Taleh, the 20-something grandson of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti, was shot dead at a party with four other people in Karachi late Saturday night.
Gizri police said Taleh was attending a party by Arif Raajar. Taleh’s guards were outside. Details are sketchy on the nature of the fight, but according to most versions, it was over gatecrashers. One man, said to be Raajar’s friend Dr M Iqbal, fired his weapon in the air to prevent men from entering. At the end of the ensuing shoot-out, Taleh, two waiters Mark Joseph and Kamran Shafee, and Kamran Gul were shot dead and nine others were injured.
Gizri DSP Zameer Abbasi said FIR No 192/11 with Sections 302/34, was lodged by the State as no one came forward. Nine people have been apprehended. However, none of them included Bugti’s guards or Raajar. Only one 9mm pistol was seized.
Dr M Iqbal and Raajar are said to be close to Pir Pagaro’s Pakistan Muslim League-F. A PML-F official denied that they had links with the party.
Taleh was the second son of the late Nawabzada Saleem Bugti. According to family, he was married four years ago and had two young daughters. “He had no enmities. I can only say that it was the wrong thing to happen at the wrong time,” said Nawabzada Jamil Bugti.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 27th, 2011.
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The good die young ... May the soul rest in peace ...
The Night in Which The younger brother of our Great Nawab Mir Aali Bugti, Brave leader of Baloch people Shaheed Mir Taleh Bugti is martyred by Miscreants, we condemn this act of PML-F person, and all of the above people, mind ur language and we can not sustain any single point out to our great Nawab Akbar Bugti Family. They are fighting for our rights, they have left Dera Bugti for our rights. You are saying that they are enjoying, Our great Nawab Family is rich since centuries. So it is the right of every person to live with his desire..
@Salman, well!! well!! well!! here we go again poor karachi people and the poor DHA neighborhood tsk! tsk!..you'all o love to jump up and condom anyone whos passed away so they can not reply or defend themselves, where were the poor karachi people or you for the matter when the said guy was !Terrorizing! the neighborhood?? why didnt anyone step up then?? and what about those people karachi people for whom taleh bugti stood up and helped? about those girls whom he saved from being ganged raped by a bunch of so called good karachi people the save neighborhood of DHA?? i bet salman your not a saint your self..no one is for that matter thats why we are human. @MAD thanks for clearfing about his father, then again, i've seen many sindi wadaras there sons and punjabi chodaris and son and phatans all having the 4x4 and acting the same ways as a baloch sardar mmmmmm wonder why you people just point to baloch. @Adnan, may your friend rest in peace, may he be granted jannat..i believe here people just want to come forward and curse those who pass away..i even wonder if they are muslims.