People of Balochistan not treated fairly; Nawaz regrets military operation

People of Balochistan not treated fairly; Nawaz regrets military operation

Quetta: (Friday, January 06, 2012) PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Shairf, who has been in Balochistan on his two-day visit, where he has been meeting with delegation of National Party lead by Senator Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch, has said people
of Balochistan are not being treated fairly and the military operation going on in the province should be halted at once.

While talking to the delegation, the former prime minister who still has credibility left in the conflict torn province said that sentiments of the dwellers of the province were hurt and it was high time for accountability be applied
for addressing the issue on merit.

He questioned the PPP government that what steps were taken to solve the problems of Balochistan including the issues of target killings, kidnappings, and recovering missing persons. He also asked what did the government do to
address the murder of Nawab Akbar Bugti.

The PML-N chief also highlighted that no action had been taken after the Kharotabad incident, where five foreigners were killed by security forces. He said that without addressing these issues, peace cannot be restored in the province and that the Balochistan
package is not enough to solve its problems.

Nawaz said that he had many plans for the province and pledged for serious efforts to uplift the province if elected again.

He said that Balochistan’s Gawadar port had the potential to compete with Dubai and other Gulf countries. He said it was his dream to develop Gawadar and that he does not know who stopped the developments.

The PML-N leader also said that everything in Balochistan had been destroyed, and that this had ended up hurting the people of this province.

With elections around the corner, every leader is trying to earn the votes of the conflict ridden Balochistan dwellers. However, no one is realizing the fact that this time, mere talks might not be enough to sooth the deep hurt
people. An important question that arises over here is that why it took that long for Nawaz Sharif to visit the province and to express his sympathies with the people, if it wasn’t for mere election, what else he had in his mind while visiting Balochistan
and confining himself to the province capital.

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