Ibrahim Saleh was shot dead by Pakistani security forces: eye witnesses

Thump: Ibrahim Saleh’s closest friend and eyes witness to his murder has said that Ibrahim Saleh was shot by the personal of Pakistani security forces. He said that there were eight men in the car altogether but six of them has came out of the car and shot his friend. He said he was also taken hostage for almost three hours and that he was forced to speak in a voice recorder that Ibrahim Saleh was killed in an old enmity. He said on refusal he was threaten to be killed as well. The murderers of Mr Saleh have warned the eye witness that if he speaks to anyone regarding this incident, he would be killed as well.

On the other hand Banok Khadija Baloch, widow of Ibrahim Saleh Baloch and a member of B.S.O.(Azaad)’s Tump zone has disclosed in a press release that her husband Ibrahim Saleh, was murdered by the Pakistani security forces. She alleged that six Pakistani security forces accompanied by two paid local informers have committed this horrendous murder.

She said that the eye witnesses of this murder are ready to testify in front of any international court, as they don’t expect justice from the Pakistani judiciary because the Pakistani judges take dictations from the same security forces who are responsible for Saleh’s murder. She, however, appealed the Human rights organizations, European Union and the United Nations to take notice of the target killings of Baloch people and take action against the state sponsored assassins of her husband.

Ibrahim Saleh was murdered on 29 June 2009. He was an active worker in Baloch movement for national liberation. His family has been suffering for the past many years. Saleh had also been abducted by intelligence agencies on Aug 8, 2004 from Karachi and his brother Gohram Saleh had been abducted on Nov 29, 2005 from Dasht area. During detention both were severely tortured and were finally released after two years.

His brother in law, Dr. Khalid Baloch had also been a victim of Pakistani forces last year. And his cousin, Abdul Wahid Qambar Baloch was abducted by the forces and he is still in the custody of the secret agencies.

Balochistan: A Baloch mother suffers from mental distress for her son

Quetta: The father of illegally abducted Fareed Baloch Mr. Amanullah Baloch went on a press conference and stated that Fareed’s mother is suffering from mental instability because of the uncertainty of her son's conditions and whereabouts.

Fareed Baloch, a student of Masters in Computer science Balochistan University, and an I.T. in charge of an N.G.O. named “Taraqi Foundation”, was abducted by the secret agencies of Pakistan from his office on 13 February 2009. There was no information regarding his whereabouts until recently released Shahzeb Baloch disclosed that he had seen Fareed in a torture cell where he was being severely tortured, both mentally and physically. According to Mr Baloch’s statement Fareed Baloch was suffering from mental illnesses due to the severe torture inflicted on him.

Amanullah Baloch, who also is physically disabled, in the press conference said that due to his son’s disappearance his whole family, especially himself and his wife [Fareed’s mother] are in a state of mental distress and that he couldn’t understand why his son [Fareed] was being tortured severely from last five months and he has not been produced in front of any court. He further added that “it seems as if the rope with which they want to hang my son is not fitting yet”.

He said he fears that to stop his son from asking for justice they [Pakistani agencies] would blast him in some car or kill him in a fake police encounter. He further disclosed that his son Fareed is already facing a certain lung disease and he and his family could not rest for a single moment with the fears they have about Fareed’s life and the condition in which he is held. He appealed National and International Media, Human Rights activists and thoughtful people to help him to get his son released from the captivity of the malicious armed forces of Pakistan.

Daughter of Baloch doctor plea for justice, protest in Khuzdar

Wadh: The Daughter of Dr Deen Mohammad Baloch has said that her father was abducted by the Pakistani intelligence agencies. She said that if her father has committed any crime then he should be produce to court and should be given a fair trial. Sammi Baloch said her father is a doctor and that her family has no enmity with anyone, which is why it is obvious the only people who have abducted her father would be the Pakistani security forces.

She said her father was abducted on the night of 28 June, 2009. The abductors were in plain clothes. She said her family has registered a case against the abduction of Dr Deen Mohammad Baloch but no progress has been made in this regard.

She appealed to the PM and president of Pakistan to use their influence for the release of her father. She also appealed to international human rights organisations to take notice of her father’s abduction. In the end she warned if her father was not surfaced and release she will commit suicide in front of the United Nations building.

Balochistan: protest against abduction and FC behaviour in Khuzdar

Khuzdar: activists of BSO (M) and BNP (M) have staged a protest demonstration in front of Khuzdar press club against the abduction of Changiz Baloch, Iqbal Baloch, Ataullah Baloch, Mushtaq Baloch, Kabeer Baloch, Manzoor Baloch and other missing Baloch people. They protesters were waving the flags of their own parties and chanting slogans against the FC and Pakistani government. They demanded the immediate release of missing person.

