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on the orders of the Nawab, opponents were killed and police officials kidnapped. He narrated an
incident where DSP Rana Tahir Mansoor was spared in an abduction attempt, because he disclosed that he
was a Syed 9 , but the constable and driver accompanying him had been kidnapped. One of those kidnapped,
Farooq Ahmed, returned after being kept a prisoner for two months in the private prison of the Nawab at Dera
Bugti. The Nawab was also accused of engineering a number of car-jackings. The team was informed that
elections in Dera Bugti were held under threat and pressure. All candidates were returned unopposed and no
one dared to challenge the candidates of the Nawab. In short, the DCO said, that the Nawab was running a
“parallel State.”
The DCO was kind enough to share a paper with the team entitled, “Akbar Bugti: Afailed man.” The
paper was being distributed by the FC headquarters, as a fax number 081-9201831 and PRO HO FC QTA
was printed on it.
The DCO vehemently denied any army action or operation in Dera Bugti, but said that “an army
action” was taking place in
Kohlu.. He maintained that the
security forces were only
defending themselves against
the Bugti militants. Their
presence was crucial for the
protection of roads, gas
pipelines, and other
installations. According to him,
the local population welcomes
the presence of the security
forces and look upon them to
protect them from the
exploitations of the Nawab.
He was particularly concerned
about the protection of the
sub-tribes who had fallen out
with the Nawab. These subtribes,
according to him, are
mainly the Masoori, Kalpar,
and Ahmadan. Elaborating on
inter-tribe feuds, the DCO
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said that the Dinari Kalpars were now disputing the ownership and possession of the land in Sui, held by the
Nawab, and were claiming it as their own.
Explaining the situation in Sui, the DCO claimed that the government is fully in control of the town and
there was no support for the Nawab. In fact, he quipped that the Nawab’s only presence was his house,
which too, the DCO has been advised to take over. At the same time, the DCO maintained that the Nawab
was a “hurdle” to the government’s plans of development. Hence, the government, according to him, was
determined to get rid of Nawab Akbar Bugti at any cost. 10
Analyzing the situation, the DCO said that the tension between the government and militant Bugtis lies
in the latter’s refusal to acknowledge the identity of Pakistan. In his view, all demands of provincial autonomy
had become irrelevant, as the present regime was determined to strengthen district governments. He believed
that these were the demands of modern governance. He was also of the opinion that Balochistan was not the
“heritage” of the Baloch, as they were historically a minority ethnic group coming from West Asia. The indigenous
people of the area were called ‘Toran’, and the DCO himself belonged to this group.