Balochs resent Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: BNP

The Baloch Hal News

QUETTA: The Balochistan National Party (BNP), Balochistan’s largest Baloch nationalist political party, has vocally opposed Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project by terming it anti-Baloch and devoid of enjoying the backing of Baloch people.

Habib Jalib Baloch, central secretary general of the BNP, said here on Saturday that the Balochs had not been consulted by the government to enter a deal with Iran on a gas-pipeline which is planned to pass from Balochistan. The BNP leader termed the gas project as a tool of destruction for the Balochs under the disguise of economic development.

“We will not let the gas pipeline pass from the Baloch land as our reservations have not been addressed before signing the agreement,” said Jalib, “ The Balochs are not bound to respect the gas pipeline agreement between both the countries because we fully disown it.”