Assembly resolution: Balochistan slams Indian bellicosity

QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Thursday unanimously condemned Indian threats of attacking Pakistan.

This condemnation was made in a joint resolution moved by female MPAs Mohtarma Husn Bano from JUI- F, Mohtarma Samina Khan, Mohtarma Kishwar Ahmed Jattak, Mohtarma Rahat Jamali from PML-N and Dr Ruqiyah Hashmi from PML-Q.

Condemning the threats, the resolution said that the repeated threats were a matter of concern. “This House not only condemns these threats in strong words but wants to tell the enemy country that Pakistani armed forces, politicians and people are on the same page . They are fully capable of answering these threats in a befitting manner,” the resolution said.

The house also offered Fateha for the two soldiers killed in the cross-border firing by the Indian forces.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 30^th, 2016.