Mohammad Jamil
Recently, India inaugurated office of “Free Baluchistan” in New Delhi. Reportedly, the office will be run by Dr. Naila Quadri Baloch to accelerate “Free Balochistan Movement” (FBM). RAW will arrange seminars at the office and foreign journalists and diplomats will be invited to highlight the so-called atrocities of Pakistan in Balochistan. The inauguration of the office materialized after meeting of BJP’s ex-MLA, Mr. Vijay Jolly with a delegation of “Free Baluchistan Movement” (FBN) at London in May 2018, where they discussed Pakistan’s alleged interference in Kashmir and also the impact of CPEC on the region. Earlier, Canada-based Naela Quadri was barred from boarding a flight from Montreal to Geneva for participating in a protest on the sidelines of the UNHRC events.
In an interview with ‘Just Earth News’, Naela Quadri Baloch stated: “We will continue our struggle, and inform all the countries and their lawmakers of how Pakistan is now trying to occupy Balochistan with the help of China. The two nations are collaborating by building a collection of infrastructure projects worth around $46 billion meant to deepen economic ties between China and Pakistan.” For some time, US congressmen are propagating against Pakistan. On 17th February 2012, US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher had introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, calling upon Pakistan to recognize the Baloch right to self- determination. The motion had been co-sponsored by House Representatives Louie Gohmert and Steve King. The proposed bill had favoured Baloch rights of self-determination and affording an opportunity to choose their own status of a sovereign state.
Though US government had distanced from them, yet there is a perception that they have blessings of the government. This Great Game of the US strategic map-makers has been in full play in Balochistan province for quite some time. World maps, showing Pakistan all splintered up, and Balochistan province merging with Iran’s Sistan-Balochistan region making a Greater Balochistan, were published. But situation in Balochistan has been addressed at political level; an elected government is in place; and incidence of insurgency has also declined. People of Balochistan are known for their patriotism; and will never be deterred by violent activities of separatists. In June 2015, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee in the US Congress had chaired as meeting in which, what they said, evidence of the repression faced by the Baloch community was presented. Speakers from the Canadian and European Parliaments as well as Baloch leaders talked about the so-called injustice and oppression perpetrated by the Pakistani Government on people of Balochistan.
US Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, who was the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee, presided over a meeting in which alleged acts of repression in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province were taken up. The meeting on Capitol Hill was attended by representatives of the Jura and the Balochistan House, and highlighted the issue of minority rights in Pakistan. Among the prominent speakers were Canadian MP and Jura Chairman Russ Hiebert, Italian Member of the European Parliament Elisabetta Gardini, Executive Director of Balochistan House, Tarek Fatah and Baloch leader and activist Mehran Baloch. In his remarks, Hiebert had highlighted the injustice and oppression faced by the people of Balochistan at the hands of their own government. On 13th October 2017, two anti-Pakistan US Congressmen namely Dana Rohrabacher and Brad Sherman repeated their anti-Pakistan rhetoric during the meeting of US House of Representatives.
The motion had been co-sponsored by House Representatives Louie Gohmert and Steve King. The proposed bill had favoured Baloch rights of self-determination and suggested to afford people of Balochistan an opportunity to choose their own status of a sovereign state. Such resolutions moved by a tiny minority may not have any importance, but they bring Pakistan and its institutions into disrepute. Despite the vile acts of rivaling eyes, Balochistan is gaining stability under political government, and people of Balochistan elect their representatives regularly. Pakistan military and agencies with the support of the people of Balochistan have frustrated sinister designs of detractors of Pakistan. Yet, Pakistan has to be watchful of India, which is still trying to fan terrorism, violence, militancy, linguistic hatred and inter-provincial disharmony to sabotage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
