According to BRP sources, Haq Nawaz Bugti, who was not affiliated with the BRP himself, was killed in Nushki district during a fierce battle with security forces.
A spokesperson for the defunct Baloch Republican Army (BRA) who called media offices from an unspecified location also said that Haq Nawaz was killed in a clash with security personnel in Nushki. He further claimed that Baloch fighters caused heavy losses to security personnel.
District Police Officer Naz Jan, however, denied such reports altogether. “The police cover a 15 kilometre area, but so far they have received no such news,” he added. Nushki Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Jan also rejected the news, saying that if such incident would have occurred, he would have known.
The Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan spokesperson also told The Express Tribune that no such battle had taken place with Baloch fighters in Nushki.
BRP, on the other hand, has announced 40 days of mourning and province-wide demonstrations today (Thursday) after the incident. It also announced a shutter-down strike on Nov 16 throughout Balochistan.
BRP Women’s Wing leader Horain Baloch paid tributes to Haq Nawaz for sacrificing his life for the Baloch cause, saying that anti-Baloch forces were carrying out ‘a genocide’.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2012.
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