Baloch movement not fuelled by India: US

Last Updated: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 14:40

Tags: Balochistan, Separatist movement, India

Baloch movement not fuelled by India: US

Washington: The separatist movement in Pakistan's Balochistan province is fuelled by the country's domestic policies and not India, a top US official said on Wednesday.

"I don't think that the existence of a terrorist or a separatist movement in Balochistan is fuelled by Indian financing or anything like that," US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said.

"I think it's fuelled by domestic issues that are internal to Pakistan," Blake said in his interaction with Defence Writers Group here.

Pakistan has repeatedly accused India of supporting the rebels in Balochistan in order to destabilise the country.

India, however, has categorically denied the allegations.

PTI

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First Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 14:40

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A.P SINGH - INDIA OF UPPER CASTES
OUR POLITICIANS ARE NOT SO COMPETENT SO AS TO FUEL THE BLAOUCH MOVEMENT FOR WEAKENING ITS ENEMY PAKISTAN. OUR POLITICIANS AND OFFICIALS ONLY EXCEL IN APPEASING SC/ST/OBC COMMUNITIES APART FROM LOOTING THE COUNTRY AND ENGAGING IN IMMORAL/ANTI-NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. CREATING TROUBLE IN PAKISTAN IS WELL BEYOND THEIR COMPETENCE, ITS NOWWHERE IN THEIR PRIORITIES .