Release of Sui hospital doctor sought

Published December 19, 2005

QUETTA, Dec 18: A tribal elder of Dera Bugti has demanded release of his son, a medical officer of the Sui hospital. Speaking at a press conference at the press club here on Sunday, Haji Elahi Bakhsh Bugti appealed for justice to the Balochistan governor, chief minister and the chief justice of the high court.

He alleged that his son, Dr Hanif Bugti, was arrested from the hospital by personnel of an intelligence agency on Nov 23.

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