Islamabad, Mar 13 (UNI) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on Thursday rejected the Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) claim that it has successfully ended the hostage standoff aboard the hijacked Jaffar Express.
The ground reality is that the battle continues on multiple fronts and the enemy is suffering heavy casualties and military losses. Occupying Army has neither achieved victory on the battlefield nor managed to save its hostage personnel.
The individuals whom the Pakistani state and its propaganda machinery claim to have "recovered" were in fact released by the Baloch Liberation Army itself under its war ethics and international norms.
On the contrary Pakistani army continues to conceal its defeat through propaganda while abandoning its personnel as hostages.
Currently, the battle is ongoing with intensity and freedom fighters are forcing the enemy to retreat on all fronts. Defeated army after failing in ground battles has started targeting the local Baloch population in an attempt to take revenge for its military helplessness by attacking unarmed civilians.
Baloch Liberation Army had given Pakistani state an opportunity to show seriousness regarding the issue of prisoners of war and take steps towards a prisoner exchange. However, instead of saving the lives of its own soldiers, the occupying army remains fixated on war. Now that the state has abandoned its hostages to die it will also bear responsibility for their deaths.
BLA challenges Pakistan to accept the reality on the ground. If occupying army truly claims victory, then it should allow independent journalists and impartial sources access to the war-torn areas so that the world can witness the real losses suffered by the Pakistani army.
This battle has now gone beyond the control of Pakistani state. In every confrontation the enemy's defeat is inevitable and BLA is fighting with full force to bring this war to a logical conclusion on its own terms, Jeeyand Baloch, spokesperson for the Baloch Liberation Army.
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