September 11, 2006	Monday	Sha'aban 17, 1427

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ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party on Sunday said the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti had further increased the sense of deprivation among smaller provinces and would have severe repercussions for the unity of the federation.

Speaking at a meeting of the party here, president Afzal Khamosh said those powers who killed the veteran Baloch political leader, in fact, wanted to break the country and repeat the 1971- like situation.

The meeting also dissolved its committee in the Punjab and selected a five-member organising committee consisting of Allah Bakhsh Baloch, Rao Abdus Sattar, Sabir Ali Haider, Mirza Izzat Baig and Azhar Dholan.

Mr Khamosh said the extra-judicial killing of Akbar Bugti and the ongoing military operation in Balochistan had lit a fire that could take any form anytime and engulf the whole country.

He said the feudal and corporate sector of the country along with the agents of capitalism had created an insecure environment for the people by trying to solve political problems through bullets.

He said a judicial inquiry was the best solution to judge whether the government’s allegations against Akbar Bugti carried any weight. Police and military are not supposed to kill people whenever they wished and label them as anti-Pakistan.

He said the federation could only become stronger if the provinces were given their due rights and their sense of deprivation was redressed.

He said the people of Pakistan would never allow the rulers to further divide the country and pitch the people of one province against the other to serve their vested interests.

He said by drawing the attention of the masses towards Balochistan and Waziristan, the military rulers wanted to hide the failure of their economic policies which had pushed more and more people below the poverty line over the last few years.

He said the masses were more concerned with the rising prices of daily-use items and the socio-economic inequalities. He said poverty was the main problem of Pakistan and the rulers were well aware of it but never tried to address the issue. He said the best solution to the socio-economic ills of the country was the introduction of a system that could abolish the growing gulf between the rich and the poor and ensure equitable distribution of national wealth. This could be made possible by ensuring stronger political institutions and giving a true representation to the masses in the policy making.