Akbar Bugti, along with his comrades, was killed in a military operation in Kohlu district of Balochistan in 2006. The operation was ordered by the then army chief and president Pervez Musharraf.
“We will give Rs1 million in cash and a bungalow worth Rs100 million to anybody who kills Musharraf. And we’ll also provide him full security,” Shahzain Bugti said while speaking to the media after condoling the death of Pir Pagara with his bereaved family on Sunday. Shahzain Bugti, who is also a leader of his grandfather’s Jamhoori Watan Party, demanded that Musharraf should be hanged.
“The gallows are ready for Musharraf. There will be serious consequences, if the government does not arrest him upon his arrival,” he warned.
He alleged that Musharraf was responsible for the killing of hundreds of people. “He not only killed my grandfather but also hundreds of innocent people during the Lal Mosque operation in Islamabad. Ulema have also declared him wajibul qatal (liable to be killed),” Shahzain claimed.
He said the people of Balochistan have already rejected the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package. “We don’t need charity. We will snatch back our rights from the rulers,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2012.
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@pr: Mr pr it was the since of duration nawab norooz khan and the Pakistan establishment determined to do it the will give overall rights of baloch and justice will them...still we are surviving indigence and most poor in the world.just see there some example countries.Iran is owner only of oil there every persons are surviving stickily.Dubai and Qatar as well,,,,
Balochis who are envisaging for an independent balochistan should be kicked out from Pakistan.I feel that pashtuns living area in B'tan should be merged into KPK while baloch populated area should be called balochistan.
@hamza khan: and we dont care! thanks anyway!
He should be arrested for inciting murder. Well, perhaps that's not even a crime in Pakistan as it happens every Friday across the country.
@Sober: Who is financing the $101 million that Shahzain intends on spending to kill Musharraf? Is Shahzain rich like Zardari?
@iUmayr:
no one wants your alliance. good luck with the elections.
@Truth: So if someone announces a bounty against someone because he has agreivances against him, that is brave????? Please grow up...
Musharraf will come and not only Shahzain 'Mir Jaffer of Balochistan' will see this but the whole world. Supreme Court should take suo moto against such threats to a citizen of Pakistan who served people of Pakistan very well than so called democratics.
SC is sleeping now .
@VINOD: There is a huge difference between Kashmir and Baloshistan. The people who are fighting in Baloshistan are trained SLAVES of sardars like bugtis and mengals. They are not fighting for the people of Balochistan or for their rights, they are the servants of tribal sardars who are further supported by neighboring countries. While in Kashmir there is a indigenous movement for their rights.
@Major Usman:
too many pakistanis are deluded unfortunately, swept up by political rhetoric and emotional attachment to unreal superheros. president musharrafs leadership and commitment to his country is unmistakable. musharraf zindabad. pakistan first.
Mr Bugti, first of all this is not the wild west, your tribal thugs cannot lay a finger on a former three star general and COAS. Secondly, your grandfather chose the route of a terrorist and took on the army. That is considered treason in any country and is punishable by death. You cannot keep bombing and blasting state installations and not expect retaliation. I think your grandfather deserved what he got. Thirdly, you and your grandfather and the like are multi-millionaires who live in palaces, party like rock stars in Karachi and all over the world while you make other poor Baloch sit below your feet level while listening to them beg for a mere few rupees ( I have seen it personally). Shame on you and other Baloch Sardars for looting the money given to you by the Government, partying it up and sucking the blood of innocent poor Baloch.
He should be caught immediately for threatening another persons life. why doesnt he go to courts to prove his point. what does he think pakistan is, a lawless jungle...
Only in Pakistan!
@Noor: Dear Noor, Each MPA from baluchistan has a Rs. 250 million fund, out of which 50 million is discretionary. Maybe you should ask this question from your representative or your local govt. since they also received funds like the rest, if others can have development so should baluchistan but if there isnt its your local representatives fault. Maybe you should use your right of vote for a different candidate next time and your problem might be solved(only if you vote for the right candidate).
He has millions of rupees to give out to would-be murderers but not for the betterment of Baloch people. He could set up a hospital or a school with all that money. I would not mind donating to a good cause like that either but they will not do that.
He is right, eye for an eye, head for a head
Although im not a big fan of shahzain but i hate Mush because of the harm and destruction he has given to our beloved country......and believe hundreds of shazains will be waiting for him at the airport to welcome him : )))
Grandson following the steps of his elders. In a civilsed society he would be charged for uttering the death threats, since it's our country we don't have any law and order. Anybody can threat anybody and anyone can kidnap, kill, rob, violate others right anywhere. Innalillah...and this is called freedom.
