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Afghanistan/South Asia

Baluchistan justice minister sez RAW's behind violence in Baluchistan

2004-08-31

I believe he's MMA. Paul?
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yusuf on Monday said that involvement of external elements, including the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), in the current acts of terrorism in Balochistan could not be ruled out. Speaking at the Meet the Press programme of Karachi Press Club, he defended the construction of Gwadar port and military cantonments, and blamed 'anti-Pakistan forces' for fomenting trouble in the strategically located Balochistan. "Though dialogue for normalization is continuing, as long as Kashmir is not settled they will continue to create difficulties for Pakistan," said Jam Yusuf in an apparent reference to the Indian RAW.

"See, it ain't our fault, it's, um, ... theirs."

In support of his contention with regard to foreign involvement, Jam Yusuf referred to various training camps in which, according to him, terrorists were being harboured and paid huge sums to create trouble. He said that none of the Baloch wadera had the capacity to finance such an operation. He said that some of those involved in terrorist activities had fled to the Gulf. "Conspiracies are hatched against Balochistan by anti-Pakistan forces who do not want Gwadar port to become economic hub in the region," he said.

"And we're just primed to explode."

Posted by:Dan Darling

#2 terrorists were being harboured and paid huge sums to create trouble.

By whom?

Posted by: B 2004-08-31 7:34:24 AM

#1 He is a member of the PML, IIRC, but heads a coalition government with the MMA.

Of late there has been an upsurge of attacks by a group called the Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA), building on the anger that many Baluch's feel at the building of a port city in Gwadar which they believe will do nothing for them and only benefit immigrants from other parts of Pakistan. The BLA has been playing on this and conducted some attacks, including one on the Chief Minister himself.

The Pakistanis have been going on about Indian and Afghan involvement in terrorisn and seperatism for years, it seems unlikely to me, but maybe where there is smoke there is fire. Both countries accuse Pakistan of sending terrorists across the borders, so maybe they want to play the same game.

Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-08-31 4:31:50 AM

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