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| No action against Balach Marri yet |
| 2006-04-24 |
| The Interior Ministry has not yet asked the Balochistan government to take action against Baloch MPA Balach Marri, who is believed to head the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). Official sources told Daily Times that the Interior Ministry was trying to find solid evidence of Marri's direct involvement in the sabotage activities attributed to the BLA. On April 9, the government banned the BLA under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 and decided to arrest its operatives and freeze its bank accounts. Investigators think that Marri's arrest may lead them to a dead end because they have no authentic information yet about BLA operatives or their whereabouts, sources said. They want to track BLA's hidden activities, its sources of funding and its chain of command, sources added. Soon after the ban on the BLA, Marri denied links with it, but praised it for demanding that Baloch have complete control of Balochistan's natural resources. |
| Posted by:Fred |