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{{Short description|Chief Minister of Balochistan, Pakistan}}
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| term_start = 2 March 2024
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| governor = [[Abdul Wali Kakar]]<br>[[Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail]]
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| predecessor2 = [[Rana Sanaullah]]
| president2 = [[Arif Alvi]]
| term_start2 = 17 August 2023
| term_end2 = 15 December 2023
| successor2 = [[Chaudhry Salik Hussain]]<br>[[Aun Chaudhry]]<br>
[[Mohsin Naqvi]]
| primeminister2 = [[Anwaar ul Haq Kakar]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]]
| termstart1 = 29 February 2024
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'''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>
'''Mir Sarfraz Bugti'''{{efn|[[Urdu]], {{langx|bal|{{Nastaliq|میر سرفراز بگٹی}}}}}} (born 1 June 1980) is a Pakistani politician who is the [[Chief Minister of Balochistan]] since March 2024. He belongs to the [[Pakistan People's Party]]. Prior to this, Bugti was Home and Tribal Affairs Minister of [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]].<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| date=14 February 2008 }}</ref> Bugti was a [[Senate of Pakistan|senator]] from March 2015 to March 2021.<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> He has also served as the chief of the [[Bugti]] tribe in Balochistan since 29 December 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-29 |title=CM Balochistan named new chief of Bugti tribes |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/926363-cm-balochistan-named-new-chief-of-bugti-tribes |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=Dunya News |language=en}}</ref>


== Politics ==
On 17 August 2023, he took oath as caretaker [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Interior Minister]] and resigned from the position on 15 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Latif |first=Amir |date=17 August 2023 |title=Pakistan's new caretaker Cabinet takes oath |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistans-new-caretaker-cabinet-takes-oath/2969593 |website=[[Anadolu Ajansı]]}}</ref><ref name="arynews.tv">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-12-15 |title=Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti resigns |url=https://arynews.tv/interior-minister-sarfraz-bugti-resigns/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=ARY NEWS |language=en-US}}</ref>
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}}
 
== Early life and education ==
Sarfraz was born on 1 June 1980, in a village in Bekar, [[Dera Bugti District|Dera Bugti]], [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]], Pakistan.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-29 |title=Mir Sarfraz Bugti crowned Eighth Chief of Bugti Tribes |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/12/29/mir-sarfraz-bugti-crowned-eighth-chief-of-bugti-tribes/ |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=Pakistan Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
His father Mir Ghulam Qadir Masori Bugti was a tribal elder of the Masori sub-clan of the [[Bugti]] tribe who was a member of [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|General Zia]]'s [[Majlis-e-Shoora]] before becoming a part of the [[Pakistan People's Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shahid |first=Saleem |date=18 December 2008 |title=Pro-govt elder's house attacked in Dera Bugti |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/434115/pro-govt-elderaes-house-attacked-in-dera-bugti |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=[[Dawn News]]}}</ref> Mir Ghulam was known to be active against the sardari or neo-feudal system of Balochistan and being a political rival of [[Nawab Akbar Bugti]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Mariam |date=January 2018 |title='There is no no-go area in Balochistan; the state has established its writ and it will consolidate it further' - Sarfraz Ahmad Bugti |url=https://magtheweekly.com/detail/1356-there-is-no-no-go-area-in-balochistan-the-state-has-established-its-writ-and-it-will-consolidate-it-further-sarfraz-ahmad-bugti |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818191239/https://magtheweekly.com/detail/1356-there-is-no-no-go-area-in-balochistan-the-state-has-established-its-writ-and-it-will-consolidate-it-further-sarfraz-ahmad-bugti |archive-date=18 August 2023 |website=Mag The Weekly}}</ref>
 
His brother Jan Mohammad Bugti has also been active in politics as a PPP candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 November 2007 |title=Fahim assails kidnapping of PPP candidate |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/277839/fahim-assails-kidnapping-of-ppp-candidate |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Dawn News}}</ref>
 
Sarfraz completed his early education at the [[Lawrence College Murree|Lawrence College, Murree]] before enrolling at the [[Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad]] to study Defence and Strategic Studies (DSS) but had to interrupt his higher education when his father was jailed by [[Pervez Musharraf]].<ref name=":0" />
 
