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The Bugti Wars.

The Bugtis are divided into various different sub-clans, which include Rahija, Mandwani, Kalpar, Nauthani, Masuri, Ferozani & some dozens of other clans, numbering around 300,000. Furthermore, they are further divided into political and social domains.

It was only Nawab Akbar Bugti (former chief of Rahija clan) who was able to establish his monarch-like control over their native lands.

Akbar Bugti used the state's assistance to keep his rival clans weak and insecure.

When the Rahija Bugti clan killed Amir Hamza, son of Kalpar leader, Khan Mohammad Kalpar in May, 1992 in Dera Bugti, allegedly killed by Akbar Bugti as Khan Mohammad refused to vacate Dera Bugti. About one 100000 Kalpar and Masuri were expelled from their native lands.

and they later setteled in different parts of Punjab and sindh.

Akbar Bugti justified the killing of Amir Hamza by saying that he was attempting to forge an alliance between the Kalpars and Masuris.

The Kalpars retaliated in June 1992 by killing Salal Bugti, son of Akbar Bugti. This started another civil-war-like situation in the region. Hundreds and thousands were brutally murdered and displaced from their homes. The Rahija clan was always stronger due to Nawab Akbar Bugti.

When Akbar Bugti was alive, he ran the political and tribal affairs of the region like a monarch. He had his own code of conduct, complete with imprisonments and punishments. Not only did he carry out atrocities against Kalpars and Masuris but also against fellow tribes.

The state, at that time, remained blackmailed and reluctant to stop Akbar Bugti's mayhem against the natives. But it was a matter of time when the overall dynamics of the Pakistani state changed under Pervez Musharraf's rule, who would not be letting anyone in Balochistan to be

more superior than the state itself. This is something the Baloch nationalists are not familiar with.

when Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti realized that the new head of the state is trying to enforce some sort of authority in the lands contrary to his de-facto authority,

Mr. Bugti launched an anti-State movement in the name of Baloch rights.

Following the sacred nationalistic nature of the movement, Rahijan Bugtis started attacking the development projects and law enforcement agencies.

when the Army successfully defeated miscreants from Dera Bugti & Sui & discarded the influence of Akbar who allegedly got killed during d military operation,the state government resettled d Kalpars & Masuris back to their native lands& made them part of the developmental projects

After the death of Akbar Bugti, a vacuum was created in the leadership and there was a time when people feared another clash among the Bugti family members. Talal Bugti, son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, took the opportunity and hijacked the political party of Akbar Bugti.

On the other hand, Bramdagh Bugti, the grandson of Akbar Bugti, received very little support from Bugti tribesmen to become their chief, as the majority of the Bugti tribesmen were in favor of his elder brother . This pushed Bramdagh Bugti to establish his own militant group

which today is known as Baloch Republican Army under the banner of his newly formed political party the Baloch Republican Party he announced war against the state of Pakistan for independent Balochistan. This decision was not approved by other elements of the Bugti family.

The separatist insurgency is weakened in most parts of Balochistan, particularly in the Bugti dominated areas, but what is even more challenging now is the internal tribal conflicts that have resulted in the loss of thousands of lives.