GENEVA, NOV 23 (DNA) – Brahumdagh Bugti, the leader of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) who is currently in exile in Geneva, has been denied political asylum by the Swiss authorities. He has been campaigning against Pakistan ever since.

The decision was communicated to Bugti by his lawyer Carlo Sommaruga on Wednesday. The 34-year-old also applied for asylum to India last year after becoming frustrated by the slow Swiss response and the resulting travel restrictions that prevented him from leaving the country.

Asked for comment, the State Secretariat for Migration told swissinfo.ch by email that “we cannot give information on specific cases as we are bound by regulations concerning the protection of personal data”.

According to BRP spokesperson Shah Nawaz Bugti, Brahumdagh Bugti will be looking at appealing the rejection of his asylum request.