Pakistan points to external intervention in Balochistan

Pakistan points to external intervention in Balochistan
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Summary Pakistan has alleged there is an evidence of foreign intervention in Balochistan.

The spokesperson of Foreign Office Abdul Basit, while talking to the media in weekly briefing, ahs made this observation.He said Pakistan has raised its concerns with the US regarding a resolution on Balochistan in the Congress. He said he did not know whether Interpol had been contacted for the arrest of Musharraf Pervez. Earlier, Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the burning of Holy Quran at a US airbase in Afghanistan, saying it was important that utterly irresponsible and reprehensible things do not recur.On behalf of the government and the people of Pakistan, we condemn in strongest possible terms the desecration of Holy Quran in Afghanistan, foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit told a press briefing in Islamabad.It is absolutely important that such utterly irresponsible and reprehensible things do not recur, he added.US President Barack Obama was Thursday forced to apologise for the incident, which the Afghan presidency blamed on a US officer at the main US-run airbase of Bagram in Afghanistan.At least 14 people, including two American soldiers, have been killed in three days of furious anti-US protests in Afghanistan over the burning.Pakistans own relationship with the United States drastically deteriorated last year over the covert American raid that killed Osama bin Laden and US air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghan border.
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