Sarfraz was arrested in 2007 when he reached his village to oversee preparations for the forthcoming elections and later jailed under maintenance of public order charges and Jan Muhammad Bugti was allegedly kidnapped by security agencies from the office of the [[Election Commission of Pakistan|Election Commission]] in Dera Bugti when he had gone there to file his nomination paper.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-11-28 |title=Abduction of Qadir Bugti's sons condemned |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/3457885 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Brecorder |language=en}}</ref>
 
Later, he tried to join the [[Pakistan Army]] and to pass the [[Inter Services Selection Board (Pakistan)|Inter-Services Selection Board]] (ISSB) exams.<ref name=":0" />
 
== Political career ==
 
=== Provincial politics in Balochistan ===
In 2013, 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>{{Cite web |url=http://ecp.gov.pk/ERConsolidated2013/SearchFull2013.aspx?constituency=PA&constituencyid=PB-24 |title=PB-24 Official Result, Election Commission of Pakistan |access-date=2014-02-03 |archive-date=2015-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119081532/http://ecp.gov.pk/ERConsolidated2013/SearchFull2013.aspx?constituency=PA&constituencyid=PB-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
Sarfraz became Minister of Interior of Balochistan on 14 October 2013.
 
=== National politics as Caretaker Interior Minister ===
In August 2023, he took charge as the country's Caretaker Interior Minister. One of his first decisions was to ask for the release of the [[Pashtun Tahafuz Movement]] (PTM) activists.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 August 2023 |title=Interior Minister orders to release PTM activists |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/08/18/interior-minister-orders-to-release-ptm-activists/ |website=Pakistan Today}}</ref>
 
On 15 December 2023, he resigned from this position in order to contest the [[2024 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="arynews.tv"/> In December 2023, Bugti joined [[Pakistan People's Party]].
 
== Chief Minister of Balochistan (2024–present) ==
{{Further|Sarfaraz Bugti ministry}}
 
In 2024, Bugti was elected unopposed as the [[Chief Minister of Balochistan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1818464/sarfraz-bugti-becomes-balochistan-cm-unopposed | title=Sarfraz Bugti becomes Balochistan CM 'unopposed' | date=2 March 2024 }}</ref> This came after he joined the [[Pakistan People's Party]] (PPP). He also got the support of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PMLN). His nomination for this post was announced by People's Party Co-Chairman [[Asif Ali Zardari]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dailyausaf.com/en/election-2024/election-2024-sarfraz-bugti-nominated-cm-balochistan.html | title=Election 2024: Sarfraz Bugti nominated CM Balochistan | date=March 2024 }}</ref> Bugti outlined a comprehensive plan of about sixty measures aimed at enhancing governance. He urged ministers to actively engage with their respective departments, ensure effective service delivery and accountability. To assess progress, [[key performance indicators]] (KPIs) will be established to assess departmental performance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-20 |title=New Balochistan cabinet sworn in |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2463205/new-balochistan-cabinet-sworn-in-1 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Political views ==
=== Pakistani nationalism ===
Baloch journalist [[Malik Siraj Akbar]] has called Sarfraz a representative of "hyper [[Pakistani nationalism]]", which he considers being engineered by the country's [[The Establishment (Pakistan)|establishment]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akbar |first=Malik Siraj |date=20 August 2016 |title=Why Modi's statements should be the least of our worries on Balochistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1278370 |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=[[Dawn News]] |quote=Instead of healing the Baloch people's wounds, the establishment has promoted a dangerous wave of hyper Pakistani nationalism. Hence, people like Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti spend most of their time questioning other people’s patriotism and resort to bizarre ways to prove themselves as better Pakistanis than the rest.}}</ref>
 
=== Islamic welfare state ===
Sarfraz is a proponent of an [[Islamic socialism|Islamic welfare state]].<ref name=":0" /> This is in order to combat Balochistan’s high poverty rate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=40% Pakistanis live in poverty: lowest in Punjab (31%), highest in Balochistan (85%) – Welcome to Inford |url=https://inford.org/40-pakistanis-live-in-poverty-lowest-in-punjab-31-highest-in-balochistan-85/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
=== Activism against Baloch separatism ===
Sarfraz is a notable critic of [[Baloch nationalism|Baloch separatism]], and has spoken against the organization [[Baloch Republican Army|Baluchistan Republic Army]] (BRA) headed by [[Brahamdagh Khan Bugti|Brahamdagh Bugti]], grandson of [[Akbar Bugti]]. The BRA 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|access-date=2021-10-30|website=Dawn (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref>
 