Meanwhile Rauf Mengal of BNP (M) strongly condemned the FC for torturing and abducting BNP members. He appealed to international human right organisation, the international Red Cross and other UN agencies to take notice of abductions in Balochistan.

News source: Daily Tawar

Mach Jail- Deputy Superintendent’s Barbaric torture on Baloch Prisoners

Quetta: According to Daily Tawar [Balochistan’s National newspaper] and the family members of a prisoner Mir Maluk Marri Baloch the Deputy Jail superintendent named Tariq Mehmood tortures the Baloch prisoners in Mach Jail on racial grounds, using all the possible ways of mental and physical torture. Above all he is not allowing the family members to visit the prisoners inside because he fears that his inhuman and illegal actions will be exposed if the prisoners tell the visitors of the critical conditions of themselves and the torture at the hands of the superintendent.

According to the family members of Maluk Baloch the last time they were allowed to visit Maluk Marri he complained about the Jail administration and their racial behaviour toward Baloch prisoners, The family members have said that Maluk was beaten in front of them and dragged away from them while he was explaining the conditions he is facing inside. The family members and Maluk Baloch were abused on racial basis and were threatened of dire consequences if they leaked out the "inside story".

It should also be taken in consideration that similar kind of behaviour of the Deputy Superintendent was also exposed by Baloch Republican Party previously, which said that Dr. Aaqil Bugti Baloch and his friends are facing severe torture in Mach Jail and the cause behind this is the prejudice the Jail officials have about the Baloch, they believe Baloch to be American and Indian agents trying to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, this kind of prejudices prevail throughout Pakistani Armed forces.

Mach Jail is an "official" place to keep the "Baloch" prisoners keeping aside the underground torture cells of Pakistan Army which cross the figure of 150 throughout Pakistan, and majority of the victims of these torture cells are Sons, Daughters, Children, and older people of Baloch Nation, being tortured for the core reason of being a Baloch and asking for the birth right of Independence.

All the political parties of Baloch working for the Independence of Balochistan and humanity recorded their consent for the torture victims around the world, particularly with the torture being carried out with Maluk and Aaqil Baloch in Mach Jail.

Baloch Students Organization (Azad) Mach zone in a press release stated that it seems hard to convince the human rights activists around the world that Baloch are human beings as well, they have rights as well but hope should always accompany every person working for humanitarian causes around the world and Baloch nation would not halt its freedom movement due to such tortures rather our believe in our cause gets stronger as we keep on hearing the barbarism of the occupiers of Balochistan.

News source: Daily Tawar
Translated by: www.sagaar.org

Sardar Akhtar Mengal elected BNP-M chief unopposed

QUETTA/ISLAMABAD: Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Habib Jalib advocate were elected unopposed on Sunday as the president and general secretary of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) respectively, party members said. Agha Hassan Baloch was elected information secretary.

According to the election results, Jahanzeb Jamaldini was elected senior vice president, Sajid Tareen vice president, Jahanzeb Baloch deputy general secretary, Akhtar Hussain Longov joint secretary, Abdul Razaq Longov labour and social secretary, Hammal Baloch finance secretary, Malik Naseer Shahwani secretary for fisheries and farmers while Jamila Baloch was elected the party’s women’s affairs secretary.

Mengal received messages of congratulations from both Balochistan Assembly opposition member Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

The PM, in his message, said Mengal’s election as president of the BNP-M was evidence of the trust the party had in him. Gilani hoped Mengal would prove an asset for the country and would help strengthen democratic norms and institutions.

Source: Daily Times Pakistan

Read also Dawn.com's version of the story:http://www.dawnnews.net/wps/wcm/conne ... ompromise+on+rights-za-15

Balochistan active volcano, Shujaat too suffers from foreign hand phobia

ISLAMABAD - Terming Balochistan an ‘active volcano’, PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Wednesday asked the government to raise the issue of Indian involvement in the province and Fata at the United Nations forum, as the government’s functionaries had time and again claimed of neighbouring country’s support to militants in the restive territories of Pakistan.

In an exclusive interview with TheNation, Ch Shujaat said that those who were fighting in Swat and Fata in the name of Taliban and Islam had nothing to do with the religion and were defaming its image across the globe. “They are all criminals who intend to destabilise the country on foreign nod and our party is supporting military operation there for the integrity of the country,” he added.

