with balochi tribes

By Nagesh Bhushan

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Pakistan launched millitary operations last december
against Baloch Nationalists who were dememanding more
royalty and revelue for the resources from the federal
government . BLA millitants were targetting Gas
pipelines and Frontier corps personell since last year
. Pakistani government is spending Rs.600 Crores per
month , which is exactly the amount US gives to
Pakistan per month for the use of their airspace . It
has expanded intelligence network and fielded 120,000
troups with helicoptor gunships , 800 check posts .

Nawab Akbar Bugti , chief of Bugti tribe and various
Baloch nationalists demanding greater political and
economic rights for his people accuse the government
of exploiting the natural resources of balochistan ,
which alone meets more than 25 per cent of the natural
gas needs of the country. Nawab Bugti and his
followers had fled Dera Bugti soon after start of
Military operations ,and are reportedly hiding in
mountains .

One of the sub tribes of Bugti , Kalpars were expelled
from the area 10 years ago on the decision of a jirga.
Locals says the tribal dispute started when Kalpars
were killed and Nawab Akbar Bugti’s son was named as
the accused, though he was later declared innocent.
However, Salal Bugti, another son of the Nawab, was
then killed in Quetta in 1992. Shahid Bugti said a
jirga then decided in 1996 that the Kalpars must leave
the area.

As part of its strategy to establish its writ and
wrest control of areas from tribal chiefs, the
government last month relocated members of the Kalpari
Badlani sub tribe in Sui .According to reports from
Sui, residents started leaving the town soon after the
government resettled the Kalpar Badlani sub tribe.
Locals said that the resettled tribals were forcing
them to leave. Many have left for Dera Murad Jamali,
Kandhkot and Shikarpur.

On Feb 14, Another Massuri tribesmen also returned to
their homes in the Bekar region of Dera Bugti district
, according to APP .A total of 67 families, comprised
of 334 people made their way back to their hometown.
On their arrival in Bekar, the displaced tribesmen
thanked the present government as well as President
Pervez Musharraf for their help and support.

Kalpar Bugtis staged a demonstration in favour of
development projects in Balochistan, including the
building of military cantonments, Kalpar elder Sardar
Ahmadan Bugti said to media.

The rally was led by Ziaur Rehman Kalpar, grandson of
Wadera Khan Muhammad Kalpar Bugti. The protestors
assembled at the Sui bazaar and then marched through
Banwani Colony, Muhammad Colony, Bugra Colony, the Sui
gas field and Bugti Colony to the Bugti bazaar

The protestors denounced Bugti tribe chief Nawab Akbar
Bugti and accused him of detaining and torturing
Kalpars in private prisons. They also accused the
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the
Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) of
being partial to the Bugtis and for ignoring the
Kalpars’ rights. They demanded the HRCP and ARD to
visit the area and observe the Kalpars’ situation, who
they said were subjected to atrocities. The speakers
termed the Sui cantonment a “great gift” for the
people of the area. They expressed full support for
the policies of President Pervez Musharraf.

A jirga or local council decided to expel the Kalpars
from Sui after the clan got into a feud with the Bugti
tribal chief. The government recently decided to
resettle the clan in Sui, in an initiative to wrest
control from Nawab Bugti, who has opposed development
projects in the province.

Another batch of some 300 Kalpars recently left for
Sui under the supervision of the Frontier Corps. “We
now feel safe (in Sui) and normalcy is returning to
the area after a long time,” said Sardar Ahmadan
Bugti. He said that over 4,000 Kalpars had now
resettled in Sui and 3,000 still remained in Punjab
and Sindh, adding that two to five Kalpar families
were returning to the town every day

The mainstream Bugti tribe, whose tribal elders are
already facing a government crackdown, accused the
government of sponsoring the return of Kalpar and
Masuri clans , warning that it could create a serious
law and order problem in their area where Pakistan's
biggest Sui Gas Field is located.

The dissident Bugti tribesmen have been accommodated
at the houses built for the state-run Pakistan
Petroleum Ltd employees, government sources say.

"They have no other place to go," said one official by
telephone from the area. "They have been accommodated
here on humanitarian grounds," he said.

But the move is seen as fuelling more tensions and a
law and order problem in the area where tribesmen are
already mounting hit-and-run attacks on the security
forces and government installations.

Below list are tribes

BALOCH TRIBES AND THEIR POPULATION

Baloch, Ahmadani
Baloch, Amrani
Baloch, Badani
Baloch, Baghani
Baloch, Bagrani
Baloch, Bajarani
Baloch, Bakrani
Baloch, Balidi
Baloch, Banglani
Baloch, Barohi
Baloch, Bharani
Baloch, Bhugri
Baloch, Bozdar
Baloch, Chakrani 71,730.00
Baloch, Chandiya
Baloch, Chang
Baloch, Domki
Baloch, Gabol
Baloch, Gadahani
Baloch, Gargez
Baloch, Gashkori
Baloch, Hisbani
Baloch, Jadani
Baloch, Jakhrani 15,370.00
Baloch, Jalalani
Baloch, Jamali 66,600.00
Baloch, Janwari
Baloch, Jarwar
Baloch, Jaskani
Baloch, Jatoi
Baloch, Kaloi
Baloch, Kalpri
Baloch, Kanbrani
Baloch, Karmati
Baloch, Khoi
Baloch, Khorkhan
Baloch, Khushak
Baloch, Korai
Baloch, Lagari 20,490.00
Baloch, Lanjwani
Baloch, Lashari
Baloch, Laskani 20,490.00
Baloch, Lund 61,480.00
Baloch, Maghiri
Baloch, Malkani
Baloch, Mangria
Baloch, Mari
Baloch, Mastoi
Baloch, Mazari
Baloch, Meer Talpur
Baloch, Mengal
Baloch, Mungi
Baloch, Nizamani 66,600.00
Baloch, Nohani 63,530.00
Baloch, Notkani
Baloch, Rastmani
Baloch, Sanjrani
Baloch, Eastern 3,074,000.00
Baloch, Southern 2,561,600.00
Baloch, Western 1,116,900.00

TOTAL --- 7,138,790.00