US personalities appeal to Pakistan government to improve relations with India
Washington. A group of pro-democracy intellectuals, politicians, journalists and human rights activists in the US have urged the newly-appointed government of Pakistan to play a constructive role in ending ethnic and religious conflicts and try to build better relations with India and other neighboring countries. The speakers said this at an online program organized by ‘South Asians Against Terrorism and for Human Rights’ (SAATH). He said the government formed after former Prime Minister Imran Khan ousted from power should hold immediate dialogue with the people of the restive Balochistan province to find a way to end the violence.
According to a statement issued in the media, the people present in the program said that relations with neighboring countries, especially with India and Afghanistan, should be improved. Hussain Haqqani, co-founder of SATH and former Ambassador of Pakistan to the US, said that Pakistan cannot come out of the current crisis without militarization of politics and ending the use of religion for political reasons. Haqqani said, “Pakistan’s entire attention should be focused on the prosperity of its people and not on any useless ideology.” can. Former MP Farhatullah Babar expressed concern over reports of “split” within the security establishment.
He is also the General Secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party. Babar said, “When a group acquires too much power, conflict starts within itself.” “That is what brought Imran Khan to power.” Baloch activist Kia Baloch and Zain Shah of Sindh United Party emphasized the need to end military operations targeting Baloch and Sindhi nationalists.