“But on the other hand, the issue of Balochistan is purely political and there is no option of using force to resolve the crisis,” he said, adding that the government would have to win the hearts of Baloch people to end persistent unrest there. He said the crisis of Balochistan could easily be resolved through negotiations ‘and first of all we should find reasons behind the turmoil and then address them without any procrastination’. He said if the government tried to deprive Baloch people of their rights and used force at any stage, his party would resist the move first of all.

He said anti-Pakistan forces were lending their whole-hearted support to miscreants and militants in Balochistan and Fata, adding a number of government functionaries had also admitted and alleged that there was involvement of external forces in these restive areas. “But the government has failed to plead the case at international forum. When India can approach to UN on Mumbai attacks, why Pakistan can’t plead the case of India’s support to miscreants in Balochistan and Fata there,” he questioned.

Shujaat said the people of Balochistan were crying for justice, adding the resources of any province should first be employed for the betterment and welfare of the people of that particular province. “When the dwellers of Wazirabad would be enjoying the facility of natural gas while the villages in Sui would remain deprived of the facility, the ultimate cry of pain will echo,” he added.

He said that there was no need of calling APC on Balochistan issue. “It is the problem confined in the boundaries of Balochistan and a man or party having representation or base in Gujranwala can’t understand it and give recommendations regarding its solution,” he observed. He said that the government should take Baloch leaders, tribes and masses on board and ask them about their grievances and resolve them on war footing. He said that many Baloch leaders were living in Dubai and London in forced exile and the government should announce amnesty for them and also take them on board for broad based solution of Balochistan crisis.

When asked what he had done to resolve Balochistan issue when PML-Q was in power, he said the committee headed by party’s Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed had played a pivotal role in finding the causes of the issue but, unfortunately, its recommendations could not be implemented in true letter and spirit. He said that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani too, in his recent visit to Quetta, had hailed the recommendations of PML-Q committee and had said that they should be implemented.

On the question about the hurdles in the way of implementing said committee’s recommendations, Shujaat said that according to establishment’s paradigm, it was strong Federation that was necessary for strong provinces ‘while my party thought and still thinks that the strong provinces make strong Federation.’ He said it was that kind of mindset that turned the committee’s work into a failure.

He said that the parliamentarians of Balochistan should be given special funds so that they could launch development schemes in their respective constituencies for redressing people’s sufferings at grassroots level. He said that there should be no political victimisation in the Balochistan.

On party elections, Shujaat said that he believed in free and fair party polls and like previous elections, this year, too, the polls would be conducted under an independent commission in which every one would have the right to contest. He said that PML-Q and PML-N could not establish proximity and coordination till the PML-N defined its position. “PML-N is boarding on two boats; it is the part of the government and also declares itself as Opposition,” he observed.

He said that terrorism was also a form of calamity while the incumbent government had virtually failed to get international support in terms of financial assistance. “During earthquake 2005, all the world came forward to help Pakistan and the assistance by international community was 200 per cent greater than what we are getting today,” he said, adding that it reflected diplomatic failure of sitting regime. Terming budget 2009-10 as anti-poor, he said that his party had done major contribution in Senate’s 91 recommendations regarding finance bill.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-new ... n-active-volcano-Shujaat/

Balochistan: Six decomposed bodies found in Dera Bugti

Quetta: Around one month old remains of four persons with bullet wounds found in district Dera Bugti on Tuesday. A local shepherd found the dead bodies from a rainy nallah in Dasht Goran, about 30 kilometers away from Dera Bugti. According to eye witnesses their hands were tied behind and they were shot from a short distance. The families of the deceased identified the bodies with their clothing. The victims have been identified as Khtoor Khan Bugti, Ismael Bugti, Jalal Din Bugti and Sardar Khan Bugti. Among the deceased Sardar Khan Bugti belonged to Jafarabad district Gohth Maiwa khan and the other three are said to be the local residents of Dera Bugti.

Source reported that another two bodies were found in Zain Koh area in Dera Bugti. The deceased have been identified as Jalav and Hussein Bux. According to source these men had been abducted from Dera Bugti 4 months ago.

The Dera Bugti police are in denial about any such incident and refused to register a case.

Faisal Bugti of BRP has phoned different news agencies and claimed these men had been abducted by Pakistani’s intelligence agencies around four months ago and had been missing ever since. He said that it is a brutal and mass murder of innocent Baloch. Mr Bugti said that the international silence over the killing of innocent Baloch people is surprising. He said that Pakistan is committing crimes against humanity and violating the international human rights laws, unfortunately the international human rights organisations are ignoring such atrocities.

News source: Daily Tawar and local news papers in Balochistan