The federal government on Saturday ordered all state institutions that referred to militant groups operating in its disturbing Baluchistan province as “Fitna al Hindustan”accusing India of sponsoring a war of power through these insurgents.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior on Saturday, the measure derives from “the participation of some organizations and groups in terrorist activities in Baluchistan, which are harmful to Islamic faith, the sovereignty of Pakistan and its traditions custom.”
The notification also declared that the new designation is intended to reflect “the true nature and ideology” of these groups and their “disastrous designs” allegedly sponsored by India.
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“All government entities are aimed at starting the previous practice immediately,” said the notification, underlining a concerted effort to rethink the narrative around insurgent violence in the province.
The announcement occurred when Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused India of growing indirect aggression after what he described as his defeat in a recent security operation called “Marka-e-Haq”.
Going to India to intensify a power campaign of power in Pakistan, particularly in Baluchistan, said: “India, after suffering strategic setbacks, has resorted to indirect aggression.” “But Pakistan will frustrate all those nefarious designs and remain resolved against Fitna to Hindustan and his representatives.”
A day before, the head of the Army staff seafood, also Munir, had also approached the ongoing disturbances in Baluchistan, stating that the insurgent groups were not indigenous, but that they acted on behalf of foreign interests.
“These terrorists are not Baloch. They are interruption agents sponsored by India,” said the head of the Army, reiterating the armed forces position that separatist violence in the province is instigated externally.
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The government’s decision to adopt a new label for Baluchistan headquarters reflects a similar movement last year, when the Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was officially designated “Fitna al-Khawarij”.
At that time, the Ministry of Interior said that the term “Khariji” was chosen to expose what it described as the misrepresentation of Islam of the TTP.
