New Delhi: In a statement that could
embarrass Pakistan, which has claimed that India is fuelling
unrest in Balochistan, a Baloch Senator has said there is no
proof to suggest that New Delhi is fomenting trouble there.
"We don't have a proof. As a representative of Baloch
people and a leader of a National Party, I have no information
on this. Maybe, intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan
have knowledge about it," Baloch leader and Senator Mir Hasil
Bizenjo said last night.
He was replying to queries after the release of the
autobiography of his late father Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
titled: In Search of Solutions.
He was asked whether he, as a leader of Balochistan,
is aware of India's involvement in the region.
Asking India to realise the threat perception posed by
terrorism from its neighbourhood, the Senator said terror
emanating from Afghanistan reached Pakistan in no time and New
Delhi should keep this fact in mind.
The war "fought in Afghanistan (in 1980's) did not
bother Pakistanis. But ultimately Peshawar or Frontier (in
Pakistan) bore the brunt on a daily basis...
"If, India and Iran along with Afghanistan and
Pakistan do not devise a strategy then it has every potential
to reach in these countries," he said.
Pakistan has claimed that India promotes terrorism in
Balochistan, situated on Pak-Afghan border.
Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar released the
book in the presence of Pakistan High Commissioner to India
Shahid Malik, leading peace activist B M Kutty and Pakistani
journalist Sheikh Asad Rehman.
Saying that the genesis of troubles in Afghanistan and
Pakistan dates back to the 1980's Afghan war that aimed at
defeating Communism and USSR, Mir Hasil said those who fought
it were not aware of the impact.
He said it took not more than 20 years to witness the
guns "turning from Kabul to Islamabad".
Questioning the intention of the US-led war to defeat
terror in Afghanistan-Pakistan, he said, "America, France know
that if they will not fight terrorists in Afghanistan and
Pakistan then they will have to fight them in their backyards.
That is why they are spending billions and trillions."
Targeting Pakistan, he alleged a process is continuing
in the country to build China against India.
He said the war in Afghanistan will not be won till
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and India unite to tackle the
menace (of terrorism) as NATO forces will never be able to
defeat "these forces".
Talking about the Senator's comment that "there is not
much difference between Islamabad and Kabul", the Pakistan
High Commissioner later said, "To me, comparing the two will
be excessive. There are lots of differences. That stage has not
come yet."
He added: "the condition in Afghanistan should improve
for the betterment of our Afghan brothers and I am sure other
countries in the region would also like to see that happen".
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 20:14