On
May 28, Jam Mir Muhammad Yousuf,
a former Chief Minister of Balochistan,
was granted bail before arrest for
half a million rupees in connection
with the August 26, 2006 Nawab Akbar
Bugti murder case, reports The
Express Tribune. His lawyer,
Muhammad Farooq, argued before the
Chief Justice of the Sindh High
Court that Jam Yousuf has been shown
as an absconder in the charge sheet
that was submitted to Anti-Terrorism
Court. He was charged with abetting
the murder of the Chief of the Bugti
tribe, Nawab Akbar Bugti. Jam Yousuf
is in Dubai but wants to return
to Pakistan.
Separately,
Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Chief
and the eldest son of Nawab Akbar
Bugti, Talal Akbar Bugti said that
Dera Bugti was his native town and
no law could stop him from going
there, reports Daily Times.
Welcoming the hearings of the Supreme
Court about missing persons in Balochistan,
he said Chief Justice of Pakistan
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing
a case on monthly basis in Quetta
regarding law and order situation,
but the court had not taken up the
murder of his father Nawab Akbar
Khan Bugti. The JWP leader said
that no notice had been taken into
the forced displacement of thousands
of Bugtis due to alleged military
operation in Dera Bugti, adding
that their properties were occupied
by the people backed by the Government
and Security Forces. |
