Talal Akbar Bugti (

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: طلال اکبر بگٹی; March 17, 1952 – April 26, 2015) was a Pakistani politician and a

Baloch Baloch, also spelled Baloch, Beluch and in other ways, may refer to: * Baloch people, an ethnic group of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan * Baluch, a small itinerant community of Afghanistan * Balouch, Azad Kashmir, a town in Pakistan * Baloch (s ...

tribal leader of the

Bugti Bugti ( bal, بُگٹی ) is a Baloch tribe found in eastern Balochistan, Pakistan. , it was estimated to comprise over 180,000 people, mostly living in the Dera Bugti region of Pakistan. They are in turn divided into the Rahija,Marhita, Perozani, ...

tribe in

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastl ...

. He served as the President of the

Jamhoori Watan Party The Jamhoori Wattan Party ( ur, جمہوری وطن پارٹی, lit=Republican National Party) is a political party in Balochistan, Pakistan. The party has split into two factions, with the non-dominant one led by Baramdagh Bugti splitting off to ...

from 2006 until his death in 2015. His son,

Shahzain Bugti Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. He served as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan from 7 July 2021 to 27 ...

, is also a politician and is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Early life and career

Bugti was born at

Dera Bugti Dera Bugti ( Balochi and Urdu: ) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983. Administration The district is administratively subdivided into Four sub-divisions, these are: * Pirko ...

on 17 March 1952. Talal was the fourth child of

Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti ( Balochi, Urdu: ; 12 July 1927 – 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 Balochi ...

, 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 Aitchison College ( ur, ایچیسن کالج) is an independent, semi-private boys school for boarding and day students from grade 1–13 in Lahore, Pakistan. It has a tradition of providing an education that uses academics, sports, and co-curri ...

. 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 General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t ...

, 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 (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of the ...

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 (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pak ...

, 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 People from Quetta {{Pakistan-politician-stub