Former prime minister Zafarullah Jamali has said that the ongoing consultation and meetings between leaders of opposition political parties with Baloch nationalists is only a political game and not a struggle to resolve Balochistan issue.
Talking to media persons here on Tuesday, Zafarullah Jamali said that meetings of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Syed Munawar Hassan and Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan was part of preparation for next general polls and each political party is making efforts to gain maximum benefits utilizing the other.
He said that Baluchistan issue was being politicized for getting attention and sympathies of masses of the province and no single political party is sincere to resolve the issue.
The former prime minister was of the view that reservations of Baloch people and leadership must be resolved before general elections and political leadership has least time to cope with the issue and they would have to put their utmost efforts for the purpose if they really want to end the miseries of Baloch people.
Jamali said that Baloch leader Akhtar Mengal has declared that election was not his priority but he wanted to calm the people of his province and get their inborn and constitutional rights for them.
He criticized the sitting leadership for not paying any heed towards problems faced by Baluchistan and its people and said that government would be responsible in case of any untoward occurrence.
Political leadership has nothing to do with Balochistan issue: Zafarullah Jamali
