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Tribal elders to review cases of Bugtis men
 The government has set up a committee of tribal elders to review the case of two alleged commanders loyal to Nawab Akbar Bugti who surrendered to security forces with some 40 armed supporters in the Sui area of Dera Bugti on Saturday. Their cases will be scrutinised by the local Reforms Public Safety Committee, Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi told PTV. All the men and their cases have been handed over to committee in Sui and we have not initiated legal proceedings against the people who surrendered yesterday (Saturday). We are waiting for the committees report and whatever they put up for recommendation, we will go and follow that.Lasi claimed that more Bugti tribe members had communicated with the administration seeking to surrender. They want to become peaceful citizens, so I have told them to clear things in a court of law before coming to their areas. If they have no cases against them they can live like good citizens of Pakistan, he said. He said those who surrendered included two groups, one of a tribal force working under Nawab Akbar Bugti, and the other of hardcore criminals. Speaking to the BBC, Nawab Bugti denied he had any link to the men who surrendered. There is no association between me and these commanders, as they are criminals, Bugti told the BBC on Sunday. Posted by: Fred 2006-04-10 |
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