Major terror bid foiled in Quetta, claims police
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QUETTA: Police claimed it foiled a major terrorism bid Wednesday morning when it recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Quetta.
“Forces found weapons dumped in a water tank near the residence of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) leader Nawabzada Shah Zain Bugti,” Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema told reporters at police line while displaying the seized weapons on display.
Cheema’s claim contradicted earlier reports that the weapons were recovered from Shahzain Bugti’s residence.
Earlier in the day, police and security agencies claimed that forces conducted a joint raid at the Bugti’s residence and recovered huge cache of arms ammunition.
However, in the evening, the law enforcers retreated from their earlier claim.
Speaking to reporters, Cheema said three suspects were also apprehended by security forces during the raid.
“We foiled a major bid of terror,” said the Quetta Police chief, giving no details about the affiliation of the detained suspected militants.
An official of a security agency who requested anonymity told Dawn that Frontier Corps and personnel of the anti-terrorists force in a joint raid foiled a major bid of terrorism in Al Gilani road area of Quetta.
He said 800 hand grenades, 200 kilogram of explosives, 13 RPG launcher, electric detonators etc during the raid.
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| Shah Zain is a grandson of late Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, who was assassinated in 2006. |
The security forces' earlier claim was strongly contradicted by sources close to Shah Zain. They termed it a baseless allegation and an effort to malign him for what they called his struggle for the Baloch people.
Shah Zain Bugti was also arrested by FC some years earlier at Beleli Chowk area of Quetta on charges of unlawfully possessing weapons.
Shah Zain is a grandson of late Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, who was assassinated in 2006.
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Sep 24, 2014 11:24am
Let's see if our forces and politicians have the guts to arrest and punish this lord of Balouchistan. Unfortunately our lords, I mean politicians will not punish another lord. So it is up to our forces only.
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Sep 24, 2014 11:26am
This is why we have no rule of law in this country. Such a big recovery and no arrest. Are Bugtis above the law? Why the security agencies can't embedded journalist with themselves to counter Mr Bugti claim..
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Sep 24, 2014 11:26am
Wonder why these so called "nationalists" aren't tried under Article 6.
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Sep 24, 2014 11:34am
finally they raid his residence....better late than never.
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Sep 24, 2014 11:42am
Its the easiest thing in the world to do - Raid and find cash, explosives etc.
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Sep 24, 2014 11:48am
Another proof that Musharraf was right,
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Sep 24, 2014 11:51am
That is why what Musharraf did with Akbar Bugti was right and people criticizes him for this act. These Bugti's are not loyal to this country.
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Sep 24, 2014 11:51am
This nation is put to shame every time Sir Musharraf turns out right, what now? you will call the COAS bad?
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Sep 24, 2014 12:04pm
The situation must be handled tactfully. Not arressting him is politically motivated move nad probaby better than aressting him which may lead to more problems than solutions. We cannot tax our forces too much as We don't want a re-1971.
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Sep 24, 2014 12:07pm
If it is true then u r not representative of Quad e Azam's Bugti. However, if it is tailored story then sorry.
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Sep 24, 2014 12:07pm
I disagree with the statement in this news item which states: "Nawab Akbar Bugti was assassinated in 2006". This statement is incorrect. Bugti was killed when he detonated an IED which took the lives of 2 army commissiond officers who were demanding his surrender. He was no different thsn the TTP who was defying the writ of the Government of Pakistan.
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Sep 24, 2014 12:09pm
And we say that they are loyal to Pakistan. Musharraf has proven to be right!!
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Sep 24, 2014 12:10pm
First of all, let us promise that from now on we will not honor them by such titles as "Nawabzadas" because these titles were bestowed upon them by colonial power of the time for services to the crown, at the cost of the Baluch people and the country-and with the end of colonialism all such titles are out of date and worthless. As for the raid and discovery of the massive amount of ammunition- let us call him a "terrorist" -because it is apparent that he has amassed all this weaponry to fight the state, and as such he should be tried as a terrorist.
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Sep 24, 2014 12:12pm
The terrorist Bugti may be kept under iron slides. Well done security forces
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Sep 24, 2014 12:22pm
Of course, Shahzain would have no weapons. He's a pacifist.
Cute @ people 'close' to him.
