ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party of Bilawal Bhutto has decided to raise in the National Assembly the issue of unprecedented migration of people of different communities from the troubled southwestern Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.
Party legislators Nafisa Shah, Shahida Rehmani, Azra Fazal, Imran Leghari and Ejaz Jakhrani have submitted a call attention notice to the National Assembly Secretariat about the reported migration of over 300,000 people from Balochistan, party sources here say.
They said lack of response from the government over the serious matter was a cause for concern.
“We want to know why such a huge number of people have migrated from Balochistan and what steps are being taken by the government to deal with the situation,” Leghari said.
He agreed that people had begun to migrate from the province during the tenure of the PPP-led government, but said the problem grew worse in the last 18 months, adding that the PPP wanted to know about the government’s point of view on the crisis.
He said it was the general impression that people were leaving Balochistan because of the poor security situation there.
“If this is true then why the government does not hold negotiations with the elements involved in killing innocent people,” he said.
“If negotiations can be held with the Taliban then why not with Baloch separatists and tribal people,” he added.
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