Musharraf begged pardon for Bugti's murder: Jamil Bugti

E-Paper | June 13, 2026

QUETTA: Nawabzada Jamil Bugti, son of Baloch chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti, claimed on Wednesday that former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf through his lawyer begged pardon over the 'murder' of the slain leader.

Talking to DawnNews, Jamil Bugti maintained that during the hearing of Akbar Bugti's murder case in an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) he out rightly rejected a request made by Musharraf's counsel for pardoning the former president for his father's murder.

"The lawyer requested me to pardon Pervez Musharraf, I out rightly rejected his request," Jamil Bugti told DawnNews, adding that he feels "it is 'unethical' on the part of a lawyer to seek pardon for his client inside the court".

However, the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) rejected Bugti's assertion and termed it a propaganda against the former president. "Musharraf is not guilty of any crime and cannot make such request", the party said.

APML's secretary information Aasia Ishaque termed Jamil Bugti's assertion a 'drama' to become the chief of Bugti clan after his father.

She said that Jamil Bugti's statement regarding the apology "is a blatant lie as Pervez Musharraf has done nothing wrong".

Jamil Bugti had also moved court seeking exhumation of his father's body for carrying out a DNA test by an international forensics team, the court had accepted his plea on December 24.

In a separate application, Nawabzada Bugti also requested the court to summon the members of a parliamentary committee who had met Akbar Bugti following the violence in Dera Bugti in March 2005 in which dozens were killed.

Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was killed in August 2006 in an explosion in a cave where he had taken refuge during a military crackdown ordered by Musharraf who was the president and the army chief at that time.

An anti-terrorism court in January earlier this year charged former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, former interior minister and Qaumi Watan Party leader Aftab Ahmed Sherpao and former home minister of Balochistan Mir Shoaib Nausherwani in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case, but all of them pleaded not guilty.

One of Akbar Bugti's grand sons, Brahamdagh Bugti, said in an August interview that he was ready to give up his demand for an independent Balochistan if the Baloch desired so. The government is also engaged in negotiations with the Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Dawood.

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Syed Ali Shah is DawnNews' Quetta bureau chief.

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naveed

Dec 30, 2015 10:25pm

if this is true it is great news.through his lawyer Musharraf can accept his wrong doing and mistake and seek pardon and should be pardoned by the Bugti family for the greater good and peace of Baluchistan.i am 100% sure this must have been done on the advice of the GHQ who definitely must be negotiating a peace deal with Baramdagh who would have asked for justice and face saving if they are expected to return to the negotiating table.this can set precedent for bringing to a close many long running feuds between the State and non state actors

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razi

Dec 30, 2015 10:30pm

Do I read correctly??? "Sylvia Matheson states in her book, The Tigers of Balochistan, that Bugti told her that he killed for the first time at the age of twelve.[3] Upon her questioning further, he stated, Well, the man annoyed me. I’ve forgotten what it was about now, but I shot him dead. I’ve rather a hasty temper you know, but under tribal law of course it wasn’t a capital offence, and, in any case, as the eldest son of the Chieftain I was perfectly entitled to do as I pleased in our own territory. We enjoy absolute sovereignty over our people and they accept this as part of their tradition.[5]"

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Changez_Khan

Dec 30, 2015 10:35pm

Think before you accuse someone, not good when you spit facing up because it comes right back at your face.

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Dec 30, 2015 10:37pm

These people are only concern with their personal interests. They will never be the voice of a common man.

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rehan ahmed

Dec 30, 2015 10:39pm

Nawabs and nationalist leader, tribal leaders....and so on thinks themselves the earths gods.. what these have done for there people. How many schools/colleges or hospitals built by them. theirown kids stu dy abroad. I hope the chges should come

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Javed

Dec 30, 2015 11:01pm

Musharraf was a good administrator does not mean that he is a good human being. He make mistakes, committed political murders and has to face the people and the justice of the land.

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Atif Khan

Dec 30, 2015 11:07pm

It was Bugti who was a murdered and then a runaway fellon. He died of his own accident in a hide-away cave

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Malik USA

Dec 30, 2015 11:15pm

@rehan ahmed I agree with you, these are canker (Nassor) of our society and due to this our country could not develop and still it is not independent. Still the thought of Pakistani national could not be changed due to these problems and it is every where in Pakistan. Punjab has Biradri system, Sindh has Vedera system, Balochistan has Nawab system and KP has ???. Just you see in India you will not find these type of problem. I don't know who will come forward to remove this system, actually they are ruling the country.

