On April 9th, 1993, when sectarian strife was at its peak, a conference of all political, religious andnationalist parties of Balawaristan was organized by the BNF. Hardliners belonging to both the Shi'a and theSunni communities both sects were also attending the conference, and so the local administration was requestedfor security. The police present was near the conference venue usually, but was deliberately withdrawn whilethe conference was going on. The intention of the occupying forces was quite clear. They wanted to see themurder of rival groups, but fortunately nothing untoward happened. The conference concluded peacefully,demanding political, democratic and human rights for our people and the withdrawal of the Pakistaniadministration. The participants unanimously expressed their anguish against the Pakistani occupation.