The Balochistan National Party (BNP) will launch province-wide protests from November 30 by marching against the “ongoing military operation, extra-judicial arrests, mega projects and military cantonments in Balochistan”, said BNP President Sardar Akhtar Mengal at a press conference on Sunday.
| None of these development projects are aimed at improving the life of the common man in Balochistan. They are all designed to usurp the Baloch land and convert us into a minority. |
Mengal said the BNP, which decided to quit assemblies two months ago in protest at the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, would start marching from Gwadar on November 30, and conclude the protests in Quetta on December 11. The protests are to be called the ‘Lashkar-e-Balochistan’ movement. “None of these development projects are aimed at improving the life of the common man in Balochistan. They are all designed to usurp the Baloch land and convert us into a minority. We will not allow this to happen,” he said. Mengal said the BNP was protesting to show the government how unpopular it’s polices were in Balochistan. He said that marchers would camp at some places, in addition to holding public gatherings in Turbat, Khoshab, Basima, Nal, Khuzdar, Soorab, Kalat, Mustung and Quetta. |