Talking to angry people
July 9, 2021
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” – Winston Churchill It was in a speech during his recent visit to Gwadar that Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he was thinking of initiating a dialogue with such insurgents in Balochistan who had not been used by India for conducting subversive activities in Pakistan. In its meeting held a day later on July 6, the federal cabinet authorised the prime minister to go ahead with holding talks to bring the angry Baloch tribes into the mainstream of national polity.
This is not the first time that such an effort would be initiated by the government. There have been many attempts made earlier also, the most recent one being by Dr Abdul Malik when he was the chief minister of the province. Reportedly, some progress was made but, because of his replacement with Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri to head the government during the second half of the tenure, the talks remained i