Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto strongly reacted to the statement of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Balochistan and termed it highly provocative, irresponsible and inflammatory for the people of Pakistan.
“Modi should first stand accountable to the international community for unending and perpetual atrocities against Kashmiris, Muslims and Dalits in held Kashmir and India. Balochistan is an integral part of a democratic Pakistan and follies of a dictator cannot empower the Indian prime minister to speak on our internal issues,” he stated in a statement.
Bilawal further said that Indian-held Kashmir has been under curfew since many weeks and several innocent Kashmiris have been mowed down by the Indian armed forces within last two months.
He said that Modi may have some close friends in Pakistan but the people of Pakistan would not tolerate such remarks against Balochistan or any other integral part of Pakistan.
“We are a sovereign nation having all the tools to maintain our sovereignty at every cost,” he added.
Bilawal said that they have condemned the outrageous remark of Modi and have asked him to allow the right to self-determination to the people of Kashmir under the auspices of the United Nations.
“Attempts to divert the attention from world’s only nuclear flashpoint Kashmir won’t work,” he further said.
Bilawal called upon the United Nations Security Council to intervene immediately to halt the war-mongering Indian Prime Minister Modi from dragging the region to devastation and to uphold sanity while the people of Pakistan will stand united to fight any aggression.