Quetta: A complete shutter down in parts of Balochistan including provincial capital Quetta as sixth death anniversary of prominent Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti is being observed today (Sunday).
Akbar Bugti, who was also the governor and chief minister of Balochistan, was an influential personality in the country.
On his sixth death anniversary, Baloch nationalist parties including Baloch Republican Party (BRP), Jamhuri Watan Party (JWP) have called for complete shutter down in province.
The strike is also being observed in interior of the province including Gawadar, Turbat, Khuzdar, Kalat, Mastung, Noshki and Chaghi.
Bugti was killed in 2006 during a military operation launched in the leadership of Pervez Musharraf which led to uprising and riots in the province.
He became Nawab when he was just 12-year-old and he was considered one of the higher educated nawabs of the province. He passed his matriculation from Karachi and completed his graduation from Aitchison College Lahore.
He was detained for eight years in the dictatorship of Ayub Khan and also faced difficulties in the period of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Nawab Akhar Bugti became Governor Balochistan in 1972 and Chief Minister in 1978. He also served as defence and interior ministry.
President of Jamhuri Watan Party and Akbar Bugti’s son Nawab Talal Akbar Bugti said that his father was killed because he was raising voice for the rights of the province.
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