nawab akbar bugti

NAWAB AKBAR BUGTI

The leader and tumandar of the Warrior Bugti tribe. He dominated the political scene of Baluchistan for over 60 years before he was killed in a gunbattle with Pakistani security forces. Nawab and his two grandsons died near the town of..

Akbar Khan Bugti (Urdu: نواب اکبر شہاز خان بگٹی) (July 12, 1927–August 26, 2006) was theTumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch and served as Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Balochistan Province in Pakistan.^[1]

After an armed struggle started in Balochistan in 2004, Bugti was widely perceived as a leader but went underground in 2005. On August 26, 2006, after several attempts were made on his life in the preceding months,^[2] he was killed in his cave in Kohlu, about 150 miles east ofQuetta, leading to widespread unrest in the area, where he is widely regarded as a hero and martyr.^[3]