New Delhi: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have sent a letter to US President Donald Trump requesting his intervention in the deteriorating situation in Baluchistan ahead of Pakistan PM's visit to the White House on Monday.Sixteen, cross-party, pan European MEPs signed the letter during last week’s European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, France. Indeed, they supported the US Army in Afghanistan in the fight against terrorism.”The EU Parliamentarians while acknowledging that there have been reports of Baluch organisations fighting against the Pakistani government to protect their lands, their assets and their families, these cases were found to have been provoked by the Pakistani government.The MEPs urged that the people of Baluchistan should not be labelled as terrorists. “The Baluch people believe they must fight to preserve their cultural identity, while striving for institutionalised legitimacy and recognition of their existence. Forced disappearances also include children, women, and the elderly. The Pakistani government have yet to honour any the judgment from its own courts ordering DNA analysis of “beyond recognition bodies”.

Source: Economic Times July 21, 2019 16:30 UTC