Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the Parliamentary Committee on Law and Order Situation in Balochistan and Karachi that all nationalist groups involved in insurgency in Balochistan and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are being supported by India to create instability in Pakistan, a source told Pakistan Today.
The in-camera meeting of the committee, held with Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Khushaid Shah in the chair, was briefed about law and order situation in the province of Balochistan by the interior minister. The home secretary of Balochistan and additional IG police also attended the meeting.
According to the source, the committee was informed that Baloch nationalist groups like Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Baloch Republican Army (BRA), Baloch People’s Liberation Front (BPLF), Popular Front for Armed Resistance (PFAR) and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and TTP were involved in insurgency and deteriorating law and order situation in the province.
Later, talking to media, Malik said he had presented proofs of foreign involvement in Balochistan, adding that assassinations had decreased but sectarian killings had increased over the recent months. He also added that Lashker-e-Jhangvi (LJ) was involved in sectarian killings of Hazara community and Punjab government had been told to arrest Malik Ishaq and other leaders of the LeJ. He further said if the Punjab government failed to arrest them, the Interior Ministry would.
He also added that government of Pakistan had succeeded in getting Baramdagh Bugti expelled from Afghanistan and it helped decrease insurgency in the province. He also told the committee that Gazan Maurree and Harbyar Murree were set to announce the independence of Balochistan on August 14 but they were kept from doing so.
‘It’s India!’ Malik tells committee on Balochistan
