Shahzain offers 8-point Balochistan peace package

Jamhori Watan Party leader Shahzain Bugti has offered 8-point programme for peace in Balochistan.
He met Naeemia University Administrator Dr Raghab Naeemi in Lahore and, while talking to the media, said that there is lack of confidence and coordination between the federal government and Balochistan, adding that undue interruption of secret agencies has put the country in troubled waters.
He said there are no solid proofs of Indian interruption in Balochistan. The arrangement of polls could not be made in the province because secret agencies may change election results under a pre-planned programme.
He also came down hard on the government for accusing India of creating unrest in Balochistan.
He said the government should name the Indians involved if it has any solid proof.
In his statement, Shahzain said if there was no proof, the government should stop “repeating India’s name like a parrot”.
Bugti gave eight-point demands to develop trust between Balochistan and the federal government.
He said without removing the trust deficit, there should be no All Parties Conference or any package for Balochistan. He said the federal government can restore the trust of Balochis within 72 hours.
To achieve this, Bugti said General (r) Pervez Musharraf should be arrested in the Akbar Bugti murder case; military operation should be stopped and all forces should be withdrawn from Balochistan; controversial security posts should be abolished from Balochistan; the killing of innocent people should end; 13,000 missing persons of Balochistan should be traced; the role of intelligence agencies in Balochistan should come to a close; any Baloch being prevented from returning to their homes by intelligence agencies should be allowed to go back, and the responsible officials of intelligence agencies who carried out the attack on Chief of Baloch Republican Party Barahmdagh Bugti’s sister and niece on January 31 in Karachi should be arrested.
Responding to a question, Bugti said his party had already rejected the Balochistan package announced by the federal government. He said Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had lied by saying that 80 per cent of work on the package had been completed. He added that he was not astonished at the passage of a resolution by US congress for the separation of Balochistan.