Pray, do tell where you got the Rs 100million from as you don't pay any taxes ? I am sure taxman would like to know.
That guy's too full of himself!
@M. R@fique Zakaria: where was that damn law when you killed his father? There use to be a history professor with this name at Islamabad University. If you are the same person! Relax professor.
@Gen Pasha (retd): what President? he was a DICTATOR
we r with shah zain bugti musharaf should behind the bars immediately
Majority of comments do not favour comments of Mr Shahzain. What happened to all those voices who cry horse over human rights of people of Kashmir?
If the govt does nothing to arrest this guy President Musharraf should announce a bounty himself on this guy's head. Tit for tat.
Oh yeah baby... that's more like it !!!
@ Baloochi Please define heroism, Ghunda gardi or lawlesness, have your pick
where is our courts on this?? no soo soo mootooo
I really wish Musharraf announce the same for Shahzain Bugti & co. with double the money, protection of SSG commandos and a villa anywhere in the world..
@Fizza: very well said that
Complete crap Mr. Bugti.
You and your family are also responsible for extra-judicial murders of your opponents and innocent and impoverished Balochi people
I completely appreciate your anger over the lack of basic rights, but this call for murders is uncalled for.
ET and other media outlets should not spread anarchy by giving undue coverage to people who speak through the barrel of guns.
Musharraf can do the nation a favour by keeping his bloodied nose out of Pakistan. Enough of your leadership, Mr. Commando!
When the learned lawyers showered rose petals on Qadri, inciting to kill ex-general and ex-president of Islamic Republic of Pakistan is no surprise. Every future ruler even like Imran Khan etc. etc. will carry a bounty on their heads if these criminal elements are not removed by our own army or by American drones. If discharge of official duties invite revenge murders, then all Pakistanis should have been killed by the East Pakistanis. Surprisingly, no bounty on the heads of corrupt leaders and looters who have foreign bank accounts and assets.
but y not 100million in cash and 1million as a tip? lol!
I ask any one who are the follower of the law in Pakistan. under which law and where is the law in Pak!? where was the law for Ayoub, Botto or Zia? where is the law for Benazir? when there is no law for pro Pakistanis, the Balochs are not counted as first citizen in Pakistan, there is no rights for second citizen. its not a brave of shahzain to say it but it's brave of being supporting Pakistan and society of Pak. Akbar Bugti had right to live as same as Musharraf has. Musharraf must be killed by Pakistani law readers.
Entire nation should fight for their rights from rulers and Balochs are no more different. We also dont have gas and electricity and CNG in our home.
First, he should answer from where he got this much money? Second, If this money is white then he should use this money for welfare of Baloch people and education of boys and girls. Third, what about Baloch Sardars who kill poor balochs in their areas???? ALL THOSE SARDARS AND MUSHARAF SHOULD BE TRIED IN COURT. Fourth, This man should be by tried in court for conspiring and inciting murder.
Much as I loathe Musharraf, he really put Bugti in his place. Imagine a Western educated individual who kept his people uneducated and demanded hundreds of millions of rupees for his personal benefit and got those. I didn't see the locals lot being improved during his time but Bugti certainly lived the high life.
If BLA want to see improvement in Balochistan, they should be targeting their tribal leaders. Once that is done and people are more educated, then Balochistan can improve with a low population and vast mineral resources. If the tribals stay in charge, then I am afraid nothing will improve.
@AK:
Well said.
This terrorist along with other bhugttis should be killed by a drone strike.
Oh please. While Mushraf should be held accountable, no one should have the right to do something like this. This is no way to pacify Baluchis. Whatever wrong has been done to them must be redressed. Similarly no one in Baluchistan should be allowed to kill innocent people with impunity. By the way is he not the same guy who started calling American Embassy when intercepted by police. Is he doing this on someone else's behest. Everyone knows that Sardars of Baluchistan are as much if not more responsible for the state of people and province there. The government should ban Sardari system and go into overdrive to develop Baluchistan and help Baluchi brothers.
ok this guy needs to go back to the jungle he came from. I dotn support Musharraf but this is ridiculous!!!!
@Noor:
Pakistan is not the same country which it was back in 1971. Pakistan has now the world's fatest growing nuclear arsenal. Keep dreaming "Azad Balochistan".
Why is this newspaper promoting this despotic terrorist? Newspapers or news channels should maintain their code of ethics by not promoting this form of vigilantism or terrorism.
