‘Foreign militants entering Balochistan via Pak-Afghan border’

* ‘Major chunk of Indian aid to Afghanistan being used to support anti-Pakistan quarters’

By Tahir Niaz

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani intelligence agencies have gathered credible information on the influx of foreign militants and sophisticated weapons into Pashtun areas of Balochistan – with some also headed to Karachi – via the Pak-Afghan border, sources told Daily Times on Thursday.

The sources claimed that the weapons were being supplied to Balochistan’s Chaman, Pishin and Qila Abdullah districts for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), by ‘anti-Balochistan and anti-Pakistan quarters’.

They said Pakistani agencies had seized at least 726 missiles in addition to other weapons over the last few days. The Pakistani authorities have also secretly conveyed to organisations supporting anti-Pakistan quarters to cease their activities or face action. The sources said the authorities wanted to settle the matter without bringing it into the limelight.

Indian aid to Afghanistan: With 334 land routes leading into Pakistan from Afghanistan along the 2,560-kilometre border, the sources believe that a major portion of the $125 million recently given to Afghanistan by India was being used to support anti-Pakistan quarters in parts of Balochistan. The sources believe the hub of Pakistan’s business, Karachi, is also among the targets.

They said the federal government had made plans to check the insurgency in Balochistan, and orders on the situation had already been given to the provincial government and intelligence and law-enforcement agencies.

Meanwhile, intelligence agencies have also collected credible evidence against hardcore Baloch leaders, and they would soon be produced in courts of law.