Balochistan insurgency: Commanders, dozens of fighters renounce violence

Two commanders of outlawed Baloch insurgent groups and 57 more fighters lay down arms

QUETTA:

Another two commanders of outlawed Baloch insurgent groups and 57 more fighters laid down their arms and renounced violence on Sunday.

The commanders – Din Jan alias Meeran of the Balochistan Liberation Front and Ubaidullah alias Beebarg of the Tazeem Lashkar-e-Balochistan – as well as fighters loyal to them handed over their arms to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Nawab Sanaullah Zehri at a ceremony in Khuzdar.

Both commanders chanted slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ and ‘Balochistan Paindabad’, and vowed to join the political mainstream. They were also presented with shawls emblazoned with the Pakistani flag.

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“Those who are trying to lure the poor Baloch masses towards ‘so-called freedom’ while sitting in Switzerland and London themselves do not have the support of the people of Balochistan.”

Published in The Express Tribune, June 15^th, 2015.