Lahore, May 28(ANI): India and the United States are bent upon splitting Pakistan's Balochistan province, a retired Pakistan Army official has said.
Brigadier (retired) Nadir Mir, who has written 'Gwadar on the Global Chessboard', a comprehensive study of the Port, claims to be 'the architect' of the project.
He said that American and Indian interests in Gwadar coincide hugely, and both are bent upon splitting Balochistan in order to materialise their nefarious designs of truncating Pakistan and Iran, and denying Chinese access to the Gwadar Port, The Nation reports.
"India has been planning and systematically building asymmetrical resistance in Balochistan, having identified it as Pakistan's Achilles' heel. For this, India has been using West Asia, safe house and consulates in Afghanistan," Mir said.
About Indian interests in Balochistan, Mir was of the view that the Indian aim of destabilising Balochistan was manifold, including quid pro quo for Pakistan's alleged interference in the Kashmir region.
"Despite all drama of confidence building measures and dialogue, India sees Pakistan as zero-sum game... Our any strength is in disadvantage of India," he stated, adding that American and Indian stakes coincide tremendously in Gwadar.
Referring to Selig S. Harrison's article 'The Chinese Cozy Up to the Pakistanis', Mir said that the US has been recommended to work for independence of Balochistan.
"Think tanks and lobbies in the west, which if not for any other reason, blackmail Pakistan and talk about splitting Balochistan. Even in the neocon era of Bush Junior, new Middle East map had been shown independent Balochistan truncating Pakistan and Iran, while blocking the Chinese access to Gwadar," he added. (ANI)
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