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Balochistan-Centre parting of ways inevitable: Mengal
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal said on Sunday that the unfolding situation in Balochistan showed that the government was intent on making it impossible for the Baloch to live in Pakistan, adding the two sides would soon have to part ways. Addressing a public rally in Dera Murad Jamali, the former chief minister of Balochistan said that his party had last week decided to quit parliamentary politics - in protest against Nawab Akhbar Bugti's killing - because the current assemblies were being held hostage by the military and were therefore totally powerless. "The killing of Nawab Bugti and his controversial burial have disappointed us very much. We are now convinced that the Baloch cannot live with Pakistan in the long-term. We have to part ways as we can't stand under the same green flag with the killers of our elders." "It is an undeniable fact that we never wanted to join Pakistan. Our accession was forcefully made. Despite that, we never protested and clung to the hope that the Pakistani rulers would treat us justly," Mengal told the rally, which had been organised by the Four Party Baloch Alliance and the ARD. He called on all political parties and people from all provinces to help end the ongoing military operations in the Marri and Bugti tribal areas.%2 Posted by: Fred 2006-09-11 |
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