Newyark, California, USA, 26 August 2006 (PADF) - The Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF) - a national grassroots organization based in Newark, California, USA - has expressed its profound shock and dismay at Akbar Khan Bugti's unlawful murder committed by General Pervez Musharraf, an illegal Indian-Mohajir military dictator, and the Pakistan Army. Repudiating the corrupt and tyrannical Pervez Musharraf-Shaukat Aziz regime for failing to solve center-province problems by political means, the PADF has called for a suo moto inquiry of the illegal assassination of Mr. Bugti by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and demanded that General Musharraf and his Ruling Mafia must be brought to justice.
Akbar Khan Bugti - chief of the Bugti tribe of Balochistan, President of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) (Democratic Country Party), former federal Minister of State for Interior, ex-Governor of Balochistan, ex-Chief Minister of Balochistan, ex-MNA, ex-Senator, ex-MPA and the driving force behind the anti-tyranny rebellion in Balochistan - and many other citizens of Pakistan were illegally killed in Balochistan, the largest province of Pakistan, through a Pakistani military's unlawful operation on Saturday, 26 August 2006. Pakistan Army's corrupt tyrant General Pervez Musharraf had issued threats against Akbar Bugti's life by saying: 'You won't know what hit you!' Akhtar Mengal, President of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), said Akbar Bugti's death would draw a "line between Balochistan and Pakistan."
The PADF statement reads:
"Pakistani-Americans are profoundly shocked and dismayed at Akbar Bugti's killing by the Pakistan Army. General Musharraf is using the same tactics - aerial bombardments and extra-judicial killings - against Pakistani citizens as imperialist nations use against citizens of other countries.
"The Musharraf regime has failed once more by letting political dispute deteriorate into armed conflict. Now the whole nation will pay for this misadventure because these killings would further weaken the already fragile federation of Pakistan.
"We join Pakistani masses in urging the Supreme Court of Pakistan to conduct an inquiry of these killings at its own initiative. However, any such judicial inquiry must be accompanied by high-level reconsideration of center-province relations aimed at decentralization of power and equitable distribution of national resources including Sui gas.
"We urge all Pakistani political parties to, individually and collectively, initiate mass contact campaign with peoples of Balochistan to bring about negotiations, accommodation and healing. For the sake of national unity, the people of Punjab must vigorously condemn these killings to dispel the false impression that Akbar Bugti and his associates were killed on Punjab's behalf or with Punjab's support.
"We urge all well-meaning Pakistanis and Pakistani-Americans to remain engaged with the pursuit of a long-term solution. Ultimately, Pakistan needs to resolve the interlocked problems of militarism, feudalism and tribalism in the context of Constitutional Democracy, provincial autonomy and just distribution of national resources."
Dr. AGHA SAEED
Director: Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF) - USA
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