I Spoke to Hairbayar and Bramdagh: Rehman Malik

The Baloch Hal News

QUETTA: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday evening disclosed that he had spoken to Baloch nationalist leader Hairbayar Marri in London and called Bramdagh Bugti, of Baloch Republican Party but did not get a “positive response” from their side to start dialogue between Islamabad and the Baloch leaders.

Addressing a press briefing along with Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zafrullah Khan Zehri, Mir Younas Mullazai and Home Secretary Capt (retd) Akbar Hussian Durrani at Chief Minister Secretariat here, he said that he had invited nationalist Baloch leaders to hold negotiations with the government to maintain peace in the province.

He said the government was ready to accept all legitimate demands of the nationalist Baloch leaders,  but they did not responded what he said positively.

He maintained the government was once again inviting nationalist Baloch leadership to come forward to hold talks so that peace could be secured in the province.

He regretted that Baloch nationalist leaders were continually avoiding table talks despite President Asif Ali Zardari had apologized with them over atrocities committed by Musharraf regime. He maintained that several FC and Coastguard check posts had been abolished, thousands of people had been given jobs under Aghaz-i-Haqooq-i-Balochistan Package and the province had got due share in National Finance Commission Award.

He opined that Balochistan would  gain great prosperity if the nationalists joined the mainstream and avoided targeted killing of innocent people. “All rights of Baloch people will be given besides acceptance of all legitimate demands but first of all their nationalist leadership will have to leave shed extremism and inflexible attitude, Malik said.

He alleged that foreign money was being used to create anarchy   in Balochistan and external forces were involved in deteriorating law and order in the province.

Replying to a question, he said that he was ready to conduct probe into the allegations that secret agencies had taken a number of Baloch persons into custody. He said that according to his information, many  persons who were reported to be missing were living in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Gulf states.

He said the government had decided to take stern action against miscreants in Balochistan following the Karachi model so that peace could be secured in the province.

On this occasion, he announced to recruit two sons of martyred cameraman of SAMAA TV, Malik Arif in NADRA besides giving job to two brothers of another martyred cameraman of the same TV channel, Ejaz Raisani. He maintained that grieved family of martyred driver of AAJ TV, Ghulam Sarwar would be given compensation besides bearing educational expenditures of these martyred persons by the Pakistan Baitul Mal.

It may be stated that all three person working for media organizations were killed in suicide bomb attack and firing  by persons in Al Quds Rally at Civil Hospital and Mizan Chowk Quetta.