In a [[BBC]] interview, Bugti claimed that the Indian 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409125800/http://www.newspakistan.tv/raw-funds-militant-groups-balochistan-sarfraz-bugti/ |date=2023-04-09 }}, 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>
 
== Publications ==
* “The Role of Intelligence Agencies in Balochistan” (Paper presented at a two days national workshop held in [[National Defence University, Islamabad]], July 17–18, 2012).<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2012 |title=Balochistan Unrest: Internal-External Dimensions |url=https://ndujournal.ndu.edu.pk/site/issue/download/11/6 |format=PDF |journal=NDU Journal |publisher=National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan |volume=26 |pages=121 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818192118/https://ndujournal.ndu.edu.pk/site/issue/download/11/6 |archive-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
 
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Sarfraz Bugti
سرفراز بگٹی
Chief Minister of Balochistan
Assumed office
2 March 2024
GovernorAbdul Wali Kakar
Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail
Preceded byAli Mardan Khan Domki
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyPB-10 Dera Bugti
Federal Minister for Interior & Narcotics Control, Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development
Caretaker
In office
17 August 2023 – 15 December 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterAnwaar ul Haq Kakar
Preceded byRana Sanaullah
Succeeded byChaudhry Salik Hussain
Aun Chaudhry
Mohsin Naqvi
Minister for Home & Tribal Affairs of Balochistan
In office
January 13, 2018 – May 31, 2018
In office
October 14, 2013 – January 1, 2018
Pakistani Senator from Balochistan
In office
March 2015 – March 2021
Personal details
Born (1980-06-01) June 1, 1980 (age 46)
Dera Bugti District, Balochistan, Pakistan, Pakistan
Political partyPPP (2024-present)
Other political
affiliations		BAP (2018-2023)
PMLN (2013-2018)
ResidenceDera Bugti District, Balochistan, Pakistan

Mir Sarfraz Bugti[lower-alpha 1] (born 1 June 1980) is a Pakistani politician who is the Chief Minister of Balochistan since March 2024. He belongs to the Pakistan People's Party. Prior to this, Bugti was Home and Tribal Affairs Minister of Balochistan.[1] Bugti was a senator from March 2015 to March 2021.[2] He has also served as the chief of the Bugti tribe in Balochistan since 29 December 2025.[3]

On 17 August 2023, he took oath as caretaker Interior Minister and resigned from the position on 15 December 2023.[4][5]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Sarfraz was born on 1 June 1980, in a village in Bekar, Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan.[6][7]

His father Mir Ghulam Qadir Masori Bugti was a tribal elder of the Masori sub-clan of the Bugti tribe who was a member of General Zia's Majlis-e-Shoora before becoming a part of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).[8] Mir Ghulam was known to be active against the sardari or neo-feudal system of Balochistan and being a political rival of Nawab Akbar Bugti.[6]

His brother Jan Mohammad Bugti has also been active in politics as a PPP candidate.[9]

Sarfraz completed his early education at the Lawrence College, Murree before enrolling at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad to study Defence and Strategic Studies (DSS) but had to interrupt his higher education when his father was jailed by Pervez Musharraf.[6]

Sarfraz was arrested in 2007 when he reached his village to oversee preparations for the forthcoming elections and later jailed under maintenance of public order charges and Jan Muhammad Bugti was allegedly kidnapped by security agencies from the office of the Election Commission in Dera Bugti when he had gone there to file his nomination paper.[10]

Later, he tried to join the Pakistan Army and to pass the Inter-Services Selection Board (ISSB) exams.[6]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Provincial politics in Balochistan[edit | edit source]

In 2013, he won the Provincial Assembly elections from 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 PML (N).[11]

Sarfraz became Minister of Interior of Balochistan on 14 October 2013.

