NEW DELHI: Pakistan once again raised the Balochistan issue, saying ‘comprehensive evidence’ of Indian ‘involvement’ would be presented at a suitable time.
Pakistan prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani claimed that a dossier with evidence of India fomenting trouble in Balochistan would be handed over to New Delhi at an appropriate time. ``The evidence will be presented at a suitable time,’’ Mr Gilani said.
The Pakistani prime minister also flaunted the inclusion of Balochistan in the Sharm-el-Sheikh joint statement and said that the issue had been taken up during his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Nam summit in the Egyptian town.
Since Sharm-el-Sheikh, Islamabad has lost no opportunity in reminding New Delhi of the Indo-Pak joint statement and has used it to accuse India of being behind the insurgency troubles in Balochistan. Before Mr Gilani’s statement, interior minister Rehman Malik had accused India of involvement in Balochistan province and claimed Pakistan had the evidence to back up this claim.
But US secretary of state Hillary Clinton after her trip to Pakistan had rubbished this claim saying the US had not seen any such evidence. However, Pakistan remains undeterred in its bid to flag the Balochistan issue. Islamabad has raised the rhetoric, accusing India of funding and aiding Taliban. The rhetoric has been increasing in the run up to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Washington, where Pakistan would be an issue of discussion.
After accusing India of creating trouble, the Pakistani premier went on to express Islamabad’s interest in reviving the composite dialogue process. “Pakistan wants good relations with its neighbours.
As far as India is concerned, the composite dialogue was discontinued. We want the composite dialogue to be resumed again,” Mr Gilani was quoted as saying at a news conference in his hometown of Multan in Punjab province.
``I think dialogue is the only solution. Its the only way forward because the solution of these problems is not war but dialogue,” he said.
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