Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has said the people of Balochistan should not feel alone in hard times.
Quetta: Govt stands with people in every hard time: Bhugti. Talking to media during his visit to Gwadar, he said the government would stand by with the people in every hard time. The process of water drainage from the city would be completed by tomorrow, he added.
Bugti said the soldiers of Pakistan Army, Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and other organisation had taken measures by using all their resources in these testing times.
“The way the people of Gwadar cooperated with the aid agencies is admirable,” the CM said.
“Hundreds of houses were damaged due to rains and flood water. A committee has been formed to ascertain the damages for which the report will be submitted within 20 days,” he concluded.
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Mir Sarfraz Bugti is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Balochistan since March 2024. He belongs to the Pakistan People’s Party. Prior to his current role, Bugti has served as Home and Tribal Affairs Minister of Balochistan. Bugti also served as a senator of Pakistan from March 2015 to March 2021.
On 17 August 2023, he took oath as Caretaker Interior Minister and resigned from the position on 15 December 2023.
Early life and education
Sarfraz was born in a village of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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). 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.
His brother, Jan Mohammad Bugti has also been active in politics as a PPP candidate.
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.
Later, he tried to join the Pakistan Army and to pass the Inter-Services Selection Board (ISSB) exams.
