Sarfraz Bugti

QUETTA: Sarfraz Bugti of Balochistan Awami Party stood victorious in the elections for the general seat of Senate left vacant by Mir Naimatullah Zehri. Former home minister Balochistan garnered 37 votes from the Balochistan Assembly against his contender Rehmatullah Kakar backed by opposition alliance who secured 20 votes. Five members vied for the coveted seat, in addition to Sarfraz Bugti and Rehmatullah Kakar, Amir Rind, Allauddin Marri and Mir Ghulam Dastagir contested the polls as independent candidates. The…

QUETTA: With the deadlock persisting over caretaker set-up in Balochistan, Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Wednesday submitted a resolution to the provincial assembly seeking to postpone general elections in the province. In the resolution, the minister has demanded that the elections should be delayed by a month and they should be held in August instead of July. Lately, President Mamnoon Hussain approved a summary, giving the go-ahead to holding of general elections on July 26. Bugti contended that a large number of…

LAHORE: Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Saturday urged government authorities in Punjab to impose a ban on student groups formed either on partisan or political basis at the Punjab University. Addressing a press conference here, Bugti called for ban on all sort of partisan political activities at the varsity. Extending gratitude to Punjab government for awarding scholarship to students from Balochistan, the Home Minister appealed the provincial government to take preventive measures against students’…

QUETTA: As the reports of his dismissal from the provincial cabinet are making the rounds in the press, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti late Tuesday night termed the reports untrue, while stating he had already “submitted resignation to the Governor Balochistan." Taking to twitter, Bugti said he submitted his resignation on Tuesday afternoon. A change in political landscape appeared in the backdrop of a no-confidence motion submitted against Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri from as many as…

QUETTA: Four nationals including a commander belonging to the outlawed Baloch Republican Army (BRA) surrendered arms during a ceremony here in Quetta on Monday.

QUETTA: Gunmen attacked a passenger bus near Mastung en route to Karachi and killed 20 passengers after taking 35 of them hostage, ARY News reported.

QUETTA: Sarfraz Bugti, the provincial home minister of Baluchistan, has ordered the arrest of the police and paramilitary soldiers who were meant to be guarding the laborers, he told reporters in Quetta.