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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sarfraz Bugti
| image =
| order1 = [[List of senators in the 14th Parliament of Pakistan|Pakistani Senator from Balochistan]]
| office1 =
| term_start1 = 12 September 2018
| term_end1 =
| order2 = [[Government of Balochistan, Pakistan|Minister for Home & Tribal Affairs of Balochistan]]
| caption =
| term_start2 = January 13, 2018
| term_end2 = May 31, 2018
| term_start3 = October 14, 2013
| term_end3 = January 1, 2018
| birth_date = 1 June 1981
| birth_place = Balochistan
| residence = [[Dera Bugti]], [[Balochistan]]
| profession =
| party = [[Balochistan Awami Party]]
| blank1 = Religion
| data1 = [[Sunni Muslim]]
| otherparty = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (before 2018)
}}

'''Mir Sarfraz Bugti''' ([[Urdu]], {{lang-bal|{{Nastaliq|میر سرفراز بگٹی}}}}) (born June 1, 1981) is a Pakistani politician. He is the son of Mir Ghulam Qadir Masori Bugti. The latter is the pioneer of the middle-class movement against the tribal Sardars of [[Dera Bugti]]. Sarfraz Bugti is a prominent politician from [[Bugti]] tribe of [[Balochistan]], serving as Minister of Balochistan for Home and Tribal Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/347798-6-terrorists-linked-to-RAW-NDC-arrested-from-Quet|title = 6 terrorists linked to RAW, NDC arrested from Quetta: Sarfraz Bugti - Pakistan - Dunya News}}</ref> Currently, he is serving as a senator of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=939|title=Senate of Pakistan|website=www.senate.gov.pk|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>

== Politics ==
He won the Provincial Assembly elections from [[Constituency PB-24 (Dera Bugti)|Constituency PB-24]] as a representative of the Baloch community from [[Dera Bugti]] with a clear majority as an independent candidate by securing 10013 votes, and after elections joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML (N)]].<ref>[http://ecp.gov.pk/ERConsolidated2013/SearchFull2013.aspx?constituency=PA&constituencyid=PB-24 PB-24 Official Result, Election Commission of Pakistan]</ref> Sarfraz became Minister of Interior of Balochistan on 14 October 2013. Formerly he spoke against the separatist organization [[Baloch Republican Army|Baluchistan Republic Army]] headed by [[Brahamdagh Khan Bugti]], grandson of [[Akbar Bugti]]. Baluchistan Republic Army is declared as a terrorist organization by the Government of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-09-09|title=Five Baloch militant outfits banned|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/857046/five-baloch-militant-outfits-banned|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-30|website=Dawn (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref> In a [[BBC]] interview, Bugti claimed that the [[India]]n agency [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (RAW) was involved in funding and arming militants in Balochistan, but that it stopped doing so after its agent was arrested in Balochistan.<ref>[http://www.newspakistan.tv/raw-funds-militant-groups-balochistan-sarfraz-bugti/ RAW funds militant groups in Balochistan: Sarfraz Bugti], News Pakistan, 5 December 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/multimedia/2014/01/140126_sarfaraz_bugti_fz.shtml RAW involved in terrorism in Balochistan: Sarfraz Bugti]</ref> Bugti attended the famous [[Lawrence College, Murree]] , during his stay at the boarding school he participated in debates and was a keen sportsman.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Baloch people]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:People from Dera Bugti District]]
[[Category:Balochistan MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Lawrence College Ghora Gali alumni]]

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