*JI chief calls for discontinuation of operation in Balochistan, talks with Baloch leaders and devolution of power to them
Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Sirajul Haq has stressed that all kinds of “hidden activities” in Balochistan should be stopped to pave way for peace in the province.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after a visit to Quetta, he said that in order to bring the political and non political leadership of Balochistan into the mainstream, the operation must be stopped and talks started with the Baloch leadership while adding that the Baloch leaders would not trust the dialogue till the establishment joins the talks.
An independent enquiry should be held into the assassination of Nawab Akbar Bugti, said Haq.
The JI chief said that the provinces must be granted the rights guaranteed to them under the 18th amendment.
“During the last 67 years, no government in Balochistan has been allowed to work independently and instead the provinces are being run by the federal authorities through remote control,” said Haq.
He said that Balochistan province had suffered the most because of Russian and US attacks on Afghanistan as “former president Pervez Musharraf yielded to a single phone call from Washington”, adding that attempts to cow down the people of Balochistan through threats and assassination of Bugti added fuel to the fire.
The JI chief said that there was no secession movement in Balochistan rather thousands of Baloch youth had gone up the hills because of lack of basic civic facilities and jobs.
He said that the situation demands that the Balochistan issue be taken seriously and participation of Balochs in the political system be ensured, adding that the issue of missing people has become serious and their near ones are running from pillar to post but in vain.
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/09/09/national/stop-hidden-activities-in-balochistan-start-dialogue/
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