Quetta:
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has called on the human rights organizations to build an independent and fact -based tale of Balochistan’s history, current realities and the overall situation.
He expressed these views in a meeting with a delegation from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Quetta on Saturday.
Bugti said that the ongoing narrative at national and international level regarding Balochistan was incompatible with facts and needed revision to reflect a balanced and accurate perspective.
The meeting included in -depth discussions of law and order, human rights conditions and the provincial social development initiatives.
Bay of history pointed out Bugti that the accession of the former Kalat state to Pakistan in 1948 was the result of mutual agreement rather than coercion, adding that some groups had deliberately distorted historical facts to mislead those who do not know the region’s true past.
With reference to the recent terrorist incidents, he condemned the targeted killing of innocent citizens based on their identity and described it as part of a wider agenda driven by hostile foreign powers, especially India.
“These acts of terror have nothing to do with a struggle for rights, but are part of an organized attempt to destabilize and divide Pakistan,” he said, adding that supporters of these groups have openly expressed their intentions on different national and international platforms.
Questioning the legitimacy of such violent acts asked Bugti: “What kind of rights movement involves killing people based on their ethnic identity?”
He pointed out that such elements had rejected dialogue and open advocate for the Division of Pakistan, an approach that was unacceptable in any civilized state or community. He reiterated that the state bears a constitutional and legal responsibility for protecting citizens’ lives and property and adding that the obligation would be fulfilled in any case.
He addressed the question of missing persons and noted that the phenomenon was not limited to Balochistan alone, but also existed in other provinces and in different countries around the world.
However, he expressed concern about the prevailing trend in the country to smooth out accusations against state institutions without specific evidence.
