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India-Pakistan
Pakistan rejects Indian comment on Balochistan
2005-12-27
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: The Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected an Indian statement about events in Balochistan as “unwarranted and baseless”, APP reports.

India often shows an unacceptable proclivity to interfere in the internal affairs of its neighbours, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam said after the Indian Ministry of External Affairs released a statement expressing concern about the “spiralling violence” in Balochistan.

Such a tendency is contrary to efforts aimed at building an environment of trust, peace and stability in South Asia, Aslam said. “The statement is all the more surprising from the spokesman of India, a country that has long tried to suppress the freedom struggle of the Kashmiri people and has a record of systematic and serious human rights violation in the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir,” she said.

The “heavy-handed methods” and use of force to quell unrest in the north east of India and the widespread violence afflicting many of its parts “are well known and need no comment”, she said.

“We are also intrigued by this provocative statement at this time when the two countries are engaged in the peace process to address all issues including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” Aslam said.

“The statement tends to vitiate the current atmosphere of improved relations that accords with the wishes of the peoples of the two countries,” she added.

Iftikhar Gilani adds: Earlier, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said India had been monitoring developments in Balochistan and asked Pakistan to “exercise restraint”.

“The government of India has been watching with concern the spiralling violence in Balochistan and the heavy military action, including the use of helicopter gunships and jet fighters by the government of Pakistan to quell it,” Sarna said.

“We hope that the government of Pakistan will exercise restraint and take recourse to peaceful discussions to address the grievances of the people of Balochistan,” he said.
Posted by:john

#3  Balochis, Waziris, Sindhis and Pashtos operate separate independence operations. Sindhis hold congress in the US every year.

Reminder: on Sept. 11, 2001, the Pak terrorist entity held less than US$500 million in foreign reserves. Because of the US embargo, they faced bankruptcy. Independentist movements flourished, as the Musharaf tyranny faced collapse. Why does the terrorist entity now hold US$12 billion in reserves, while Musharaf's own political party - Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid e Azam (great leader Jinnah) shares power with a pro-al-Qaeda party (Muttahida-Majlis-i-Amal) in Balochistan? Because Bush took dictation from Jamaat-Islami's US puppet Islamic Society of North America, and chose to end the embargo and prop the terrorist entity in exchange for an occasional meaningless arrest (Khalid Sheik Mohammed - and 4 other al-Qaeda terrorists were arrested in JI safe houses).

JI terrorist leaders - as Qazi Hussein Ahmad - move around Pakistan in a fleet of brand new Mercedes SUVs. Why? Under the Pakistan constitution, the 2 terrorist controlled provinces - Balochistan and NorthWest Frontier Province - receive over 20% of the portion of US aid to Pigistan.

As for the democraticization of Afghanistan, the Taliban animal who carried out the destruction of the Buddha statues, is now an elected member of the Afghan Parliament (read: Islamofascist Shura).
Posted by: CaziFarkus   2005-12-27 23:46  

#2  Except India doesn't train, arm and help infiltrate the "freedom fighters" into Balochistan. India ought to turn Jammu and Kashmir into a giant pig farm. They will get the Paks all twiterpated.
Posted by: Mahou Sensei Negi-bozu   2005-12-27 21:47  

#1  â€œWe hope that the government of Pakistan will exercise restraint and take recourse to peaceful discussions to address the grievances of the people of Balochistan,” he said.

Payback for the jihad in Kashmir?

Posted by: john   2005-12-27 20:22  

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