QUETTA
The condition put forward by self-exiled Baloch leader, Khan of Kalat, has complicated the process of negotiation initiated by the Balochistan government to bring back to Pakistan all the estranged Baloch leaders.
“Khan of Kalat Agha Suleman Daud said he left the country following the decision of a grand jirga of Baloch tribal chieftains held in Kalat right after the assassination of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in 2006 and could return on the instruction of the same forum ,” revealed a credible source present in the meeting.
“The grand jirga is only mandated to decide whether I should return to Pakistan or not as the jirga sent me abroad to fight the case of Balochistan,” a close relative of Daud quoted him as saying.
The delegation – comprising Balochistan Services and General Administration Department Minister Nawab Muhammad Khan Shahwani, MNA Sardar Kamal Bangulzai, Senator Mir Kabir Muhammad Shahi and Provincial Adviser on Finance Mir Khalid Langove – met Suleman Daud in order to persuade him to return to Pakistan. The delegation informed the Khan of Kalat that people of Balochistan wanted him to come back and serve the nation. According to sources, the Khan replied that his struggle was solely for the people of Balochistan but he was unable to return.