An almost nameless man, unremembered
Politicians present:
Talal Bugti, a son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, was present, as were tribal leader Ataullah Mengal, former Chief Minister of the province, and Elahi Buksh Somroo, former Speaker of the National Assembly.
The Bugti family made it clear on Monday night that it did not want anyone from the provincial government, a coalition of the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, to attend.
The above material is via The Hindu.
The Dawn material is here, and its list of Baluch political leaders is much longer: Nawabzada Jamil Bugti and Nawabzada Talal Bugti, sons of Nawab Akbar Bugti; Sardar Ataullah Mengal, former National Assembly speaker Ilahi Bakhsh Soomro, Mohammed Aslam Bhootani, deputy speaker of the Balochistan Assembly; Dr Hayee Baloch of the National Party, Mir Humayun Marri and Senator Shahid Hasan Bugti of the JWP, Senator Nawab Ayaz Khan Jogezai of Pushtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party, Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, chief of Jhalawan; Sardar Akhtar Mengal of BNP-M, Arbab Zahir Kasi of Awami National Party, Mir Sher Ali Mazari, Allama Yaqoob Tawasoli, Jamal Jogezai of PPP, Hakim Lehri of BNC, Moheem Baloch of BNP-A, former provincial governor Amirul Mulk Mengal, Sardar Bakhtiar Domki, grandson of Nawab Bugti, and Mir Hasil Bizenjo.
This is being treated as a political assassination ordered by Musharaff, conducted with an as yet unidentified, satellite phone tracking capable third-party, to keep the fragile fiction of "Pakistan" intact. The culprit is identified as Jinnah, as well as Musharaff. There are 10,000 people in the Quetta stadium.
It is a non-event in the US, at least on August 27th and 28th. The New York Times carried a 91-word news item. The WaPo ran a 28-word brief item. Los Angeles Times carried a brief agency story. The Christian Science Monitor and Chicago Tribune didn't cover the event at all.