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Afghanistan/South Asia
Bugti-Sui Road to Reopen; Govt Moves Troops
2005-04-11
In a major breakthrough the government has agreed to withdraw security forces deployed between Dera Bugti and Sui as a first step of confidence building and implementation of the Shujaat-Bugti agreement. This was announced in a press release issued here late Saturday by Pakistan Muslim League Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Syed who was a member of the official dialogue team to resolve the stand-off between the government and Bugti tribe. The press release said the government had decided to open the route between Dera Bugti and Sui which was closed after the March 17 incident. It has also been agreed that all check-posts except those set up for security purposes, will be abolished soon.

The step is part of an arrangement to save the agreement as Nawab Akbar Bugti and his representatives had been complaining that the agreement was not being implemented, sources said. Parts of the agreement between the ruling PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Bugti tribal chief and Jamhoori Watan Party President Nawab Bugti, which had remained a guarded secret so far, were made public through the press release.
Posted by:Fred

#1  "You're really Bugti-in' me, man!"
-- Larry St. Dubois
Posted by: mojo   2005-04-11 4:08:56 PM  

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