Fears of Baloch jab cutting both ways

August 16, 2016 09:11

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unprecedented reference to Balochistan in his Independence Day speech may help shine global focus on rights violations in the restive province but risks getting India bracketed with Pakistan as interfering in another nation's internal affairs, experts have warned.Modi had on Friday told an all-party meeting that Pakistan must answer to the world for its "atrocities" against the people of Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and asked the foreign office to lobby globally on behalf of the people of PoK.But his address today marked the first time an Indian Prime Minister had referred to the Baloch struggle against Islamabad from the ramparts of the Red Fort.Modi said the people of Balochistan, Gilgit and PoK had expressed "deep gratitude" for his remarks, and that he was thanking them in return.

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