HYDERABAD The president of the Sindh Hari Porhiyat Council, Punhal Sario, demanded on Wednesday that Pervez Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz should be arrested and tried in a court of law for the murder of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
Speaking at the 3rd death anniversary of Akbar Bugti organised by his party in Qasimabad, Mr Sario called for an end to army operation in Balochistan and recovery of all missing persons.
He said that interference of army and secret agencies in the political affairs had all but destroyed the country. Pakistan could not survive unless the federating units were given their due rights, he said.
He alleged the political leadership of Balochistan and Sindh had been eliminated in order to usurp the provinces' natural resources and cited examples of Benazir Bhutto, Mir Murtaza Bhutto, Nazir Abbasi, Akbar Bugti, Nouroz Khan, Balach Mari and others.
He urged Sindhi and Baloch people to unite on one platform and launch a joint struggle for their rights.
Awami Party chief Dr Hassan Nasir said that people were the real fountainhead of power and they should join hands to foil all conspiracies against them and the country.
He said that Nawab Akbar Bugti had always supported the federation but he was forced to adopt the path of resistance due to injustices.
He said the democratic forces had always been pushed against the wall and ridiculed ongoing talks on the NFC award and provincial autonomy.
He believed the tillers of the land, workers and middle class could defeat the rulers and establish a just system in the country.
The gathering condemned raid on pro-Balochistan Urdu newspaper 'Aftab' and ban on its publication and criticised torture of journalists.
Later, a large number of people held a demonstration outside the press club, demanding arrest of and deterrent punishment to the murderers of Akbar Bugti.
JSQM The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Basheer Khan Qureshi and office-bearers Faqir Imdad Mangi, Sagar Hanif Burdi and Najaf Laghari have paid tributes to Nawab Akbar Bugti for his sacrifice for the rights of Balochistan and said his sacrifice is a source of encouragement and inspiration for the patriotic people of Balochistan and Sindh.
They said in a joint statement issued on Wednesday that the national movement of Sindh was proud of Akbar Bugti and added that they would always support the Baloch national movement.
The leaders of Sindh and Balochistan who were doing federal politics should learn a lesson from Bugti's sacrifices, they said.
They said that the system in Pakistan had always finished off the benefactors of the country.
Meanwhile, the JSSF leaders Habib Bhutto, Atta Vistrio, Hemo Kalani and others called upon student organisations to work together to improve academic atmosphere in the educational institutions.
In Sanghar, a large number of Bugti tribesmen observed the third death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in Kot Nawab village on Wednesday.
They brought out a rally and demanded registration of murder case against Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, Shaukat Aziz and the then chief minister and governor of Balochistan.
