Many other leaders from Balochistan may also follow suit.
Geneva : Exiled Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti, who is leading the Baloch movement against Pakistan, said that he will apply for asylum in India this week and many other leaders from Balochistan may follow suit.
The leader of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) also said his party will approach the International Criminal Court against former and current Pakistani Army Generals including Pervez Musharraf, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Raheel Sharif besides top brass of ISI for the atrocities on people of Balochistan.
Giving details of decisions taken at BRP’s Central Committee meeting on Monday, Bugti said the party will seek help of India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to file a case against China at the International Court of Justice as Beijing was “involved” along with Pakistan in unleashing violence on Baloch people.
Bugti, the grandson of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti who was killed by Pakistan forces 10 years ago, said he will file the asylum application to the Indian government through the country’s embassy here within next 3-4 days.
“We have decided to formally file asylum papers to Indian Government soon. We will follow the legal process for the application,” Bugti told reporters here. He is currently living in exile in Switzerland.
The BRP leader appealed to India to come out with a policy initiative so that people facing “atrocities” in Balochistan can come and feel secure in India. He said many more Baloch leaders may seek asylum in India and added “we will see who all will need asylum (in India)”.
He said the Central Committee of BRP has decided to file cases at the International Criminal Court against all retired and serving Pakistani generals who were involved in human rights violation in Balochistan in the last 12 years.
“BRP chapters in London, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland will file individual cases against all former and current Pakistani army generals and ISI brass involved human rights violations against our people,” he said. He said cases will be filed against former army chiefs Musharraf, Kayani and current chief Sharif.
He said India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have been victim of terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil and help of these three countries will be sought in approaching International Court of Justice against China.
Last month, Bugti had praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising the issue of the situation in Balochistan in his Independence Day speech. Bugti had gone into exile in Afghanistan after the death of Akbar Bugti in 2006. The Pakistani government had pressured Afgha-nistan to extradite him following which Bugti shifted to Switzerland in 2010. He had reportedly survived multiple attempts on his life in Afghanistan.
