All efforts of Govt. to bring Khan of Kalat home failed
London and Quetta : The federal government tried to make arrangements to facilitate the return of the Khan of Kalat, Mir Agha Suleman Daud from the United Kingdom, where he has been living in self-imposed exile for about seven years, but the Khan of Kalat determination to stand for the rights of it’s people failed all government approaches.
“The Balochistan government is also on board with the federal government on this task,” a senior official said on condition of anonymity.
Prince Ahmed Ali Baloch, who is also a member of the Balochistan assembly from Lasbela and affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), told The Express Tribune that the government has been in touch with him and his father Prince Mohyuddin Baloch regarding travel arrangements for some months but till date the Government has not succeeded to convince Khan of Kalat.
The family has asked for adequate arrangements for an ‘honourable return’. Khan left the country some months after the assassination of top Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in 2006.
Ahmed Ali said that Chief Minister Malik Baloch made attempts to have negotiations with the exiled Khan but that Mir Daud refused to meet him with that agenda.
Officials said that similar attempts were also made by then caretaker chief minister, Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Barozai last year but it did not produce any results as Mir Daud responded that talks can be done in presence of a Third party as Guarantor.
The provincial minister for home and tribal affairs, Mir Sarfraz Bugti told reporters last week that his government is in the process of having peace negotiations with all hostile Baloch nationalist leaders.
Provincial spokesperson Jan Buledi has also revealed that negotiations were in progress to bring Baloch militants back into the mainstream political arena.
As per the thinkers and Pakistan foreign office persons that the state is highly worried about the Khan of Kalat International diplomatic moves, including khan’s attempt to approach US Congressman’s and Geneva Diplomatic forums through it’s aids in London, France and America.
Pakistani officials have been claiming that the Balochistan is it’s internal issue but there are reports that Pakistan had seeked help from Iranian Government to bring the Baloch Leaders back to home.
Khan’s family has recommended that a tribal jirga comprising chief of Sarawan Nawab Aslam Raisani, Chief of Jhalawan Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, Nawab Zulfikar Magsi and elders of notable Baloch and Pashtun tribes from Balochistan be sent to the UK to convince the Khan of Kalat to end his exile, Ahmed Ali said. Sources said that the government was considering the recommendations as well as other ways to resolve the issue.
It is pertinent to mention that the chiefs of Sarawan, Jhalawan along with Magsi played key role to instigate the Khan of Kalat to approach the international court of justice against his forefather’s decision of ceding his princely state of Kalat to Pakistan in 1948. He was also asked to form a government in exile of Balochistan in London to organise the Baloch nationalists’ movement worldwide.
Prince Mohyuddin Baloch, the father-in-law of Khan, has also been taken into confidence by the establishment to bring him back to the country. Price Mohyuddin Baloch who is also the founder and President of Baloch Rabitah Ittifaq Terik (BRIT) had clearly said that no hopes shall be made on him in these conditions.
London and Quetta : The federal government tried to make arrangements to facilitate the return of the Khan of Kalat, Mir Agha Suleman Daud from the United Kingdom, where he has been living in self-imposed exile for about seven years, but the Khan of Kalat determination to stand for the rights of it’s people failed all government approaches.
“The Balochistan government is also on board with the federal government on this task,” a senior official said on condition of anonymity.
Prince Ahmed Ali Baloch, who is also a member of the Balochistan assembly from Lasbela and affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), told The Express Tribune that the government has been in touch with him and his father Prince Mohyuddin Baloch regarding travel arrangements for some months but till date the Government has not succeeded to convince Khan of Kalat.
The family has asked for adequate arrangements for an ‘honourable return’. Khan left the country some months after the assassination of top Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in 2006.
Ahmed Ali said that Chief Minister Malik Baloch made attempts to have negotiations with the exiled Khan but that Mir Daud refused to meet him with that agenda.
Officials said that similar attempts were also made by then caretaker chief minister, Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Barozai last year but it did not produce any results as Mir Daud responded that talks can be done in presence of a Third party as Guarantor.
The provincial minister for home and tribal affairs, Mir Sarfraz Bugti told reporters last week that his government is in the process of having peace negotiations with all hostile Baloch nationalist leaders.
Provincial spokesperson Jan Buledi has also revealed that negotiations were in progress to bring Baloch militants back into the mainstream political arena.
As per the thinkers and Pakistan foreign office persons that the state is highly worried about the Khan of Kalat International diplomatic moves, including khan’s attempt to approach US Congressman’s and Geneva Diplomatic forums through it’s aids in London, France and America.
Pakistani officials have been claiming that the Balochistan is it’s internal issue but there are reports that Pakistan had seeked help from Iranian Government to bring the Baloch Leaders back to home.
Khan’s family has recommended that a tribal jirga comprising chief of Sarawan Nawab Aslam Raisani, Chief of Jhalawan Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, Nawab Zulfikar Magsi and elders of notable Baloch and Pashtun tribes from Balochistan be sent to the UK to convince the Khan of Kalat to end his exile, Ahmed Ali said. Sources said that the government was considering the recommendations as well as other ways to resolve the issue.
It is pertinent to mention that the chiefs of Sarawan, Jhalawan along with Magsi played key role to instigate the Khan of Kalat to approach the international court of justice against his forefather’s decision of ceding his princely state of Kalat to Pakistan in 1948. He was also asked to form a government in exile of Balochistan in London to organise the Baloch nationalists’ movement worldwide.
Prince Mohyuddin Baloch, the father-in-law of Khan, has also been taken into confidence by the establishment to bring him back to the country. Price Mohyuddin Baloch who is also the founder and President of Baloch Rabitah Ittifaq Terik (BRIT) had clearly said that no hopes shall be made on him in these conditions.
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