ISLAMABAD: Expatriate Pakistanis living in Moscow, especially the B
aloch community, Saturday celebrated ‘Pakistan Unity Day’ under the slogan ‘United We Stand, Divided We Fall’.
Dr Jumma Khan Marri, B
aloch sub-nationalist leader, intellectual and one of the senior political activists attended the event and announced his separation along with his supporters from the so-called B
aloch Independence Movement, according to a statement received here.
It is important to mention that Dr Jumma Khan Marri is on self-exile in Moscow for the last two decades. He is the son of B
aloch leader Mir Hazar Khan Marri, head of Bajrani Marri tribe, Balochistan chapter. Dr Jumma Khan Marri possesses huge following among B
aloch Diaspora residing all across the world.
During his emotional and highly charged speech, he announced disassociation along with his supporters from the movement besides launching an organisation with the name of ‘Overseas Pakistani B
aloch Community’ to counter anti-Balochistan movements abroad. He said the new organisation would confront and expose the evil designs of what he called Indian-sponsored disgruntled elements like Brahamdagh Bugti, Hyrbyar M
arri and Mehran M
arri at all forums abroad.
Besides, he said, the organisation would make efforts to bring back all ‘misguided and innocent’ B
aloch residing abroad on political asylum in the mainstream by resolving pro
blems through peaceful dialogue.
Dr Jumma extended invitation to Khan of Kalat for joining and supporting the organisation. He said integrity of B
aloch nation was seriously damaged when Brahamdagh Bugti, Hyrbyar M
arri and Mehran M
arri applied for Indian nation
ality and laid flowers on Gandhi’s statue in Geneva.
Defection of Dr Jumma Khan Marri from anti-Pakistan elements and raising of voice by Pakistani B
aloch community against the disgruntled leadership and that too from the Russian Federation is being seen as a big blow to the so-called ‘B
aloch Independence Movement’.
Published in Daily Times, February 18th 2018.
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