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Sep 24, 2014 12:24pm
Musharraf was right. Let us bring him back and put some sense in the system of government. OR, now we have an opportunity to support Imran Khan.
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Sep 24, 2014 12:29pm
The feudal system in Pakistan prevents us from progressing forward, although we got freedom from British Empire in 1947 but still millions of Pakistani are living under the tight control of so called Nawabs, Chaudhrys, Gardizis etc.
Land reforms needs to be implemented in Pakistan and there must a complete rule of law where all citizens of Pakistanis are treated equally. This will only happen when we will have a fresh and clean system in Pakistan.
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Sep 24, 2014 12:36pm
This is a family of gangsters. His Dada owned a private army and his younger brother Guraam used to run a gang called 'n3xt' in Karachi. Very "Jamhoori" I must say.
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Sep 24, 2014 12:42pm
They have always received money and support from India. Neither they are loyal to Pakistan nor they are friends of Baluchs. They are very good friends of money. They blow gas pipeline in Baluchistan when they get money from India.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:00pm
India had numerous princely states at the time of freedom...... they were all abolished.... even a state like hyderabad where indian army had to fight a week long war was brought under direct state controlled and at the same time Pakistan failed to devise a plan to bring potential anti state elements, feudals promoted by Brits and bearucracy to terms.with new.state.of Pakistan so presently the same families which were.once british tools r running the affairs.of.our country and masses r helpless.....Pakistan needs a master.plan.which is enforced in spirit by a sincere leadership un like the ones which we currently have.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:04pm
There is a ver small percentage of people who are with such landlords, including few pseudo liberals who say it is against human rights. Reality is otherwise, Akbar Bugti was a landlord, but during his time the real Baluch were never allowed to come forward & remained their slaves! Even to this day Baluchistan is controlled by influential landlords just as is the case in interior Sindh & parts of rural Punjab. The reason why these so called nationalists/landlords fight for is over royalties on Gas that comes out of Baluchistan, & many are backed by foreign agencies. The real Baluchis have always been left abundant because of the power struggle between these landlords & federal Govt. Just look at the wealth of these nationalists & the common baluchi, these politicians have been making a fool out of us for decades, the day we get rid of such people Pakistan will develop within 10 years.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:05pm
Well paid by RAW. He should move there.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:07pm
@ilyas these Bugtis have been resisting schools, hospitals, roads etc built by the government since Zulfiqar ALi Bhuttos time. They wanted the funds but no interference and those funds never built anything. Hence their resistance which RAW exploits.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:09pm
Bugtis are a typical Feudal Lords along with Waderas and Choudhry's funding the corrupt politicians. They will continue to destroy Pakistan unless atleast one of them is tried and and put to death in public to set example for other enemies of the nation.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:10pm
one cannot rule with an iron fist... Political problems needs political solution.... let us take the lesson from Bengala desh...
Folks..Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think. think what are we doing think for god sake.we are patriots but we should have the courage to say wrong is wrong.... A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:23pm
Bugti are billionaires. They have a huge private army. They grip all gas extraction in their control. They have bases in Afghanistan.
It is high time our security forces take an action against them and control them once and for all.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:35pm
This happens when you have a coward govt. What makes these bugti's special that they cannot be touched..These bugti's are dynasty terrorists like pakistan has dynasty rulers
Both dynasty rulers and dynasty terrorists are above the law in pakistan..
Mushraf is being tried in court for killing the same terrorists by this coward family govt..
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Sep 24, 2014 01:42pm
@Kashif ; These people want independence from Pakistan. Why will they have loyalty to this country ? If the security forces really found all these items in his residence as they claim, why did't he was arrested, though this country does't need an excuse to arrest people.. This was just an eye wash to malign the freedom movement in Baluchistan, any neutral observer can feel.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:47pm
we as a nation think short term and on those short term fact we start to visualize future. Musharaf had a vision what he was doing most of the people now think he was right. one day all of us will say he was putting country into right direction
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Sep 24, 2014 01:49pm
Most of the things Musharraf did were correct, be it Laal Masjid, or Chaudhury Iftikhar or the Bugti's fate, time has proven all these actions were justified
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Sep 24, 2014 01:50pm
So, the people of Baluchistan dodnt have basic necessities and these 'nationalist' Bugtis try to provide them with weapons? Hilarious!
