On whose behalf Brahamdagh is speaking?
THE grandson of Nawab Akbar Bugti, Brahamdagh Bugti has claimed that he was only a political leader and playing no role in the armed uprising against the Government in Balochistan but in the same breath has sought UN and Western intervention in the province. In an interview, published in New York Times on Wednesday, he has churned out venomous remarks about Pakistan Army and also demanded of the United States to stop assistance to Pakistan military.
There have been credible reports that foreign hand is active in stirring violence and unrest in the strategically located Balochistan as part of long term regional and global agenda and the interview of Brahamdagh Bugti, which is obviously an arranged one, to an American newspaper and its publication in extraordinary detail confirms these reports. His demand for UN and Western intervention in Balochistan speaks volumes about sinister designs of some powers who are using their tools to achieve their own objectives. Brahamdagh Bugtis claim that he was just waging a peaceful struggle for rights of Baloch people is not supported by ground realities as it is widely believed that during his exile in neighbouring Afghanistan he sponsored acts of violence and sabotage in the province and that is why Pakistan had been demanding of the Afghan Government not to provide sanctuary to him. He then fled to Switzerland and is now engaged in a propaganda campaign to malign and defame the country and its institutions. This he was doing despite the fact that both President and Prime Minister have made repeated offers to all estranged Baloch leaders to come to the negotiating table. If Mr Brahmdagh really believes in peaceful struggle then he should have responded to the calls of the top leadership for talks on all issues and irritants. But his latest outburst clearly shows that he is speaking the language of someone else who wants to create conditions for UN and Western intervention in Balochistan for understandable reasons. Under these circumstances, we would urge both the Federal and Provincial Government to accelerate the pace of economic activity in the province to isolate those with fissiparous tendencies and move beyond statements to initiate a visible process of dialogue for resolution of the issues involved. This has assumed urgency as some forces are trying to exploit the sense of deprivation prevailing in the province to their own advantage.
PakObserver
THE grandson of Nawab Akbar Bugti, Brahamdagh Bugti has claimed that he was only a political leader and playing no role in the armed uprising against the Government in Balochistan but in the same breath has sought UN and Western intervention in the province. In an interview, published in New York Times on Wednesday, he has churned out venomous remarks about Pakistan Army and also demanded of the United States to stop assistance to Pakistan military.
There have been credible reports that foreign hand is active in stirring violence and unrest in the strategically located Balochistan as part of long term regional and global agenda and the interview of Brahamdagh Bugti, which is obviously an arranged one, to an American newspaper and its publication in extraordinary detail confirms these reports. His demand for UN and Western intervention in Balochistan speaks volumes about sinister designs of some powers who are using their tools to achieve their own objectives. Brahamdagh Bugtis claim that he was just waging a peaceful struggle for rights of Baloch people is not supported by ground realities as it is widely believed that during his exile in neighbouring Afghanistan he sponsored acts of violence and sabotage in the province and that is why Pakistan had been demanding of the Afghan Government not to provide sanctuary to him. He then fled to Switzerland and is now engaged in a propaganda campaign to malign and defame the country and its institutions. This he was doing despite the fact that both President and Prime Minister have made repeated offers to all estranged Baloch leaders to come to the negotiating table. If Mr Brahmdagh really believes in peaceful struggle then he should have responded to the calls of the top leadership for talks on all issues and irritants. But his latest outburst clearly shows that he is speaking the language of someone else who wants to create conditions for UN and Western intervention in Balochistan for understandable reasons. Under these circumstances, we would urge both the Federal and Provincial Government to accelerate the pace of economic activity in the province to isolate those with fissiparous tendencies and move beyond statements to initiate a visible process of dialogue for resolution of the issues involved. This has assumed urgency as some forces are trying to exploit the sense of deprivation prevailing in the province to their own advantage.
PakObserver
