QUETTA: The 4th death anniversary of Dera Bugti martyrs was observed by various political parties and citizens alike as they held public meetings honoring the sacrifices of the martyred and renewing commitment to the Baloch cause.

Jamhoori Watan Party (Aali faction) activists staged a rally outside the press club on Tuesday as speakers paid rich tributes to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives to resist the security forces’ attack on Dera Bugti on March 17, 2005 and vowed that the party led by Nawabzada Mir Aali Bugti would continue the struggle to accomplish the mission of founder of JWP, Nawab Akbar Bugti, to protect the rights of Balochistan.

Mir Muhammad Saleem Muhdshai, Lala Khan Bugti, Mir Khalil Lango, Elahi Bakhsh Shahwani, Mir Dostan Domki and others addressed the gathering.

They lauded the heroic resistance of the Bugti tribesmen and the founder of the party Nawab Bugti for defending the town against the brutal action of security forces and maintained that the martyrs sacrificed their lives, rather than surrendering to the attackers, to protect the coast and resources of the Baloch people.

Speakers asserted that the last five years of military operations had failed to suppress the Baloch national movement and stated that the JWP would continue the struggle against the usurpers that have been looting the resources of Balochistan.

Baloch Republican Party (BRP) also reiterated that the struggle against oppression and injustice would continue to achieve national rights for the Baloch people.

Speaking at a public meeting to commemorate the 4th death anniversary of Dera Bugti martyrs in Killi Ismail suburb of the city on Tuesday, the speakers claimed that an armed struggle was the only way to achieve the rights for Baloch masses.

Addressing the gathering Dr. Hakim Lehri, Sardar Hayatullah Jamaldani and Raiz Badeni stated that no compromise would be made on national rights of the Baloch people.

They claimed that the party leader Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti was fighting the attackers in the mountains of Dera Bugti to protect the resources of Balochistan.

Speakers said that the party leadership refuses reconciliation with the government because the time for negotiation had passed after killings of thousands of Balochs including Nawab Akbar Bugti and Nawabzada Balaach Marri in the military operation during the last five years.

They paid rich tributes to the martyrs of March 17, 2005 who sacrificed their lives to defend Dera Bugti against aggressors and maintained that during the last five years the government had used all methods to suppress the resistance but in vain.

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