Why Akbar Bugti Still Matters: The Baloch martyr whose defiance still haunts Pakistan 20 years after his death

Two decades ago, on August 26, 2006, Nawab Akbar Bugti, who had served at one time as Chief Minister of Balochistan and at another as its Governor, was killed in a military action. He was then 80 years old and hiding in a cave with a loyal band of followers, avoiding President Pervez Musharraf’s armed forces for several months. Speaking about his identity, Bugti once remarked: “I have been human…