Reposted from examiner.com | February 2, 2011 | Original story

by Ahmar Mustikhan

Balochistan independence leader Brahumdagh Bugti met with with former secretary-general of the United Nations Kofi Annan and held a detailed discussion on the political and human rights situation in Balochistan.

Bugti has also held high-level meetings with Swiss officials since he arrived in Geneva in November to seek political asylum.

Pakistan's infamous Inter-Services Intelligence had given an Afghan journalist Nawab Momand 800,000 dollars to kill Bugti in Kabul.

Bugti is political heir and grandson of slain Baloch statesman Nawab Akbar Bugti, former governor and chief minister of Balochistan, who was killed in an army operation on August 26, 2006. He is respected and admired by millions of Baloch all over the world.

Annan like Bugti is son of a tribal chief from Ghana.

Bugti's asylum application is now under process. In addition to his spouse, Bugti is accompanied by his two daughters, two sons and mother.

Baloch Voice Foundation of former torture victim Munir Mengal had helped organize the legal defense of the young Baloch leader.