Islamabad, A US resolution on Balochistan could worsen ties between Washington and Islamabad, said Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. Khar Monday said in London that Balochistan was Pakistan's internal matter and the province's elected representatives would resolve its issues and not US Congressmen, Geo News reported. Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Dana Rohrabacher, Friday introduced a House Concurrent Resolution, in support of the "right of self-determination of the Balochi people, for being victims of human rights violations and oppression despite being the largest province", reported Xinhua. Speaking at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), Khar condemned the US resolution on Balochistan, and said such acts of "foolhardy-global-vigilanteism" could aggravate Pakistan's already estranged ties with US. "It would distance the two allies even further," Khar was qouted as saying. On ties with India, the foreign minister stressed on keeping the dialogue alive. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday have condemned the bill submitted to the US House of Representatives ...
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Islamabad, Religious parties in Pakistan have strongly condemned the resolution tabled in the US Congress calling for the right to self determination to the people of Balochistan, terming it a blatant conspiracy to disintegrate Pakistan. Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Syed Munawar Hasan said the US enmity against Pakistan's unity and integrity was no more a secret, and warned that Washington might use UN platform to separate Baluchistan in the manner it had done in the cases of East Taimor and South Sudan, The News reports. Munawwar demanded the government review ties with Washington, sever its relations relation with America and expel its ambassador, pull back its support to the US terror war and devise an independent foreign policy and efforts for the formation of a Muslim bloc with the support of China, Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey. JI ameer said the US drones were violating Pakistan's airspace, adding that both the US and India were behind Balochistan insurgency and patronizing the separatist movement by distributing arms and funds among them. Munawar Hasan said it was surprising that the US had never taken notice of state terrorism by Israel and India against Muslim ...
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