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Foreign interference in Balochistan only visible to Rehman Malik: Mengal
[Dawn]  The chief of the Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, said that only Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship. can see the interference of foreign hands in insurgency-hit Balochistan province, DawnNews reported. The Baloch leader, who has returned to the country after a self-imposed exile of three years in London, was speaking at a joint presser following a meeting with Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) chairman Imran Khan  ... aka Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight... here on Saturday. Sardar Mengal said that it was not possible to currently hold elections. Mengal said that the province was being exploited for over 65 years now, and all that Balochistan has received is sympathy from political parties. Moreover, the BNP chief said that the interference of foreign elements was only visible to the agencies and the interior minister. Reiterating his position on military operations in Balochistan, Khan said that the current military operation taking place is the fifth such operation in the province, adding that the government has completely failed at resolving the restive province's problems. Khan said that the country's leaders were not learning from the mistakes they have committed in the past. "It is time to form a new Pakistain, and in order to do so we will have to learn from our own mistakes," said Khan. "It is imperative that justice is served to all, including the smaller provinces, minorities and sects." Posted by: Fred 2012-09-30 |
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