Strasbourg: April 18, 2016. (PCP) During a debate in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 14th April 2016, titled “Human Rights Situation in Pakistan: In Particular the attack in Lahore”, Mr. Alberto Cirio raised the issue of killing of minorities, specifically Christians and Baluchis in Pakistan. Subsequently, in a private interview, Mr. Cirio mentioned that Pakistan has been the biggest sponsor of international terrorism, evident from the manner in which Osama Bin Laden had been supported and sheltered by the Pakistan Army and ISI, adjacent to an important Pakistan Army establishment. Adding that though the world community was well aware of this harsh reality, it failed to call the Pakistani bluff of seeking financial support from the West to fight the very terrorists that it nurtures and supports. He called on the international community to stand united against this Pakistani blackmail, before it acquired a more sinister edge, with Pakistan supplying tactical nuclear weapons that it is rapidly developing, to its favored terrorist groups to target Europe. He also exhorted the European Union to stand united in fighting terrorism, and stopping states like Pakistan from practicing terrorist and nuclear blackmail. Meanwhile, European Parliament’s EPP Group organized a seminar on ‘Coordination between Israel and other countries in the fight against global terrorism’. Mr. Hamal Haider Baluch, international spokesperson of the Baluch National Movement was the keynote speaker in this seminar. Fifty Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) attended the event. Mr. Baluch spoke about how Pakistan has been supporting global terrorism, and countries like China have been backing Pakistan’s illegitimate activities. He emphasized that one of the major concerns that need to be urgently addressed by the international community is the rampant killing by the Pakistani Army and ISI, of innocent Baloch including women and children. He explained that this was being done in order to remove any obstacles in the way of China’s economic expansion in Pakistan, particularly to enable creation of the “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor”. However, he said, this had created a genocide-like situation for the people of Baluchistan, and had also fuelled resentment amongst the Baluch people against China. He added that China has been occupying the lands of Baluch people with the help of Pakistani government by paying huge bribes to bureaucrats, senior government officials and politicians. This illicit wealth is stashed away in foreign bank accounts by these corrupt Pakistanis. MEP Fulvio Martusciello thanked the speaker and emphasized that the European Parliament supports and stands with the Baluch people. He opined that it is the responsibility of the Pakistani Government to safeguard the rights of Baluch nationals and bring to a halt the relentless killings of innocent persons, including women and children. He assured him that he would raise, with the President of the European Parliament, this serious issue of ‘kill and dump’ policy of the Pakistan government and ‘genocide of Baluch nationals in the state of Pakistan’.