
A Call to stop Labelling the Baluch people as Terrorists
Ahead of Imran Khan, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and his delegation’s visit to the United States of America on 22nd July, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sent a letter to President Trump requesting his intervention in the deteriorating situation in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan.
Sixteen, cross-party, pan European MEPs signed the letter during this week’s European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, France. The MEPs highlighted the dire situation for the Baluch people stating that “The people of the province have legitimate grievances – they are relatively powerless against the State trying to silence them.”
The economy of Pakistan in recent years has been in decline leading to a debt ridden State. As such, the Government of Pakistan has beco...