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Government buries Bugti
QUETTA: Tribal chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, who was killed in a military operation on August 26, was laid quietly to rest amidst tight security at 10am in Dera Bugti on Friday.
“A plywood box sealed by two Chinese-made locks contained Bugti's body. None of the late Nawab's family was at the burial...”
A plywood box sealed by two Chinese-made locks contained Bugti's body. None of the late Nawab's family was at the burial, which was attended by Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer (DCO) Abdul Samad Lasi and a few members of the recently elected Bugti tribal jirga. According to AP, journalists at the graveyard demanded that the coffin be opened for them to see Bugti's body, but the DCO refused, saying "it is illegal to show his face".

"The funeral prayers were attended by around 20 people, and nobody was shown Bugti's face except for prayer leader Maulana Maluk Bugti and the DCO," a witness told Daily Times. "The body, which government officials claimed had been damaged, was kept in a locked coffin," he added. Bugti was laid to rest beside his younger brother Ahmed Nawaz Bugti, a former member of the National Assembly who died last year.
Posted by: Fred 2006-09-02
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