
London: Baloch pro-independence leader Hyrbyair Marri, in a post on X, has condemned Pakistan’s assumption of the United Nations Security Council presidency for July, describing it as “a profound affront to global human rights” and warning that accountability has been replaced by privilege.
Marri noted that the permanent representative of Pakistan claimed to promote diplomacy, peace, and stability, an irony given Pakistan’s record. “The very country preaching peace today has exported terrorism and jihad while practising religious persecution at home,” he asserted.
Marri recounted Pakistan’s historical abuses: decades of killing in Afghanistan, the slaughter of millions of Bengalis in 1971, and the suppression of Palestinians under the rule of General Zia-ul-Haq, when then-Brigadier Zia allegedly “murdered thousands of Palestinians in Jordan,” he said.
He added that Pakistan has forcefully “killed and disappeared hundreds of thousands of Baloch” since its 1948 annexation of Balochistan, in direct violation of Article 2 of the UN Charter.
Highlighting Baloch grievances, Marri cited two notorious betrayals: the imprisonment of Prince Abdul Kareem, younger brother of the Khan of Kalat, who was detained for 17 years after seeking negotiations; and the promise made to Baloch leader Nawab Nauroz Khan, who was invited to negotiate, only to have his sons hanged and die in captivity, after Pakistan swore on the Quran to honor safe talks, “then publicly desecrated it twice.” (ANI)
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