Friday, July 31, 2009

Sharm el Shaikh meeting; echo sound of a file full of allegations but lacks evidence..!


Adversity never appears alone; any step taken in presence of this 'virus' may cause only harm. Pakistan's current situation about Baloch issue is exactly the same as the above example. It apologizes, people ask them the guarantee of not repeating those redundancy. Lacking answer to these questions they start to lush and talk about hitting the Baloch, people ask them severely; till when this hitting be continued? Beginning of this can be digested which was started by hypocrisies of rulers but what will be the end if this 'Hit' continue till last remaining Baloch speaking of freedom and what if this really happens and the census of freedom seekers turn out to be in a huge number rejecting the numbers shown in government claim, so till when this chain of killings continue? Talks with who? Lacking answers to such sensitive questions they therefore tell stories of nowhere and waste time. Outcome of this in today's current situation is in front of all. Regardless of being a nuclear power, Pakistan is in Top 10 list of fail states in the world accompanied by Somalia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Chad, Republic of Congo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Pakistan is among these with the most glory, Now what could a country of this value make the world fulfill any of its commitments? Conjecturing this fact is not difficult because all the matters in this world are solved by bilateral interests and the fact of showing seriousness in past incidents of serious matters, but Pakistan's adversity, Pakistan is not authentic in any matter all over the world. Regardless being a nuclear power it is dependant for wheat, its non satisfactory past, present and future are the reason of bringing up unsafe political and economical crisis in the entire world making it the cause of its gitter.
The pressure of this external gitter has brought very trouble for the rulers and above this its internal anarchy are additional, making the rulers nearly paralyzed. This is the reason they are repeatedly making mistakes. Whereas pro-liberation Balochs are seemed to be very hopeful and satisfied in every way.
In similar state of worries and anxiousness, Pakistan's PM Yusuf Raza Gilani handed over the file of complaints against Baloch to Indian PM Manmohan Singh. Many of Pakistani journalists and pro-government intellectuals quoted this as a great success for their country but reality is way opposite of this, as they say 'God is with them who have no one' similarly the tricks of lively are turning against it and are getting in favor of Baloch.
1. Mentioning the topic of Baloch national struggle in Sharm el Shaikh, Yusuf Raza Gilani has accepted the existence of BLA, BRA, BLF and other Baloch resistance movements. Whereas Gilani himself along with other government officials has kept on saying that there is no freedom struggle in Balochistan nor any Baloch resistance movement ever existed. Following Islamabad, Governor of Balochistan recently issued a similar statement.
2. Second point which is a plus point for Baloch national struggle is that the world has got the opportunity to take interest and regular debate about Baloch case. The matter which was just on whisper stage so far, now has become so important that it has become Pakistan's problem number one.
3. Third benefit, people abroad who were confused about Baloch case, now that this case has gained solid gravity that it can become the reason of any change in this region effecting Pakistan's geography. Now Pakistan's confession has forced those people to revise their thoughts and doubts about Baloch and now their doubts will turn into beliefs that Baloch is ready as a nation which can play a great role in any change in this region.
4. Fourth benefit, internally in Balochistan people who had doubt on this movement (pro-parliament Baloch political parties are also included) and in other parts of Pakistan the period of surface interests opinion about Balochistan which was increasing or the period of calling this issue as a surface issue and the issue of Tribal heads has ended. Now this debate will reveal government propagandas and the real emerging face of Baloch national struggle will appear.
5. Fifth benefit, answering the references and allegations of Pakistan about this issue, super powers and international organizations will quest and research more and more about this issue and will hear Baloch nation's own point of view. In such situation when arguments or proofs from both sides come forward then it's all benefit of Baloch.
Pakistani rulers handing over Balochistan's complaint based file to India has started the beginning of this. Outwardly, the file given to Manmohan Singh is based on the allegations which were repeatedly heard from government officials stating foreign interference in Balochistan. In this situation when Pakistan states Baloch freedom fighters as its enemy, blames them receiving help from other countries especially India and these allegations have been coming forward since the beginning of this war, so why Pakistan did not feel in 4 to 5 years the need to conclude any concrete proof in this file? This shows clearly that without false allegations it does not have any non reject able proof.
Such allegations are shown very bravely by Pakistani officials in Balochistan governor house or chief minister house where a very few people got the guts of asking the truth and asking any proof or a fewer people want to know more about the issue. Therefore when Awais Ghani, former governor of Balochistan, claims that weapons of billions of rupees were smuggled from Afghanistan to Balochistan but thinking everyone except him is a fool he doesn’t feel to give any source or proof. Similarly from past times till today talks of interference of India, Russia, US, Israel and Afghanistan were continuously brought forward but it (Pakistan) could not bring up even a single proof successfully. It means that the intelligence agencies according to Lashkari Raisani, a ruling party senator, provide false and baseless information to higher authorities which are made base in Islamabad to make policies and act upon them.
Interpreters from governor to central and provincial houses said that Martyred Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was in Afghanistan, India and other places but everyone witnessed the reality on the beginning of 23rd Augusts' ground field which ended after Nawab Bugti's and his colleague's martyrdom on 26th august 2006. Present Federal Interior Minister quoted in front of the world media that John Solecki was held in Kabul near Hamid Karzai's palace but later on John Solecki was found in Mastung area near Quetta. In this lineage he twice accused Brahmdagh Bugti, grandson of Martyr Nawab Akbar Bugti, of kidnapping Mr. Solecki, then four times he changed his statement saying Brahmdagh Bugti was not involved in this abduction, but later on in parliament's in-camera session he said that John Solecki was abducted on Brahmdagh's advice and John Solecki was with Brahmdagh's accompanies. In evidence he showed that Brahmdagh quoting John Solecki as code name of 'the red goat' in a conversation.
In the light of the history of confirming past allegations of Pakistan it can be easily said that Pakistan won't be able to prove any allegations on Balochistan matter, in fact it would see the reaction of this when the whole world will take real interest in this matter and revise the history of allying Pakistan following its redundancy including the killings and genocide Pakistan has committed. The entire world will listen to the stories of Pakistani ruler's military operations and after that apologizing for the operations and again after that repeating the military operations. The division of Baloch nation in pieces by the British, Baloch's own homeland where it was in majority once now has converted into minority and a third and fourth class citizen, and such other realities will be heard by the world. The world will realize Baloch's identity and its thousands of years old history in danger. Then, Pakistani ruler's will get the point that the file which they handed over to India in order to blackmail India so that it stops persisting on action against Hafiz Saeed and other responsible of Mumbai attacks, but here the issue turned opposite to this. Pakistan will have to give Hafiz Saeed and a lot more because it itself invited the world to debate on this issue.
In such, the thing important for Baloch nation is that its leadership can take a great benefit from this opportunity or it may lose this golden chance due to its drowsy carelessness.