Very very irresponsible words from the leader of a political party. this is 100 percent criminal to mobalize people for a crime. a mulla in peshawar announced the same for Asia bb (the victim of 295c) the courts should take notice of such motivations for crime. Shazain could have gone to court if he has a point.
again SHAME ET SHAME your are becoming hopeless for Pakistani interest.
When Musharraf has power he did what he want about judiciary, media, placement in instituitions, imported prime minister. Now, the power is somewhere else ...
Struggle against oppression is a struggle of principle and for basic rights. The real test of the struggler is how he would behave if he were to get power. Urging for extra-judicial killing of Musharraf has neutralized a lot the moral support and sympathy that the ruthless killing of Nabab Akbar Bughti had generated for the Baloch cause. This is all very negative. The Baloch cause stands weakened today. This is all very sad and substandard.
Shahzain needs to grow up. That is only if he would like to improve from being an emotional rich man who has inherited a leadership role.
Perhaps he should also provide head money for all those baluch sardars who have killed thousands of fellow innocent Baluch men and women over decades or snatched their basic human rights for years...that would be even wouldnt it???
@Xoya: Damn True!
this baloch must b out of his mind only one million for killing ex-army chief,a multi-billioaire n who will b so fool that he wil accept property......
a person who is against our country shouldnt b given media coverage
o come on dude, incitement to murder is a big crime or a murder itself????@grinz09:
Rs.1 million in cash and a Rs.100 million bungalow!! OUTRAGEOUS to say the least! Spend it on the baloch people instead of wasting it on Musharraf.
@Maiden: That's right , Pakistan should be a constitutional democracy ruled by the law but why is it fine when Musharraf takes over illegal and imposes a dictatorship. Why is Shahzain's rule of law any worse than Musharraf when he uses force of arms to take over the government? Maybe Shahzain has learned this rule of gun by our own dictators who don't care about laws?
Perhaps one should ask why the old man Akbar Bugti went underground in 2005, a year before he got 'killed'. As far as I know, only terrorists go underground.
All of these Balochi Sardars who are in fact the culprits of depriving the Balochi people of what they deserve must be removed from power and thrown into the Indian Ocean. As long as they are in power, nothing can be done for the Balochi people.....
Inciting people to murder someone is a serious legal offence. I have no sympathy for Musharraf but this is no wild west. Shahzain should be taken to task by the law enforcement authorities for making such statement.
Shaizan, quit acting like a typical feudal with ego problems.
Spend that Rs1 million on education for the people you rule over.
Waste of money. Donate the house and the money towards a school.
Where does he have 100 million rupees? Instead of wasting it like that, he should be giving it too the poor Balochis who have no money and are hungry. Balochi society is hijacked by these feudals. I think we should ask America to start sending some drones over into Balochistan too
He has a point.
Dejavu allover again. I see Qadri rising again. How can a civilian put a bounty on another's head. Only a Bugti who killed many Pak Army officers and later was caught and released with a load of arms fit to run an army. Yoohoo, long live Pakistan..
@Noor Federation will remain. Baloch people should fight for their rights not for independence. It is not easy as u think. Situation in east pakistan was very different. Balochistan's border is with iran. Iran will never support as they have sistan baluchistan itself. Half of balochistan's population consists of pakhtuns who by in large want to remain with pakistan.There are many other issues as well. Bottom line is not only baloch every pakistani should fight for balochistan. Baloch people should be given their rights. Majority of pakistanis are against musharraf and they condemn his actions in balochistan and all of pakistan.
Terrorists must have bounties on their head not former presidents
Shah Zain Bhugti ZINDABAAAAAAAAAD!!!!
@Noor we understand the grievances Balochistan has faced but Pakistan is an orphan state too. Lahore is not Paris, Karachi is not Berlin. You need to understand that we are poor nation of 180 million. Azad Balochistan is just part of big game US is playing in this region.
What kind of country do we live in?? Where is AZAAD ADLIYA???
@Beatle. Certainly you don't live in tribal system but shahzain does. @Owais. On lighter note, You forgot; your neighbour not only borrowed sugar from you he also never returned the plate that you gave him sugar in. ohhhh
@Jam: Lolllzzz...Cause I do not have the capability to even speak openly against them ha ha ha ...that says a lot about your capability to kill a 4 star General....and former President...why don't you just explode your suicide jacket on some lone tropical island...? However I hope you the best of luck in your endeavors and future assignments comrade Jam.... However please remember better men then you have tried and failed...!!!!
Spend this money on Balochis man.
