QUETTA, May 17: Chief of Jamhoori Watan Party Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that educated Baloch youths have offered to join the struggle for protecting the Baloch coast, resources and identity.

In a statement issued here he said: “These young volunteers are well educated and none of them is affiliated to any nationalist party or student organisation.

“They are common Baloch youths and they have decided to play their role in the struggle.”

Mr Bugti praised their spirit, courage and enthusiasm and said that it was a good sign and said he hoped that other young Baloch people would also come forward to join the movement.

He said that the Baloch people should use their “national, legal, constitutional and moral rights to defend the people of Balochistan against a war imposed on them by the government.”