Talal Akbar Bugti (

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: طلال اکبر بگٹی; March 17, 1952 – April 26, 2015) was a Pakistani politician and a Baloch tribal leader of the

Bugti Bugti ( ) is a Baloch tribe found in eastern Balochistan, Pakistan. , it was estimated to comprise over 180,000 people, mostly living in the Dera Bugti Dera Bugti ( Balochi: , Urdu: ) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan ...

tribe in

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. He served as the President of the

Jamhoori Watan Party The Jamhoori Wattan Party () is a List of political parties in Pakistan, political party in Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan, Pakistan. The party has split into two factions, with the non-dominant one led by Baramdagh Bugti splitting off to for ...

from 2006 until his death in 2015. His son,

Shahzain Bugti Nawab Shahzain Bugti is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. He served as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan from 7 July ...

, is also a politician and is a member of the

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Early life and career

Bugti was born at

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 ...

on 17 March 1952. Talal was the fourth child of

Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti ( Balochi, Urdu: ; 12 July 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a Pakistani politician and the Tumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch people who served as the Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Baloch ...

, with two elder sisters and an elder brother, Salim. Talal Bugti was married to Noorjahan and Kiran Ahmed. He had three sons, named Shah Zain Bugti, Gohram Bugti, and Mir Chakar Bugti from Noorjahan. Bugti started his formal education in 1957 by joining Dera Bugti School. In 1958, he joined Quetta Grammar School and then in 1959 he joined Aitchison College, Lahore. After studying at Aitchison for six years, he completed his schooling from Quetta Grammar School. He then did a B.A. degree from the University of Punjab, Lahore. In 2013, Bugti had placed a bounty on

Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as ...

, his daughter Ayla Raza, and business tycoon Hidayatullah Kheshgi. He offered PKR 2 billion (US$11 million) and 200 acres of farmland for anyone who killed Musharraf. The motive was mainly based on Bugti's accusation that Musharraf should be sentenced to death for the murder of his father and that he had posed a security threat because of his undermining of Pakistan's sovereignty and integrity through his policies.

Death

He was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in

Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...

following a heart attack and later died on 27 April 2015. A large number of people gathered at the Bugti family house after hearing about the death of Mr. Bugti. The then Prime Minister

Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...

, the Pakistan Army chief, and other politicians from Balochistan also visited Bugti's house to pay their respects.PM condoles death of Talal Bugti
Dawn News, 6 May 2015.

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* Talha Akbar Pakistani republicans Aitchison College alumni University of the Punjab alumni 1952 births 2015 deaths Politicians from Quetta {{Pakistan-MNA-stub