Balochistan CM's media adviser shot dead

Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousaf


Balochistan CM's media adviser shot dead

Peshawar, July 28 : Abdur Raziq Bugti, spokesman of the Balochistan Government and media consultant to Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousaf, was gunned down in broad daylight by unknown armed men on Friday.
Baloch Liberation Army struggling for Baloch cause has owned up the murder.
According to eyewitnesses, two persons riding a motorcycle approached his vehicle and opened indiscriminate fire.
They also told the police that when Raziq Bugti was shot at, his vehicle went out of control, hit the footpath and stopped, and added that the attackers again fired bullets killing him instantly.
The capital city police officer said that Raziq Bugti was on his way home when two armed motorcyclists ambushed and killed him.
After the incident, senior police and intelligence agencies officials rushed to the scene and started collecting evidence, The Nation reported.
Raziq Bugti was born in 1953 and belonged to Masoori faction of Bugti tribe.
Raziq Bugti, 54, started his political carrier from the platform of Baloch Student Organisation (BSO) in 1968.
He fought guerrilla war during 1973 insurgency in Balochistan, and lived for many years in Afghanistan and Russia.
--- ANI


Balochistan CM admits security lapses in province

* Says railway authorities made poor security arrangements to foil saboteurs
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousaf on Monday admitted that security lapses had led to terrorist attacks throughout the province.
Jam Yousaf told journalists after the meeting of the parliamentary committee on Balochistan that the Railways authorities had made poor security arrangements to check the miscreants.
He said the Railways security must be more vigilant to identify any suspected individual. There have been several terrorist attacks on the infrastructure of Pakistan Railways in Balochistan recently, he added.
The chief minister said some Baloch tribesmen in Dadar and Bolan districts were involved in terrorist activities. He urged the federal government to complete and implement the report of the Balochistan committee as soon as possible. Any delay in the implementation of the report would be harmful, he added.
Jam Yousaf asked the federal government to resolve the National Finance Commission Award issue keeping backwardness and poverty of the provinces as decisive factors.
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, chairman of the subcommittee on Balochistan, said the Balochistan committee had unanimously approved the 31-point report of the sub-committee. He said the committee members belonging to both treasury and opposition benches had equally contributed in preparing and passing the recommendations.
Senator Ishaq Dar of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said the opposition sincerely wanted to implement the report of the Balochistan committee to resolve the situation in the province.