Pakistan is terrified since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken up the cause of the Baloch people who are being oppressed by the Pakistan government and military, said Mehran Marri, the Baloch Representative at the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), to ANI today.

“Pakistan’s military and establishment is having chills running down their spine since PM Modi spoke about Balochistan+ . They have intensified military operations in many Baloch areas in recent weeks,” Marri said

The Baloch leader is referring to PM Modi stepping up the pressure on Pakistan since Independence Day, when he began to highlight human rights abuses in the beleaguered Pakistani province of Balochistan and in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK). He’s also talking about Pakistani forces last week launching fresh waves of military operations across Balochistan, even attacking and abducting civilians in the operations.