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light out city

Dec 30, 2015 11:26pm

Bugti did not die of any wounds. he died of the loud explosion as his heart failed. It was a small missile on top of the cave that made it a loud thunder. Musharraf has nothing on his hands. I dont like him either but he is clean. putting Bugti to grave didnt really matter to him, he was COAS ,,Bugti had 6000 guards, he thought he was invincible, turned out NOT.

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Sonny Afridi

Dec 30, 2015 11:29pm

Bugti was not murdered. He booby trapped the cave he was hiding in. If he was murderer then why did Special forces soldiers also get killed when the cave he was hiding in blew up? It was not the Air Force or army that caused his death. That's the truth nobody wants to talk about. Enough with the lies! And either way, he incited violence against the state at the very end .

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Iffi

Dec 30, 2015 11:36pm

Baluchistan would never forgive Musharraf the way neglected that province and provoked insurgency during his tenure

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Mustafa R.

Dec 30, 2015 11:41pm

@razi; ' I’ve forgotten what it was about now, but I shot him dead.' It is not just in her book, Nawab sahib also said that in a video interview with a Pakistani journalist. I have seen it.

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Shehz

Dec 30, 2015 11:42pm

Musharraf won't even ask Nawaz or Ifthikhar for forgiveness, won't seek forgiveness from Lal Masjid terrorists either. Why would he then approach a Bughti? This is like claiming Musharraf seeked forgiveness from India over Kargil, such nonsense!

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light out city

Dec 30, 2015 11:46pm

@Iffi Baluchistan should never forgive the leaders, nawabs that it has as its masters. these are the people responsible for the dire straits Baluchistan faces.... Musharraf is a patriot, his only enemy is his love for mqm.

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mirror

Dec 30, 2015 11:49pm

Why will Musharraf beg pardon? He eliminated an enemy within. We should rather thank him

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Zak

Dec 30, 2015 11:55pm

@Javed he made no political murders. He went after criminals who jeapordised state security. Look at Bramdagh Bugti, living on RAW pay in UK.

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Zak

Dec 30, 2015 11:57pm

@razi that is why the 98% people of Baluchistan rejected the extremist terrorist RAW paid insurgents. Ask any local Baluch, they will praise Musharafs rule as the best in their history for development, freedom and safety from absolute feudal power.

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Shahzad shaikh

Dec 31, 2015 12:24am

None of the guys who wrote here ever met Nawab Sahib. I have met him on several occasions. He is a patriot first. He is very learned and cultured man. He has been a political mentor to me. What you read in papers and what the real person is are two different things. I have been in company where people just called him nawab. Extremely down to earth person despite his status as a chief. Btw i am a punjabi and a big admirer of the late nawab sahib.

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Nasrullah Khan -USA

Dec 31, 2015 12:36am

What is current business clan doing about abolishing the feudal system in Pakistan as it was done in India a long time ago. Why cant this be done under the banner of democracy? People should demand this and solve this yoke of feudal lords and Sardar system once for all. In a civilized world there is very little space remains for tribal fiefdom. Who is going to address the root cause of all this - Parliment? or the elected members of parliment?

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M.Saeed

Dec 31, 2015 12:38am

These are the people who enslave even the ruling government and so far nobody has enough power to stop them. Look at the Commando President. He tried his best but failed to change anything. About the myth of Baluchistan treasures, let it be known that, if there was anything worthy hidden there, the hawk eyes of remote sensing in skies of the world's biggest scavenger would have long established its nests, for their capture and hold by all means.

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Nasrullah Khan -USA

Dec 31, 2015 12:49am

Instead of commenting on this News article why don't people ask the real question of prolonged tribal fiefdom and what would it be abolished for good. Why can't the slavery and personal army of goons be dismantled? If the prevailing assumption is that it is a result of lack of education and old tradition then is it not the failure of the smart and educated who can't outsmart the hooligans? Let's put the lawmakers to work and don't let them come out of parliament buildings until this menace is eradicated from Pakistan just like Polio.

