Pakistan Embassy in Washington has reacted strongly to the resolution on Balochistan in US Congress.
The reaction, posted on the embassy website, stated that “the
Pakistan Embassy has taken serious notice of the resolution submitted by
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher on Balochistan in the US House of Representative.
We reject this ill-informed move and the Congressman’s misplaced
concern on Balochistan, which is a part of the Pakistani Federation.”
The chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and investigations of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Dana Rohrabacher, earlier on
Friday, had introduced a House Concurrent Resolution, in support of the
“right of self-determination of the Balochi people, for being victims of
human rights violations and oppression despite being the largest
province.”
“Balochistan has a directly elected provincial assembly of its own
and has due representation in the National Assembly and the Senate of
Pakistan,” embassy said in the reaction adding that the “resolution
seeks to cast doubt on the territorial integrity of a member of the
United Nations and a friend of the United States, and is totally
unacceptable.”
“Balochistan’s affairs and issues are an internal matter of Pakistan
and it is for the people of Pakistan and our democratic institutions to
address these. We would advise those behind this resolution to reserve
their concern and solicitude for problems closer to home,” the embassy s
message subtly said.
“It is needless to say provocations such as these will seriously
impact the Pakistan-US relations. We value this relationship, but not at
the cost of our dignity, sovereignty and territorial integrity”, it
cautioned while conveying the strong reservations of Pakistani
government on the Congressional move.
It may be mentioned here that Pakistan s ambassador in Washington,
DC, Sherry Rehman, had also reacted sharply to the hearing held by the
subcommittee, chaired by Congressman Rohrabacher last week, and had
called it “a meddling in Pakistan s internal affairs, which was
detrimental to Pakistan s relationship with the US”. SANA
