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Treason case slapped on slain leader's son
Police have lodged a case of treason against a son of slain tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti for allegedly speaking against the country and its armed forces, an official said yesterday.
- By Mujahid Ali, Correspondent
- Published: 00:00 November 24, 2006
Karachi: Police have lodged a case of treason against a son of slain tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti for allegedly speaking against the country and its armed forces, an official said yesterday.
Jamil Bugti had bitterly criticised the army and the country at a press conference in Quetta recently.
The government says that such kind of language, which attacks solidarity and unity and fans extremism, cannot be tolerated.
"We have registered a case against Jamil Bugti for his November 6 press conference held at the residence of a former Balochistan chief minister Mir Humayun Marri," the Balochistan government spokesman said by telephone from Quetta.
The case has been registered by the Sariab police of Quetta, he added. No immediate comment was available from Jamil Bugti, but his father's Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) in a statement expressed concern over the registration of the case.
"It is yet another case of victimisation of the Bugti family," said Amanullah Kanrani, information secretary of the JWP. "Such steps won't deter the Baloch people to abandon their just struggle," he said accusing the central government of exploiting the natural resources of the province which is the most backward in Pakistan.
Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed along with several of his associates in the mountains of Kohlu in an operation by the security forces.
Since his death armed attacks on government targets have dropped.
However, tribal militants continue to carry out sporadic bombings at various places in the province.
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