WASHINGTON: A resolution moved by a group of US Congressmen calling for right to self-determination for the Baloch people has drivenPakistan to hysteria, with its leaders from the Prime Minister down questioning Washington's commitment to the country's sovereignty.
Following a Congressional hearing last week on the human rights situation in Balochistan, the Obama administration had assured Islamabadthat it is committed to the country's unity and integrity, but suspicion runs deep in Pakistan that Washington is intent on fingering the country on account of its covert support for terrorists.
Some hardline American analysts have suggested that the Washington help the Baloch break away from the federation so that American and Nato forces can have unfettered access to landlocked Afghanistan, given how Pakistan has been holding the US to ransom. More
