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Musharraf's claim 'a white lie': Talal
By: Irfan Bukhari
ISLAMABAD
- Rebutting the claim of former president Pervez Musharraf that
Nawab Akbar Bugti had been killed
in the wake of cave collapse, Talal Bugti, son of slain Baloch
nationalist leader, said Monday that he would soon
meet PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif to devise a strategy for
registering Bugti’s murder FIR against Musharraf.
Talking to The Nation, Talal Bugti described former president Pervez
Musharraf’s claim as a ‘white lie’ asserting that
he himself had congratulated in Bhurban security men in the past
over killing of Bugti.He said though he had submitted an application
for lodging FIR on Nawab Akbar Bugti’s murder against Musharraf
in the City Police Station Quetta but the police had not done so.
“Police say that the FIR could be lodged in the vicinity where the
incident had occurred but we even do not know the
exact location where my father was murdered”, he said, adding that
he did not know whether his father was killed
in the area of Bugtis or Marris. Talal Bugti said the incumbent PPP
regime was following the line of Pervez Musharraf.
He alleged that the PPP regime had turned Dera Bugti into a no-go
area for the Baloch person that was
increasing the level of anger and disappointment among the Bugtis.
He said in a few days he would call on PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif
with a view to devising a strategy for registering
FIR on Nawab Akbar Bugti’s murder against former president Pervez
Musharraf. He said he would also
visit Multan to meet Javed Hashmi to condole over the death of his
brother besides discussing with him the matter
of FIR against Musharraf.
Talal Bugti said that Nawab Akbar Bugti was not his living life with
choice; rather he had been forced to go to the mountains
to save his life from Musharraf’s men. He predicted that the Nato
forces would soon land in Pakistan as
the incumbent government had failed to resolve security crisis.
“World community has started dubbing Pakistan
as failed state and is also expressing its concerns over our nukes
while the government has totally failed
to counter this negative propaganda”, he said adding that NATO
forces would land in Pakistan on the pretext
of destroying dens of Al-Qaeda.
He said the drugs, weapons etc were
being smuggled freely from Afghanistan into Pakistan while flour,
cattle and
other edibles were being smuggled to Afghanistan from Pakistan
unchecked.
He alleged that the whole business of
smuggling was being carried out in the presence of border security
forces.He went to the extent of accusing some top political leaders
having their share from the huge smuggling.
He said if Interior Minister could
ask him to pay Rs500 million for the release of royalty of gas, then
why could he not
be the partner in smuggling business. “I invite a delegation of
media men from Islamabad to come here to see
the whole dirty business going unbridled with its own eyes.
I would arrange a visit for the
delegation to the secret routes of smuggling with full security and
it could itself monitor
the unchecked smuggling between two countries”, he added.
Talal Bugti said India was sponsoring
militants in Swat and said that the Taliban had gone to the
mountains as a result
of ongoing military operation and would continue fighting against
security forces with guerrilla warfare tactics.
It is to be mentioned here that
former President General (r) Pervez Musharraf, in a recent interview
with a private TV
channel, has claimed that Nawab Akbar Bugti was not killed in
military operation but had died as the roof of the
cave collapsed during dialogue session.
Pervez Musharraf further claims in
the interview that though Nawab Akbar Bugti had challenged the writ
of the government
and taken shelter in bunkers to combat the security forces, yet, he
was killed by the collapse of the cave
in which he was residing.
The Nation:
June 09, 2009 |
