Strikes give us 'hope', claim Baloch leaders

Baloch nationalist leaders and activists across the world on Thursday welcomed the cross-border surgical strikes by India across the Line of Control and urged continuation of such operations. "It's a great day which gives up hope. This should have been done long back... we welcome this audacious move by India. Pakistan is a haven for terrorists and has now become a cancer; and unless it's not curbed the world would continue to suffer," Sher Mohammad Bugti, spokesperson of Baloch Republican Party (BRP), told IANS over phone from Geneva.

Baloch nationalists, who are holding demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy in London against the human rights situation and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), called the strike "a right move".

"It's a right move. The whole world knows that Pakistan was behind the Uri attack, India had all the reasons to hit back. It's very important to strike those who disturb the peace," said Faiz Mohammad Baloch from Free Balochistan Movement in London.

Baloch nationalists, who held a protest in Delhi outside the Pakistan High Commission on Thursday, said India should continue such strikes till the terrorists are eliminated. "We are very happy. We wish that such strikes happen at Rawalpindi as well where the real terrorists are. We will be pleased if India takes such action in Balochistan for the defence of the people who are struggling for the freedom of the province there," Mazdak Dilshad Baloch, a Balochistan nationalist who is campaigning in India, told IANS.