Arms supply to Baloch sardars: Pakistan to take up issue with India and Afghanistan

06 Sep, 2006

Minister of State for Information Senator Tariq Azeem has said that Pakistan will take up the issue of arms supply to Akbar Bugti and other Baloch tribal chieftains with India and Afghanistan at an appropriate time.
In an interview, he said Bugti was not himself manufacturing arms like rocket launchers and other sophisticated weapons recovered from the cave. These arms were coming from other countries, he added.
"One is India having eight or nine consulates and an embassy in Afghanistan, despite presence of meagre number of Indian nationals there, which justify such a huge presence," he told British Radio.
He accused Bugti and Sardar Khair Bakhsh Marri of receiving help from neighbouring countries to carryout subversive activities in Balochistan.

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