Shaal (Balochistan) : Baloch National Movement (BNM) today said the Baloch people and the Pashtuns should unitedly fight for freedom from Pakistan so that the slavery of both under Pakistani “Punjabi colonists” ends at the earliest.
It said Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Chairman of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, has “tried to create sharp resentment between the Baloch and Pashtun brotherly nations by talking about the restoration of the so-called British Balochistan under the name of Afghaniya.”
BNM spokesperson Qazi Dad Mohammad Rehan said the comment by Achakzai would “only benefit Punjabis, the occupying and colonial power”, and
“draw a gulf between the brotherly nations” of Balochistan and Pakhtunkhwa.
“The need of the hour and the national question of the fraternal nations required us to unite and fight for national freedom and eliminate Punjabi colonialism,” the spokesperson said.
Achakzai is talking about solving the problems between Baloch and Pashtun under the British formula of “divide and rule” instead of mutual efforts and dialogue, which will cause more problems and distance, Rehan said.
“All those existing problems between Baloch and Pashtun are the creation of the British empire, including two major issues of the Durand line and the McMahon Line, both chalked out by the British,” Rehan pointed out.
He stressed that there is “no hostile contradiction” between Baloch and Pashtun.
“Despite the efforts of the occupying and colonialist (Pakistani) Punjabis, the Baloch and Pashtun nations have respected each other and avoided any level of violence,” the BNM spokesperson said.
The spokesman said Baloch and Pashtun are slaves of Pakistani Punjabis and deprived of their freedom, but their natural land and boundaries are clear.
“We have observed that efforts are made to create animosity and contradiction whenever the so-called Pakistani elections approach,” Rehan said.
“Pashtun leaders are respectable to us, but trying to create rifts in brotherly nations for Pakistani elections will not benefit anyone. Only Punjabi colonialism will take advantage of such aggressive behaviour,” he added.
He said that instead of pleasing the Punjabi colonialists, the need of the hour and the national question of the fraternal nations required us to unite and fight for national freedom and eliminate Punjabi colonialism.
“Only in the form of independence can both brotherly nations Pashtun and Baloch live happy life on their natural lands,” he said.
