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Baloch tribes suspend their 10-year feud
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 Bugti and Mazari tribes have temporarily suspended their 10-year feud in Balochistan, which has so far cost the lives of more than hundred people, reports say. On Saturday, Sardar Sher Ali, son of veteran Baloch politician Sherbaz Mazari, met Sardar Akbar Bugti at Bugti's house in Dera Bugti, where the two leaders announced a truce. Talking to the local media, according to reports, Bugti said that since it would take time for reaching a permanent settlement, the suspension of the feud was temporary.
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The two tribes would open routes for each other, he announced, which they closed when the dispute began in 1994, with each of the tribe seeking royalty for a development project in an area dominated by both tribes. Reports suggested this temporary settlement would mainly benefit the Bugti tribe because the Mazaris control the routes leading to Sindh and Punjab provinces.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-01-17 |