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Sep 24, 2014 02:01pm
@Kashif
Musharaf was never right , he killed people without due process and came to power with illegitimate means.
These land owners ,especially in Sindh, have the right to say what the want to say but they can not store illegal arms and can not run armed groups. There is Law in the Land for that. instead of using military he should have used the Police , if it did not work should have sacked the Police chief and appointed another. Failing that he could have reformed the Police service. Not go and kill people by extra judicial methods.
I suppose you are wedded to the idea of Musharaf right every body else wrong, it is not much to convince you.
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Sep 24, 2014 02:04pm
And whats next ......
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Sep 24, 2014 02:08pm
Is this news , everybody worth his salt in Pakistan has some kind of arms and ammunition stored as he may need it in times of violence and uncertainly , which is like always in Pakistan.
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Sep 24, 2014 02:22pm
Everybody involved in terrorism is a terrorist except these barbarians in Balochistan and Sindh. Why? Are they holy cows? They are not only terrorists but also anti-Pakistan traitors propagating others to join their terrorism. What double standards by our so-called liberals and socialists who have made heroes out of these terrorists who are called "nationalists."
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Sep 24, 2014 02:23pm
"Frontier Corps and personnel of anti-terrorist force foiled a major bid of terrorism during a joint raid."
I wish Punjab police was more professional too...
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Sep 24, 2014 02:25pm
Why is this man allowed to be free if he is a terrorist and does propaganda against the pak army.
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Sep 24, 2014 02:39pm
Musharraf had said that as time passes people will understand what he did and why he did it. Yet we keep him under arrest and mental anguish while we give corrupt leaders the keys to our finances. How silly of a nation are we.
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Sep 24, 2014 02:40pm
The only person in Pakistan who tried to get these people onto straight line was Pervaiz Musharraf and he is dealing with a treason case. These people are terrorists (why do you otherwise need rocket launchers and grenades) and have terrorised and suppressed their own people for generations. Shahzain is no different. Let us see how quickly judiciary deals with him and liberate the Baloch people.
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Sep 24, 2014 02:47pm
@Ali Ibrahim
Please, we have had enough of the with hunt. Lets have dialogue with baloch people before UN asks us to have a scotland like referendum in balochanist and we start calling it a conspiracy. Lets address the concerns of nationalists and have a national debate about it.
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Sep 24, 2014 03:00pm
LOL.... Another attempt by the Establishment to degrade the nationalists, how on earth a leader would keep the explosives, arms at his home?? but as you know Pakistani Police and security forces, they can twist the facts and even convict an Angel culprit....
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Sep 24, 2014 03:00pm
I personally feel it's not about who's right or who's wrong. To echo the voice of perhaps millions of Pakistanis, I too am against the current system of 'a certain few' being above the law - most of these include those that make the law!
If the facts stated in this new brief are true, it is indeed a major raid in which a huge quantity of arms and ammunition has been seized. One would also assume that the 'home-owner' was not present at the time of the raid (not surprising). However, I wouldn't think that such an arsenal would be stashed unattended, i.e. where was the security team? If they were there, why were there no arrests made? and why is there no mention of a FIR registration against the accused?
I think this news item provides incomplete information and does not account for any comprehensive action steps by the security personnel - that is what is more worrying.
Also, is Mr. Bugti's name still on the ECL? The mention of it is too vague, i.e. "The interior ministry had placed his name at the ECL to restrict his movement in 2010 after he was arrested on December 22, 2010." - his movement was restricted for all of 9 days in 2010? What about after that?
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Sep 24, 2014 03:08pm
Wonder why there is no arrest? Does current administration adhere to the rule of law (whereas, Mr Musharraf did follow and paying a price)? It's a sham democracy where government's policy appears to be of 'laissez-faire' (letting things take their own course without interfering).
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Sep 24, 2014 03:21pm
Bugti family have no loyalty to Pakistan. This raid proves that they are terrorist in nature. They should be punished severely .
