Mir Ali Dost Bugti (

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/; 18 October 1920 – 8 July 1984) was a Pakistani judge. He was the first Baloch judge to be appointed to the

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. Bugti was born in

Dera Bugti Dera Bugti ( Balochi: , Urdu: ) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983. Administration The district is administratively divided into the following five tehsils (subdivisio ...

. He completed his primary schooling in Dera Bugti, the highest level of education available there, and then went to

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for matriculation. Following that, he attended

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where he obtained a law degree. He was then appointed as a High Court judge in

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, Balochistan. He was colloquially referred to as "Judge Bugti".

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1920 births 1984 deaths Baloch judges Chief justices of the Balochistan High Court Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University alumni 20th-century Pakistani judges People from Dera Bugti District {{Pakistan-law-bio-stub