Virendra Pandit
New Delhi: Exiled Baluch leader Mir Yar Baloch has, in an open letter to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, urged India to “uproot Pakistan,” adding every Baluch is with India in this endeavour, the media reported on Friday.
He also claimed that China could deploy its military forces in Pakistan’s Baluchistan region within the next few months.
In his letter, shared on X, Mir Yar said Baluch representatives view the growing strategic alliance between Islamabad and Beijing as “dangerous.”
He said that Baluchistan has faced decades of repression under Pakistan’s control, including what he described as state-sponsored violence and human rights abuses.
“The people of Baluchistan have endured Pakistan’s state occupation, state-sponsored terrorism, and egregious human rights atrocities for the past seventy-nine years. The time has now arrived to eradicate this festering affliction at its roots, ensuring lasting peace and sovereignty for our nation,” he wrote.
Baloch also pointed that China and Pakistan are moving rapidly towards the final stages of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project of Chinese President Xi Jinping that runs through Baluchistan.
“The Republic of Balochistan views the escalating strategic alliance between Pakistan and China as profoundly dangerous. We warn that China, in collaboration with Pakistan, has advanced the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to its final phases,” he said.
“Should the capabilities of Balochistan’s defense and freedom forces not be further bolstered and if they continue to be overlooked as per longstanding patterns, it is conceivable that China could deploy its military forces in Balochistan within a few months,” the letter stated.
The presence of Chinese boots on Baluchistani soil without the will of the 60 million Baluch people would pose an unimaginable threat and challenge to the futures of both Bharat and Baluchistan, he said.
China and Pakistan have repeatedly denied allegations of military expansion under CPEC, maintaining that the project is economic in nature. India has, however, consistently opposed the CPEC, stating that it passes through Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and raises sovereignty and security concerns.
In his letter to Dr. Jaishankar, Mir Yar Baloch also lauded the Indian strikes under Operation Sindoor on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 Hindu tourists.
“We commend the bold and resolute actions undertaken by the Modi Government in the previous year through Operation Sindoor, particularly targeting terrorism hubs facilitated by Pakistan and directed against the Pakistani military in response to Pahalgam terror attack. These measures demonstrate exemplary courage and a steadfast commitment to regional security and justice,” he wrote.
