Bugti's son offers Rs 1 billion bounty for Mushrraf's head

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Oct 10 (PTI) The son of Baloch nationalist
leader Nawab Akbar Bugti who was killed during Pervez
Musharraf's regime has offered a bounty of Rs 1 billion and
1,000 acres of land to any person who beheads the former
military ruler.
The offer was made by Talal Akbar Bugti, the son of
late Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti and chief of the Jamhoori
Watan Party, while addressing a news conference in Quetta
on Saturday. Bugti said Musharraf also deserved a death
sentence for overthrowing an elected government in 1999.
"I give the status of wajib-ul-qatl (fit to be killed)
to Musharraf. As you are aware, he ended a democratic
government elected with a large mandate in 1999 and he
deserves the death sentence according to Article 6 (of the
constitution which relates to high treason). Therefore, he is
wajib-ul-qatl," said Bugti.
"(Musharraf) is also wajib-ul-qatl for killing innocent
people in Balochistan. The government allowed him to leave the
country," he said. He said Musharraf also deserves to die for
killing innocent people.
Besides, Musharraf was fit to be killed as he had
committed many "unforgivable" crimes, including the killing of
innocent people during the 2007 Lal Masjid operation, he
said.
Bugti said he would give land and money to any person
who killed Musharraf, now living in self-exile in
Britain.
Bugti condemned Musharraf's allegation that his
father was a traitor and claimed the former President had
strengthened case against him by acknowledging his links in
the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti.
Addressing the news conference along with senior
PML-N leader Sardar Yaqoob Nasir, Bugti said Musharraf had
been fully exposed in front of the public after his recent
comments to the media.
Such "false statements" by Musharraf have caused
irreparable damage to Pakistan’s sovereignty, he said.
If Musharraf had the guts, he would come to Pakistan
and face the cases against him, Bugti said. The government
should show seriousness and bring the former dictator back
through Interpol and award him exemplary punishment, he added.
Bugti claimed that one Brig (retired) Masood Malik,
a former intelligence officer during Musharraf's regime, had
agreed to become an approver against the former military ruler
so that charges of genocide and abduction of innocent people
in Balochistan could be framed against him.
Bugti appealed to the Supreme Court Chief Justice to
issue arrest warrants for Musharraf.
On August 26, 2006, Bugti was killed in a cave, about
150 miles east of Quetta, leading to widespread unrest in the
area, where he is widely regarded as a hero and martyr. PTI
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