...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...
has claimed that billions of rupees were being spent to spread a state of unrest in the insurgency-hit province, DawnNews reported.
Speaking to media representatives at the FC headquarters here on Saturday, Inspector General Frontier Corps Balochistan Major General Obaidullah Khan Khattak said on Saturday that over 30 cut-thoat training camps had been set up across the border in Afghanistan to launch terrorist and anti-state activities in Balochistan.
Maj Gen Khattak also claimed that around 121 jihad boy training facilities were operating in different parts of the province.
Teachers, doctors and many civilians have fallen prey to murders, said Khattak adding that over 100,000 people had migrated from the province due to its law and order situation.
About 550 incidents of terrorism have taken place in the province so far this year, out of which several groups have claimed responsibilities of 258 such incidents, he informed the media.
The future of the country is in Balochistan, said Khattak, alleging that foreign powers had their eyes set on the province for the same reason. Moreover, a well-planned conspiracy had been hatched for a propaganda campaign against the FC and intelligence agencies, he added.
The Frontier Corps had recently come under much criticism over its alleged role in forced disappearances and human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
violations in Balochistan. The Supreme Court is also hearing a case on the province's law and order situation.
The IG FC's comments come after a hearing on Friday in which a bench of apex court judges, headed by the chief justice, assailed the FC and described the recent killing of three people whose whereabouts were being sought by the court as a chilling reminder to it.