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Sep 24, 2014 03:21pm
Mussharaff did good by killing that scum. More people should have been arrested. In my eyes Pakistan is just a few years away from a major collapse
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Sep 24, 2014 03:29pm
@Ali Ibrahim : because they are friends of Nawaz family and punjab police used provide security whenever they are in province or federal capital
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Sep 24, 2014 03:31pm
I tend to side with those who believe this looks more like a frame up for a very obvious reason that Shahzain Bugti knew he was a marked man, so why would he supply incriminating evidence for his own arrest ? It doesn't make sense. Previously Bugtis have been eliminated mysteriously, now they( ? ) make it more legitimate.
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Sep 24, 2014 03:32pm
Gen (rtd) ex president of Pakistan Mr Musharaf was right and has always being saying Pakistan first. All these vidaras, chaudhries, butts, etc,etc should have the same faith as Bughti had.
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Sep 24, 2014 03:36pm
No body was arrested because its a lie. Was it Shahzain's residence that was raided?
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Sep 24, 2014 03:43pm
I wonder what was the Make on this Weapons and Explosive
Any Wild Guesses anyone
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Sep 24, 2014 03:54pm
The two things that Musharraf did right were 1) destroy Lal masjid gang and 2) erase Bugti. He should be applauded for these actions not prosecuted for them.
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Sep 24, 2014 04:59pm
@ilyas
rule of law should apprehend.
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Sep 24, 2014 05:06pm
if they can raid his house they can arrest him too but didnt because this story is pure concoction as if shahzain would be so foolish as to keep a weapon depot in his house
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Sep 24, 2014 05:12pm
Why no arrest?
that's where you guys go wrong. That why Pakistan is in trouble. You guys are not learning from your mistakes. This is the time to catch culprits red handed.
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Sep 24, 2014 05:12pm
@Aslam Shaikh, Forces did not capture anyone and no one will be punished, so what are you saying here?
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Sep 24, 2014 05:33pm
@Syed Sher
I fully agree with you
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Sep 24, 2014 06:07pm
Imagine if these weapons would have recovered from Aziz-a-bad, entire MQM leadership would have been arrested, and media would have started yearlong campaign against MQM and Urdu speaking community in Karachi.
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Sep 24, 2014 06:18pm
Security force should come clean with pictures and evidence. This is a very big story.
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Sep 24, 2014 06:32pm
One of the first things that Congress Party & JLNehru of India did, they abolished the special status of Nawabs & Chiefs in India, paving the way for an ordinary Indian to decide his/her future. In Pakistan, we let them maintain their centuries old hold on their subject. Balochistan , was & is stronghold of Sardars & Nawabs. Most of them, including Akbar Bugti have officially ruled Balochistan in the capacity of either chief minister or governor. No one did any thing constructive for an ordinary Baloch , nothing in the field of education or health. All the privileges went to their families. Add to it, successive governments of Pakistan which exploited the resources of the province without giving due share to Baloch citizenry. The net result is resentment.
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Sep 24, 2014 07:01pm
Very great job by the security forces.
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Sep 24, 2014 07:35pm
@M. Siddique I meant: they should!
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Sep 24, 2014 07:37pm
Already they have thrown money like water and now the weapons and explosives were found 'near' Bugti residence not in it. When will someone do something and gave the guts to catch these criminal lords of war and chaos.
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Sep 24, 2014 08:08pm
@Zak. I love the comic way you bash up India in any post - whether it is relevant here or not. Unknowingly, when one is obsessed with such enmity, it is like life partners becoming more compatible just like hate-love relationship. I thoroughly enjoy your comments though of no substance and facts. One day, I am not surprised you showing up in India for everyone's delight.
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Sep 24, 2014 08:17pm
Bring a cat home and harass / experiment with it in a closed room. You would know exactly how docile it could be. You bomb Bugti's family and kill (read missing Baluchis) in the hands of establishment and now cry foul if they took-up arms to defend themselves and their rights? Deal with them as humans and they would respond back with same veneration. Even in a small family, enmity develops with tragic consequences if parents won't deal with their own children tactfully and diplomatically..
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Sep 24, 2014 08:26pm
@Asian Do you mean National debate at Gunpoint ?
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Sep 24, 2014 08:27pm
Why there is no justice for so called Nawabzada' s, etc.
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Sep 24, 2014 11:10pm
This country cannot go forward as long as there are Nawabs, Sardars, Khans, Choudries, and Shahs.
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Sep 24, 2014 11:32pm
Looks like every step which Musharraf took was correct.....I guess Musharraf was right....
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