National politics as Caretaker Interior Minister[edit | edit source]

In August 2023, he took charge as the country's Caretaker Interior Minister. One of his first decisions was to ask for the release of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activists.[12]

On 15 December 2023, he resigned from this position in order to contest the 2024 Pakistani general election.[5] In December 2023, Bugti joined Pakistan People's Party.

Chief Minister of Balochistan (2024–present)[edit | edit source]

Further information: Sarfaraz Bugti ministry

In 2024, Bugti was elected unopposed as the Chief Minister of Balochistan.[13] This came after he joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). He also got the support of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PMLN). His nomination for this post was announced by People's Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari.[14] Bugti outlined a comprehensive plan of about sixty measures aimed at enhancing governance. He urged ministers to actively engage with their respective departments, ensure effective service delivery and accountability. To assess progress, key performance indicators (KPIs) will be established to assess departmental performance.[15]

Political views[edit | edit source]

Pakistani nationalism[edit | edit source]

Baloch journalist Malik Siraj Akbar has called Sarfraz a representative of "hyper Pakistani nationalism", which he considers being engineered by the country's establishment.[16]

Islamic welfare state[edit | edit source]

Sarfraz is a proponent of an Islamic welfare state.[6] This is in order to combat Balochistan’s high poverty rate.[17]

Activism against Baloch separatism[edit | edit source]

Sarfraz is a notable critic of Baloch separatism, and has spoken against the organization Baluchistan Republic Army (BRA) headed by Brahamdagh Bugti, grandson of Akbar Bugti. The BRA is declared as a terrorist organization by the government of Pakistan.[18]

In a BBC interview, Bugti claimed that the Indian 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.[19][20]

Publications[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Urdu, Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "6 terrorists linked to RAW, NDC arrested from Quetta: Sarfraz Bugti - Pakistan - Dunya News". 14 February 2008.
  2. ↑ "Senate of Pakistan". www.senate.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  3. ↑ "CM Balochistan named new chief of Bugti tribes". Dunya News. 2025-12-29. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  4. ↑ Latif, Amir (17 August 2023). "Pakistan's new caretaker Cabinet takes oath". Anadolu Ajansı.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti resigns". ARY NEWS. 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Khan, Mariam (January 2018). "'There is no no-go area in Balochistan; the state has established its writ and it will consolidate it further' - Sarfraz Ahmad Bugti". Mag The Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Mir Sarfraz Bugti crowned Eighth Chief of Bugti Tribes". Pakistan Today. 2025-12-29. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  8. ↑ Shahid, Saleem (18 December 2008). "Pro-govt elder's house attacked in Dera Bugti". Dawn News. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Fahim assails kidnapping of PPP candidate". Dawn News. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Abduction of Qadir Bugti's sons condemned". Brecorder. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  11. ↑ "PB-24 Official Result, Election Commission of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  12. ↑ "Interior Minister orders to release PTM activists". Pakistan Today. 18 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Sarfraz Bugti becomes Balochistan CM 'unopposed'". 2 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Election 2024: Sarfraz Bugti nominated CM Balochistan". March 2024.
  15. ↑ "New Balochistan cabinet sworn in". The Express Tribune. 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  16. ↑ Akbar, Malik Siraj (20 August 2016). "Why Modi's statements should be the least of our worries on Balochistan". Dawn News. Retrieved 18 August 2023. Instead of healing the Baloch people's wounds, the establishment has promoted a dangerous wave of hyper Pakistani nationalism. Hence, people like Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti spend most of their time questioning other people's patriotism and resort to bizarre ways to prove themselves as better Pakistanis than the rest.
  17. ↑ "40% Pakistanis live in poverty: lowest in Punjab (31%), highest in Balochistan (85%) – Welcome to Inford". Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  18. ↑ "Five Baloch militant outfits banned". Dawn (newspaper). 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  19. ↑ RAW funds militant groups in Balochistan: Sarfraz Bugti Archived 2023-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, News Pakistan, 5 December 2016.
  20. ↑ RAW involved in terrorism in Balochistan: Sarfraz Bugti
  21. ↑ "Balochistan Unrest: Internal-External Dimensions". NDU Journal. 26. National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan: 121. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2023.

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