BNF chief criticises Shah for inviting Shoaib-Sania for honeymoon

BRUSSELS - Balawaristan National Front (BNF) Chairman Abdul Hamid Khan has criticized puppet Balochistan Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah’s offer to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and his Indian wife Sania Mirza to spend their honeymoon in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Khan lashed out at Shah and said that in order to please his Pakistani masters, the chief minister was even ready to sacrifice the cultural traditions, honor and sanctity of the motherland.

He said the invitation to the newly wed couple from Pakistan to spend their honeymoon in the region is complete disregards to the sentiments of the local people.

“Under these circumstances, the silence of the indigenous people of the area is also deplorable,” added Khan.

In a statement issued to the media from Brussels, the BNF chief said had Mehdi Shah been the true son of the soil he would have at least respected the traditions, culture, sanctity and self-respect of the two million people of the region.

“The assets of the people of the region should be spent on their well-being and betterment instead of being wasted on the luxuries of others,” he added.

“Mehdi Shah had no courage to raise any voice when the innocent and unarmed residents of the Diamer district were being brutally killed and maimed for protesting against the construction of the illegal dam on their soil,” said Khan.

“Neither had he the guts to speak for the rights of the bereaved families or the affected people of the illegal dam,” he added.

The BNF chief further said had the puppet chief minister invited foreigners to the region to enjoy their life on his own expenses, the people of the region might not have raised any objection.

“But spending the meager funds of the oppressed people whose all rights have so far been denied on the luxuries of foreigners is an insult to the people and should be condemned,” he claimed, adding that it shows how honest the dummy chief minister is and how he cares for the development of the region and betterment of the poor masses.

“The chief minister should have extended a helping hand to the bereaved families of the Martyrs, disable and injured heroes of Kargil war, or established some funds for the assistance of poor students of the region,” said Khan.

The BNF chief pointed out that the educational institutions have been closed due to paucity of funds in the region; while many development projects have also been put into the cold storage as the rulers have stopped releasing funds for them.

“Despite being gifted by nature with abundance of natural resources, the region is deprived of electricity while over two thousand leases of mineral resources including gold and uranium etc have been given to Pakistani and other foreign nationals,” said Khan.

“By bribing the elected representatives the two million, the people of the region are being kept deprived of their basic rights,” he added.

The BNF chief asked the so-called legislative assembly to dare to legislate at least a couple of laws for the overall welfare of the nation by getting rid of the 61-point package lies of the house.

He also asked the assembly to take over the income being generated from the Sost Dry Port (import export) and spend it on the betterment of the region.

“Secondly, all land allotments to Pakistani and other national since 1971 should be cancelled and action taken against those who violated the Sate Subject Rule,” he added.

The BNF chief also demanded that local government employees should be posted in the region and Pakistani national should be sent back to their respective home.

“Capital punishment and life imprisonment should be abolished till setting up of supreme and high courts in the region,” said Khan, adding that the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly should not act like a rubber stamp in the hands of Pakistani Government and its military regime. By Cynthia Chandran (ANI)