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Abdulla Hussain

Dec 31, 2015 01:20am

Musharraf is not the type of man to beg pardon from any one.

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Raja

Dec 31, 2015 01:25am

What nonsense !

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Malik USA

Dec 31, 2015 01:26am

@Shahzad shaikh All his praise is good, give me just one answer that what he did for Balochistan's ordinary people. Everybody knows that he was Nawab/King of Balochistan. Nobody can dare to do anything against his wish. I agree he was down to earth and so on. Do you see the people of ordinary Balochi then you will realize that how they are spending their lives. Due to this poverty India selected this province to break Pakistan. Do not want to go in detail, I can write a book on this because I have so many ordinary Baloch friends here

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Syed

Dec 31, 2015 01:40am

Love and Miss Musharraf. Very much! Wish he had not signed the NRO. One of the biggest blunders in History of Pakistan.

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sampson

Dec 31, 2015 01:54am

@M.Saeed who cares, it doesn't mean the info will stop going...watch

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sampson

Dec 31, 2015 01:55am

@Shehz it's all fake, you know that.

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Reality Bites

Dec 31, 2015 02:06am

The so called Nawabs and Nawabzadas are nothing but useless. Musharraf dealt with rebellion that any sincere leader of a country should have dealt with properly. No way he could have apologized for doing his job right.

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Just here

Dec 31, 2015 02:15am

No need to apologize for a man who kept his people backward for his own gained so people worship him. He kept the most of province uneducated and now his corrupted family living in West are making balochi tribes fight with army while they are living luxury life in UK. Thanks to musharraf for getting rid of him. Now his sons should be brought to justice.

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Kamal Pasha

Dec 31, 2015 02:19am

Not a single tribal chief has done anything good for his own people. They treat their own people as if they are not humanbeings but dirt. They are extortionist.

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Cyrus

Dec 31, 2015 02:20am

@Atif Khan .... I think you are right. It is logical that they were playing with matches.

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Philosopher (from Japan)

Dec 31, 2015 02:56am

...and the title for joke of the century goes to....nawab jamil bugtiiii....clapping

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Jawad

Dec 31, 2015 03:22am

People like Bugti and his family are like a cancer in Baluchistan. Clean this cancer so that Baluchistan could grow properly.

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nazish

Dec 31, 2015 03:32am

@light out city So true

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Kashif

Dec 31, 2015 03:40am

Pervez Musharraf zindabad.

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Syed Ahmed, Canada

Dec 31, 2015 03:57am

All rubbish, it is a waste of time and public's money. President of a country or the COAS does not call the shot. Small operations are planed and executed by subordinate commanders.

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altaf

Dec 31, 2015 04:33am

Court should make sure that all the expenses for these tests will be paid by Bugti family.

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Sal

Dec 31, 2015 04:39am

Yea right. He must be kidding.

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Irfan Raja

Dec 31, 2015 05:23am

@Atif Khan that's a rude comment

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Shakil USA

Dec 31, 2015 06:19am

@Malik USA - Well said and agreed.

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Shakil USA

Dec 31, 2015 06:23am

@Shehz - Very true statement. I agreed.

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Akil Akhtar

Dec 31, 2015 07:42am

These sardars are the criminals who have destroyed our nation.....

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Whatacountry

Dec 31, 2015 07:53am

Let the lawyer speak APML statement means nothing.

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Gullu Badsha

Dec 31, 2015 10:37am

Jamil Bugti you seem to be a compulsive liar.

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Gullu Badsha

Dec 31, 2015 10:44am

@Javed, he has always been a good human being. He has always known the difference between good & bad. No one can ever point a finger to him for corruption. He always put Pakistan first. There is no comparison between him & the corrupt politicians. He knew more about democracy than most of the political leaders.

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Kala Ingrez - کالا انگریز - काला अंग्रेज - কালো ইংরাজি

Dec 31, 2015 11:26am

Lets hope Musharraf pays for his crime against the people of Pakistan.

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gerry dcunha

Dec 31, 2015 09:04pm

Mushraaf is a man of dignity and a brave soldier, he will never ask for pardon which he has confirmed in his recent interview

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Suraj Parkash Tuteja

Jan 02, 2016 04:55am

@naveed What evidence Nawabzada Jamil Bugti has ? He is a simple and barbaric liar

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