WASHINGTON: Tara Chand, chief of Baloch American Congress, on Thursday stated that instead of banning the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), US President Donald Trump should have slapped severe sanctions on the Pakistani Army, which he described as the world's number one terrorist army.
The remarks came after the US recently designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its front organisation, The Majeed Brigade (TMB), as foreign terrorist organisations (FTO).
Taking to X, Chand posted, "Instead of targeting and banning the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the Trump administration should have imposed tough sanctions on the Pakistani army, the world's number one terrorist army. This is the same army that sheltered Osama bin Laden for a decade and has long been the breeding ground for global terrorism."
Calling Pakistan a terrorist state, Chand, also a former Cabinet Minister in the Government of Balochistan, asserted that the rogue country is "run by terrorists, and its army has created and supported countless extremist organisations that threaten world peace."
For decades, the US-based Baloch leader said that Pakistan has unleashed a "campaign of terror, torture, and oppression" against the people in Balochistan.
He urged the US to open its eyes, stand with the oppressed, and hold the Pakistani Army accountable.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Chand slammed Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for making nuclear threats, calling him a "fake Field Marshal" and an "enemy" of humanity.
This followed after Munir, during his US visit over the weekend, warned that Pakistan will never allow India to choke the Indus River and will defend its water rights at all costs, even if the forces will have to destroy any dam that India seeks to build on it.