By Hafeez H.A.
Source www.dailytawar.com

Holbrooke rubbishes Pak’s Baloch allegations


NEW DELHI: In the first rebuff to Pakistan’s efforts to internationalise the issue of India’s alleged interference in Balochistan post Sharm-El-Sheikh, US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke revealed that Pakistani leaders had brought up the issue but said they failed to give credible evidence to back the claim.

Mr Holbrooke had visited Pakistan last week just as the Pakistani propaganda machinery had started increasing the noise on Balochistan. “I would be misleading, if I said it didn’t come up,” Mr Holbrooke said according to reports. When asked a question on whether Pakistan had provided any “credible evidence of India’s involvement in Balochistan”, he responded in the negative. “The narrow answer to your question is no,” he said.

But Pakistan, which has shown persistence in accusing India on this issue, is unlikely to be thwarted by such statements. Anyways, Islamabad has vowed to reveal information of India’s alleged role in Balochistan soon.

Though this is the first time Pakistan has brought up the Balochistan issue after the Indo-Pak joint statement, similar attempts have been made to stick the insurgency problems in the region on India. In fact, in 2006 Pakistan had given information of India’s alleged involvement in Balochistan to the US, UK and other countries. Even at that time, no country had taken the Pakistani allegations seriously. But that had not deterred Islamabad from continuously flagging the issue in the international arena.

This time round Pakistan has clearly been emboldened by the Indo-Pak joint statement, where the Indian side relented and allowed a reference to Balochistan to be included in the joint statement. This has provided impetus to Pakistan which has been trying to grab the international community’s attention and capitalise on the Balochistan reference in the joint statement.

But the Indian side is expected to get a clearer picture of Pakistan-related issues when Mr Holbrooke visits New Delhi mid-August. “I am going to go back in mid-August. Within the limits of Indian Independence Day, they all are looking forward to my coming,” Mr Holbrooke said. The special envoy was expected in India last week but that trip was postponed.

He further maintained that there was no difference with India on the issue of Pakistan and Afghanistan. “You know, India was the first country in the world I was ever aware of. I have a very special feeling for it. And if there’s a rift, you have to ask the Indians. I didn’t see any rift,” the US envoy said.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/N ... s/articleshow/4839919.cms

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Balochistan: BNF women members protet against abductions of Baloch Youth



Quetta: (July 29, 2009) Balochistan national newspapers reported that Pakistani secret agencies and police have been continually involved in the kidnapping and arrest of innocent Baloch civilains. These act of state (Pakistan) are against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

According to the different Balochistan newspaper news such as Daily Intekhab, Daily Tawar and Daily Asaap (Balochistan’s National newspapers) they reported that Baloch National Front women’s members held a demonstration in front of Quetta press club. Their demonstration was against the arrest and kidnapping of Baloch in the hands of Pakistani secret agencies (MI, ISI), FC (frontier corps) and the police.

Speaking At the demonstration Dorr Jan Baloch stated that during recent Pakistani FC and secret agencies’ raids in Baloch houses, innocent Baloch children and families were assaulted. Several young men have been arrested and taken to unknown locations. An old Baloch mother asked the Pakistani forces for the sake of the holy Quran not to arrest her family, instead of such simple requests she was severely wounded. Dorr Jan stressed in her speech that the United Nation and the world Human Rights Organizations should take notice of such injustices against the Baloch which the state (Pakistani forces) are not respecting Baloch family privacy nor their culture. They keep on forcefully arresting and kidnapping the Baloch men, women and children.

