US bill on Balochistan irks Pakistan

US Republican Representative Dana Rohrabacher and two fellow Republicans introduced the bill in the House of Representatives on Friday, stating that the people of Balochistan should have the “right to self-determination.”

Balochi people should “have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country, and they should be afforded the opportunity to choose their own status.”

Pakistani officials condemned Rohrabacher’s motion, accusing Washington of meddling in Pakistan’s internal affairs.

“This is a self-serving attempt on the part of those who are driven by arrogance and ignorance. The bill shows utter disrespect for international norms and practices,” Pakistani Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abdul Basit said in a statement.

Rohrabacher has been a longtime critic of Pakistan’s government, seeking unsuccessfully to cut off aid to the Asian country after US forces allegedly found and killed Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil.

Rocky relations between Islamabad and Washington furthered deteriorated in November when NATO airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border.

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