Washington: The small Baloch community in and around Washington has observed the third death anniversary of their leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti as ‘Down with Pakistan’ day.
Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti (79), the former governor and chief minister of Balochistan, was killed on August 26, 2006, in a military operation ordered by the then president General Pervez Musharraf.
The protest here was organised by the pro-liberation American Friends of Balochistan. Its activists began their protest in front of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, where Muslim Lakhani, who had heaped praise on the military regime of Musharraf, is a council member.
Protestors alleged that Lakhani had transferred one of the largest copper and gold deposits in the world at Reko Diq in his company`s name – though he had no prior experience in gold and copper mining -- and later sold it to Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada and Antofagasta of Chile.
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