I don't like Musharraf much after his big 3 blunders, namely removing the CJ, Lal Masjid Fiasco and probably the worst of all the NRO, but this death threat and reward makes me wonder why don't these "Sardars" spend this money on the upliftment of the poor Baloch people. What have these feudal Sardars done for the Baloch if only point the finger and blame sometimes the State of Pakistan, mostly the Punjab and now Musharraf. Mind you its not as if all the Baloch have been oppressed. The current President (Zardari)is basically a Baloch. Leghari was a considered a Siraiki speaking Baloch too.
I can go on and on but anyway the gist of the matter is that spare this rhetoric and kindly tell us where do u get all this money from?
Good move!
I think I will go for the kill - I am 100% sure that Musharraf has caused Pakistan more harm than anyone in the history of this country. Obviously Musharraf was only the front man of the biggest organization backing him. Cause I do not have the capability to even speak openly against them I can only target Musharraf & that's what I'm going to do.
Do we have something ccalled 'Law' in this country?
It seems to be lawful in Pakistan to put bounty on anyone and ensuring security to the killer. PAKISTAN ZINDABAD .
Tsk tsk! What a sorry state!
“We will give Rs1 million in cash and a bungalow worth Rs100 million to anybody who kills Musharraf. And we’ll also provide him full security,” Shahzain Bugti.
Shahzain Saab WHO are YOU to decide who to be killed and who not!? You are not law. So let courts decided if Musharraf is guilty. To be honest, corrupt people like you are the actual problem of Balochistan.
... and how disgusting is that people are calling this extra-judicial murder threat a "nice" and "brave" move. SHAME!!!!
Talk about state within a state
although i m not a fan of musharraf but placing a bounty on him is a step too far. He should be punished according to the law. instead of giving 1 million to the killer with the 100 million house spent it on the deprived baloch people.
Ali
Who did deal with him, you thing they will bring him in court?
I wonder if Shahzain has the option of "Democracy is the best Revenge". We stand with him on right about our balouch brothers.
Are we living in the tribal system of dark ages?
I am lucky to have spent a lot of time with both of them in a personal and professional capacity.....(I am not a supporter of the Military being in power even though the Politicians are not dependable) ...yet believe me all of you that Pervez Musharraf as a human being a leader and a political enthusiast is head and shoulders above Mr.Shahzain....anyone who believes otherwise is seriously deluded...!!!!!
yes let's all kill whoever we have an issue with, screw the law. i'm off to kill my neighbor he owes me sugar
Shahzain should be arrested immediately...
Look whose talking!
Musharraf should have eradicated Balochistan from Sadar's,Buti's etc in order to bring long lasting peace...
When the law does not take its course, the victims take their own revenge. So simple
shahzain is absolutely right. Musharrraf killed thousands...
What a terrible thing to say. How can any ulema (what is their standing anyway?) declare anyone wajb ul qatl.How can you trust any "rent a fatwa" ulema.
Shame on this person advocating terrorism
hello get ur facts right . no Innocent died in lal masjid scenarii infact the molvis used women as their shields to get out so are you putting a Bounty on those talibans heads on those Molvis heads ?? are far as Bughti is concerned One bad man down.
and why again is media giving coverage to this? No wonder its Pakistan
Baloch brothers should be taken seriously. There is enough of atrocities against them. We are shameful that we have yet to recognize that they are actual owners of their resources who get nothing out of it. All rulers present and past are squarely responsible for the miseries of our brothers.
State within state..... Wake up Mr Prime Minister. Say something.
Well done Shahzain Bugti. Pakistan urgently needs heros like you. Guilty should be punished.
I sincerely hope that Musharraf takes this threat into consideration. We don't want another tragedy like that of BB.
Shouldn't Shahzain be charged for "conspiring to murder" ?
shouldn't the courts be deciding if mush is to be hanged?
with this money Make hospitals and schools for poor baloch people.......!
niceee!
Brave ! Not afraid to speak the truth.
watch his tone!!....pitty :S!
Let's not create another Political shaheed. Let him bring to the court and let the court decide. I am a Pakistani Punjabi and I will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Baloch. Jeevay Pakistan
Do we have something called 'Law' in this country?
M. R@fique Zakaria
“We don’t need charity. We will snatch back our rights from the rulers” get in the line buddy, there are 180 million before you.
Incitement to murder is a serios crime but no one will have the courage to do anything.
Open death threat...
why the media is giving him publicity which will only help this terrorist's cause.
@ET keep the interests of Pakistan above then individual interests