QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Tuesday to offer condolences on the death of Jamhoori Watan Party leader Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti.

Soon after reaching Quetta, he went to the Bugti House where Nawabzada Talal Bugti’s son Shahzain Bugti and other members of his family received him.

The prime minister offered condolence on the death of Nawabzada Tatal Bugti to his son. He said that the death of Nawabzada Talal Bugti was a great loss of the Bugti family and Balochistan which had lost a great leader who believed in democracy. “I am with the grieved family in this hard time,” he said.

Take a look: Talal Bugti passes away

Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, Senior Minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions, retired General Abdul Qadir Baloch, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resource, Jam Kamal, Provincial Irrigation Minister Nawabzada Jangeez Marri and Chief Secretary Saifullah Chattah were present on the occasion.

Later, the prime minister returned to Islamabad.

Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2015

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