities would be available to the people. They expressed their full support to the policies of President Musharraf.
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Wow this is good news indeed. Just shows what a bunch of tyrants were calling the shots in Baluchistan till they really pissed Mushie. And Sily Billy, as always, thanks for these posts else there'd be no way folks like me would get to know of such developments!
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Thanks. I think the fact that the Pakistan government is helping 7000 Balochi people exiled by the likes of Bugti and his murderers back to their homes in Balochistan is a tremendous achievment that should be highlighted.
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:biggthumb good move..hopefully another step towards implementation of the principles of the Supreme Court.. ruled about in 2004:
Short Order dated 7.4.2004,
** It is not denied by learned Attorney General for Pakistan and Advocate General Punjab nor so could be denied that Article 15 of the Constitution bestows a right on every citizen of Pakistan to enter or move freely throughout the country and to reside and settle in any part thereof.
...It is a settled proposition of law that the right to enter in the country cannot be denied but a citizen can be restrained from going out of the country. The petitioner is a citizen of Pakistan and has a constitutional right to enter and remain in the country. **
(case Mian Shahbaz Sharif versus the Government of Pakistan)
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‘Exiled’ Bugti tribesmen returning today
By Tariq Birmani
DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 24: More than 1,500 Bugti tribesmen living ‘in exile’ in southern Punjab are set to return to Dera Bugti on Saturday under a heavy security cover. Led by Mir Ahmadan Bugti, who heads the Raija sub-clan of the Bugtis, nearly 1,600 of his followers will reach Dera Bugti via Sui on 90 buses, wagons and trucks. The transport, it is learnt, has been impounded by the administration. The drivers of the seized transport however left their vehicles as they did not want to risk their lives. The administration, it was learnt, had asked drivers from the public sector departments to be on duty.
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Bugti Rahija clan returns home after 12 years
DG KHAN: As many as 1,500 members of the Bugti Rahija clan in a caravan of 112 vehicles left here on Saturday morning for Dera Bugti after suffering 12 years of homelessness. The caravan, comprising 55 wagons, 42 trucks and 15 mini-trucks and pick-ups, was led by the clan chieftain, Mir Ahmedan Bugti Rahija. He told newsmen that hundreds of the families belonging to the Rahija clan of Bugti tribe fell prey to the ineffable atrocities of Nawab Akbar Bugti and his men and were forced to leave their homes in 1994. Mir Ahmedan said they took refuge in the area of Ghulam Qadir Bugti Mashori at Bekar but they and their hosts were also expelled from the area in 1997 by Nawab Akbar Bugti. The vehicles carried women, children and their belongings, including cattle heads and household items. They had gathered here from Multan, DG Khan and Rajanpur. Mir Ahmedan said people, who were going to resettle in their hometown Dera Bugti after 12 years, were unable to express their happiness and their sentiments. He said he and his clan were deeply thankful to President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Governor Balochistan Awais Ghani for restoring normalcy to Dera Bugti which had enabled and encouraged them to return to their homes after undergoing the pangs of homesickness for more than a decade. He said the Baloch want development and progress in their province, although the same is deadly opposed by Akbar Bugti and the men of his ilk.
A Baloch farmer Nazar Muhammad, a father of 10 kids, told newsmen that when he was forced to abandon his home and land 12 years ago his three school-going children had to bid adieu to their studies under compulsion. He said he and his family were so happy and were so grateful to the federal government and the Balochistan government for enabling them to return to their homes in safety. He was confident that he would cultivate his lands anew and bring prosperity to his household and send his younger kids to school for their bright future. Earlier, on Jan 29 in the same manner a caravan comprising 55 families of the Bugti Mashori clan had returned to their homes and are now living in peace and pursuing their vocations without any fear at Dera Bugti. –APP
Our correspondent adds: The tribesmen were escorted by the police. The police had also impounded dozens of public vehicles for taking the tribesmen to their towns. On their way to their hometown a number of tribesmen joined the convoy from Jampur, Muhammadpur and Rajanpur. The district administrations of both Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan have cancelled the leaves of doctors, paramedical staff and declared red-alert in the emergency wards in case of any resistance by their rivals during shifting.
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Great news!!!! Thanx for the updates Billy
I see the Musharraff haters are still accusing him for something he hasn't done but NOT a single word against those JAAHIL SARDARS.(That's a SHAME!!!!)
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He said he and his clan were deeply thankful to President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Governor Balochistan Awais Ghani for restoring normalcy to Dera Bugti which had enabled and encouraged them to return to their homes after undergoing the pangs of homesickness for more than a decade.He said the Baloch want development and progress in their province, although the same is deadly opposed by Akbar Bugti and the men of his ilk
Shame on Bugti GANG, how the hell can he cry for his rights when he is treating his own people like $hit.
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Ahmadan Bugti assures full support in development of Balochistan
SUKKUR, Mar 26 (APP): Mir Ahmadan Bugti, elder of Bugti tribe, has termed some tribal leaders as main hurdle in socio-economic development of Dera Bugti district and other remote areas of Balochistan. He called for revolutionary change in the area by introducing educational, judicial and administrative reforms, and said people would extend their wholehearted support to these initiatives. Talking to newsmen here Sunday Ahmadan Bugti said,“We are committed to support the government in eliminating terrorists and subversive elements.” Over 1500 Kalapar tribesmen who arrived at Kashmor, border town of Balochistan-Sindh-Punjab Saturday evening, were enchanting pro-Pakistan slogans on drum bcota. The convoy reached from Multan, where they had been living in exile since 1996-97, by more than 90 vehicles with Pakistan flag erected atop of the vehicles. They entered in the limits of Kashmor from Rojhan near Dera Mor where hundreds of their Kalapar tribesmen, waiting since morning, greeted them. **He said that Kalapars were a majority tribe in Dera Bugti and they were forced to leave their lands in 1997 because a former prime minister wanted to get the political support of Nawab Bugti and the then Mengal government of Balochistan. He said the Kalapars and Massori tribes would help the government in maintaining peace and order in the area. **
To a question about his tribe’s future political role, Ahamadan Bugti said “We will participate in 2007 general elections, and give a tough time to the rivals.” He paid rich tributes to President General Pervez Musharraf for initiating concrete steps for the security and development of Balochistan. The province remained backward due to the colonial behaviour of Nawab Akbar Bugti and other tribal chiefs, he added.
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Good news.I wonder if idiot politicians like Imran Khan and others who have been bashing Musharraf on his Balochistan policy and have been taking sides with these horrible evil sardars have anything to say about this.
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I saw pictures of the returning Baloch tribesmen and their families. I really felt sorry for them and their condition. They really have very little and it is the responsibility of Pakistanis to not only develop these areas but to make sure the Balochs get education, healthcare, and jobs to better themselves. If it had not been for Akbar Bugti's violence, we would never have known about these exiled tribes and the whole situation. I feel the same way for the Bugti and Marri tribesmen. We all share the blame for ignoring the Balochs. The same can be said for many areas of interior Sindh. These are all very poor people living in harsh conditions.
If out of this violence something positive can happen, for the better. As a mohajir I feel ashamed of complaining about my problems when I see how people in rural areas of Sindh and Balochistan live.