US diplomat meets Khan of Kalat family

According to a Pakistani News paper the Karachi-based US Consul General Stephen G Fakan has met some family members of Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Daud in Kalat Town.

This was the first meeting of any US diplomat with the family members of Khan of Kalat who was in self-exile in London for the last four years.

According to sources, the prevailing situation of Balochistan also came under discussion during the meeting. It may be mentioned that Khan of Kalat had not only convened an important jirga of Baloch tribal elders after the assassination of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti but he had also left the country.

Some sources claimed that attempts were made on behalf of some important personalities to bring Khan of Kalat back to Pakistan but so far these efforts have not succeeded.
Khan of Kalat had also rejected any negotiations with the govt without presence or assurance of international guarantors.

Political observers were attaching great importance to the meeting of a senior US diplomat with the family members of Khan of Kalat. However, it could not be known whether this was a courtesy call or any attempt on behalf of some foreign diplomats for improvement of situation in Balochistan because US and its allies were considering peace in Pakistan indispensable for their success in war against Taliban in Afghanistan.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Islamabad/02-May-2010/US-diplomat-meets-Khan-of-Kalat-family

BHRC condemns spraying acid on the faces of three Baloch girls

Baloch Human Rights Council Canada condemn the heinous act of spraying acid on the faces of three Baloch girls in which Sakina, Saima and Fatima suffered serious burn injuries. According to the eye witnesses the girls were on their way from Babu Mohela to Khel town in Kalat when unknown people riding on a motorcycle threw acid on their faces. The sources told BHRC that two victims are reported to be serious. This is the second consecutive act of brutality against Baloch women in one month. Last month, in Dalbandin District, acid were thrown on womens' faces.

BHRC believes that Pak Military, FC, and Military Intelligence are engaged into a conspiracy against Progressive Baloch National Struggle.

BHRC also condemns the Pakistani intelligence agencies of distributing pamphlets where all the Baloch women were asked to stay home, in the name of a fictitious organization to create panic among women and defame the Progressive Baloch National Struggle.

BHRC demands to the international human rights organization to intervene and take serious notice of these heinous crimes against humanity.

Thank you
BHRC Canada