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Multan gathering: Qureshi lashes out at govt over Balochistan
PTI leaders call for boycotting by-elections.
PTI leaders call for boycotting by-elections. PHOTO: EXPRESS
MULTAN: Long-time rivals turned colleagues in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Javed Hashmi, addressed PTI workers for the first time together in the absence of party chief Imran Khan.
Speaking at his residence, Shah Mahmood Qureshi lashed out against the government, saying it was unconcerned over missing people and the violation of human rights in Pakistan. He warned that the US conspiracy of “dismembering” Balochistan would be a greater threat to India than to Pakistan.
Referring to Nawaz Sharif’s recent vocal support for Balochistan, he said Sharif’s politics was for his own vested interests rather than for the welfare of the troubled province.
Qureshi added that the army should stay out of civilian affairs. Qureshi called for boycotting by-elections, saying that the election commission ‘deceived’ the Supreme Court by organising elections on old voters’ lists.
Referring to the recent trilateral summit in Pakistan, he said negotiations between Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan had failed. No country has given a guarantee of peace in Afghanistan, he said, and warned that Pakistan would be in the worst position if Iran was attacked.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 21st, 2012.
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what Zardari do as he is only a nominal head. You fellows don’t have guts to criticise the Army and ISI. You people are more responsible if anything happen in Balochistan.Recommend
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EACH AND EVERY PAKISTAN CARE WANTS TO SOLVE BALOCH grievances
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You are wrong Sir. Only those under whom you suffered for years in Jail and mercilessly tortured will be responsible. Have some guts to speak truth. You are now in the ‘V’ hours of your career must speak but only truth.
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@asghar
He’s the president. If hes incapable he should resign. It’s the govt job to handle Balochistan nit the army. They have handed everything to the army. The army is only capable of doing what it’s trained to do: kill.
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I am sure Mr Hashmi knows how Pakistan and US have been collaborating against India over the years. Its only now that the tables have turned against Pakistan and her duplicitous policies. Now whole world knows the true character of Pakistani politics. Mr Hashmi should know that India is not living on his good will. Its Pakistan who has been creating trouble in India through Jihadis. India has all the reasons to hit back. One point agenda of Pakistan has been to oppose India at every possible forum. Pakistan has been sponsoring anti-India resolutions in UN and OIC. Every peace move by India was paid back by invasion from Pakistan side. Going by past, India has all the reasons not to trust Pakistan.
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He’s inocent & honest man.
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PTI needs to work its magic in Balochistan for the people of Pakistan
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In the presence of self cantered and corrupt politicians hats off to army that still it is working its way out shouldering the responsibility of guarding the ideological and geographical borders of the country as per the constitution. I am sure this prized institution will overt the malicious designs against Baluchistan also.
My fellow readers can comment on army training, responsibilities and role once it was employed for Senses, School Survey, WAPDA and Cleaning of Water Canals by the former PPP regime. Can they tell me was army trained for these tasks ever?Recommend
@Asgar bhai: Zardari is himself a Sindi of Baluchi ancestry. He doesn’t need to have the weight of Musharraf’s political killing of Bugti on his head. There is currently a small group of miscreants who are being paid by foreign agents to cause trouble in Baluchistan. We need to seal the border with Afghanistan where the agents are infiltrating, then work with the majority Pakistan loving Baluchis to build up the province with good infrastructure and institutions. As for work in Baluchistan projects, preference should be given to native Baluch over outsiders- otherwise Gwader will be another Karachi where migrants control the economy and build resentment in locals.
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Our identity should be muslims not Punjabis, sindhi or Baluchi. In other countries there are so many people from all parts of the world live together in a peaceful way for example the UK but over here, we are killing each other even though we are from one country.
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Ha ha ha Mr Hashmi, this shows you have joined the band wagon of ISI+ Hameed gul and establishment, who blamed Bhutto for the fall of Bengal, now for Balochistan they need another PPP leader to tight the noose of blame around his neck. I was thinking, you are an honest person, but this statement shows you have become a pupit in the hand of establishment. You are losing your credibility. who you are playing with, ppl of Sindh or Balochistan or KPK, no man we know who is responsible, only ppl of Punjab may believe you, who, like ostrich always hide their face in sand and think we cannot see, so no one can see either, just to cover up the crimes of establishment. If you are really an honest man then tell your masters stop killing Balochis don’t usurps their rights. donot treat their province as a Panjab’s colony, and neither justify their killing as a traitor.
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these baluch feudal war lords land should be taken from them as per pakistan law and distributed to ordinary baluch ppl and give them power n educate them.
there should’nt be any wadira, chaudary and sardar left in pakistan they r the trouble makers
these baluch sardar are hoping to join Afghanistan to make money from oil pipeline from central asia. point to understand is soon Afghanistan will be in control of taliban and pashtoons so US pipeline will be history and IRAN and China or Russia will never let it happen so all the drama happen in pakistan international relations will always be pro Pakistan
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@Amber: Hello Dear Wake Up.. You are comparing UK with this country named Pakistan. This country is a gathering of a crowd of 4-5 different groups. It has never been a nation and can never ever be until these clever Punjabi’s want to rule. Kindly separate religion from your identity and culture. Religion is the set of rules to follow and the way of life to live. Not to change your culture and identity. It does not say to plunder others resources and threaten their identity and culture. Baloch was independent and Baloch has every right to be independent again and have their own identity with the same religion and can prove to be much better Muslims then these butchers. These MULLA’s and others are scoring for election to say Balochistan is their atoot ang.. atoot ang my foot.
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Dear Javed Hashmi,
I defended you when you quit PML-N because you did speak up against injustices done to you. But while everyone has their part in the Balochistan carnage the responsible person sits in Rawalpindi not Islamabad along with his predecessor who sits in a Western metropolis of his choosing,
The courage to name and shame those who are to blame is lost to you and so is your credibility now!
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So you are saying that the dirty politics you and your PML-N bosses played while you all were in power has nothing to do with the alienation the people of Balochistan feel? Mr. Hashmi, we know you have recently changed the party and thus are under the illusion that you have had a political rebirth, but I hope the people of Pakistan know the reality. You are the same person who served the Shariff brothers. Go try to fool somebody else.
Siddique Malik, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.Recommend
@Ad Baloch:
You need to wake up Mr. UK is the United Kingdom, where different groups are present too like scottish, welsh and English. Plus Pakistanis are living there too where they are known as just Pakistanis not as Punbis or Bulochis, where my identity is just a Pakistani and a muslim and nothing else. And for you information, common people in Pakistan are suffering in this country everywhere, whether it is Balochistan or Punjab. The reason Muslims are suffereing everywhere in this world is because of this, where everyone is fighting with each other because of the difference in culture and the language where as other nations and countries they tend to work as one such as Europe. They have differences too and speak different languages but they do not kill each other.
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I think as a nation we are heading towards total destruction. Other countries do not have to do it for us, we are very efficient in doing this to ourselves.
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