Special assistance ordered for Kana Yaari fame Wahab Bugti

Published August 25, 2022
Wahab Bugti after being evacuated from his flood-hit village in Balochistan.
—Twitter/awan_emman
Wahab Bugti after being evacuated from his flood-hit village in Balochistan. —Twitter/awan_emman

KARACHI: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has issued instructions to help singer Wahab Bugti, who along with other people in his area has been affected by the floods.

Bugti, who shot to fame for his Coke Studio hit Kana Yaari, has had to leave his village in Dera Bugti due to torrential rains that have wreaked havoc in the province and left his area inundated, Dawn.com reported on Wednesday.

According to the CM secretariat, CM Bizenjo has issued instructions to provide help to Bugti. A senior officer said the singer’s documents were being prepared and that the CM had ordered special assistance to be provided to Bugti.

The singer along with his family has shifted to Dera Mu­rad Jamali, where his fri­end lives. He has eight children.

Balochistan has suffered a lot due to heavy rains and floods that have inundated several villages and claimed over 200 lives and damaged over 26,000 homes. The full extent of the devastation is still unknown. Bugti is a resident of Goth Mohammad Umar which is located around three kilometres from Dera Murad Jamali.

On Wednesday photos emerged online of the singer, his family and other villagers being rescued by the Pakistan Army. How­ever, details of the rescue have not been shared by the military’s media wing.

Bugti, 36, shot to fame thro­ugh Coke Studio this year alo­ngside Kaifi Khalil and rapper Eva B. Coke Studio producer Xulfi in a tweet on Monday said Coke Studio was providing assistance to Bugti.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2022

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