Daily Assap newspaper from Quetta reported from the city of Khuzdar that all government and private hospital doctors on behalf of the Pakistan Medical Association Action Committee have boycotted from work. According to the doctors they have been getting enormous support from all walks of life. The doctors’ protest is against the abductions of their colleague Dr. Din Mohammed Baloch who has been abducted by Pakistani secret agencies on 29-06-2009 from Ornarch Hospital. Since his abduction his colleague doctors have been protesting and appealing to the higher authorities of his immediate and safe release. http://www.balochwarna.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1986

According to Daily Assap from University of Balochistan (Geology Department) students have been appealing to the Chief Minister of Balochistan to save their fellow student Sami Baloch. Their main concern is the brutal torture that he may suffer at the hands of Pakistani agencies, he may become mentally disabled and his education rights are taken away from him by such disgusting acts of the state authorities. So, the present Baloch generation education rights will be striped of and they will be deprived from being educated.

Daily Assap, another report stated that the spokesperson of the Balochistan National Movement Shall (Quetta) zone said that the Pakistani forces at the catchments area of Quetta; such as Keli Qambrani, Saryab Road, Samangli Road, Ismail Shabo, Sabzal Road, have arrested many innocent unarmed Baloch civilians. Spokesperson further stated that a Baloch mother requested the Pakistani forces that for the sake of holy Quran don’t arrest her family but the ruthless Pakistani forces (FC) grabbed her by hair and dragged her to their vehicle. They (FC) also disrespected the holy Quran by throwing it away. Despite the plea five sons of the Baloch mother have been arrested and taken to an unknown location for interrogation and most likely torture.

News source: Balochistan National news papers
Translated by : Balochhomeland.com

Picture by Daily Tawar.com

Balochistan: Attack on Pakistani security forces inured two officials


Quetta: Unknown militants hurled a hand grenade on FC patrolling team. As a result two officials of FC were injured and the vehicle was heavily damaged.

After the attack the FC (Frontier Corps) open fire and started to chase the attackers. The attackers retaliated and the firing between both parties continued for unspecified period. Two by passers were injured and woman killed in cross firing.

Independent sources said that civilian by passers were injured and a woman killed due to FC’s firing but Major Owaise of FC however blames the unknown attackers for the woman’s death and injuring two others.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Dam breach renders 15,000 homeless in Balochistan

QUETTA: At least 15,000 people were rendered homeless after torrential rain caused a breach in the under-construction Damani dam in the Barkhan district on Wednesday night.

More than a dozen villages in the district are reported to have been submerged by the water gushing out of the reservoir. According to reports reaching here, over 1,200 hectares of agricultural land has been inundated.

The dam is located around 17km from Barkhan. ‘The government has shifted the affected people to safe places and lunched a relief operation,’ Barkhan’s District Nazim Habibullah Khetran told Dawn.

There was no casualty because people began moving out of their villages when the reservoir started overflowing, he added.

Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani has asked the provincial disaster management authority to step up efforts to provide relief goods to the affected people.

‘Heavy monsoon rains are continuing in a vast area of northern Balochistan,’ a local administration official said.

A spokesman of the provincial irrigation department said a 25- to 30-foot breach had developed in the dam. He held the project’s contractor responsible for the breach.

Loralai Commissioner Haider Ali Shikoh said rescue and health teams had been sent to the area to provide help to the affected people.However, local people are complaining that they are still without shelter and food.

One of them, Raza Khetran, told Dawn on telephone that most of the affected people had spent a sleepless night in the open and the government had not provided anything to them so far.

By Saleem Shahid
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/d ... ess+in+balochistan--bi-06

Balochistan: Crackdown on Baloch students to obtain forced confessions

After Pakistan’s accusation of Indian involvement in subversive activities with the nationalist movement in Balochistan province, the law enforcement agencies reacted heavily against the students of the province who have sympathies with nationalist movement. The Para-military forces, particularly, the frontier constabulary (FC) started arresting people, keeping them in incommunicado in unknown places. There are reports of arrests of dozens of young persons, but due to poor communication problems, the AHRC was not able to collect all the details. Some cases are as follows;

An activist of the Baloch Student Organisation-BSO (Azaad), Mr. Sami Baloch, was abducted at midnight of July 19 and 20. He was returning home from a tuition center near the Satellite Town of Quetta. He was abducted by Frontier Constabulary, a Para- military force of the Pakistani Army. Mr. Sami Baloch is a M.A. student in Geology in Balochistan University and a member of the organizing body of BSO (Azaad) Balochistan University unit. His whereabouts are still unknown and it is feared that he is undergoing brutal torture in a Pakistani army camp.

In another case, Pakistani intelligence agencies allegedly abducted another Baloch resident. This occurred in front of the Huddah district jail in Quetta, the provincial capital, on the morning of July 16, 2009. According to information received from his family, Fazal Khan Marri, 25, went to visit one of his relatives in the Hudda jail. As he came out of the main gate of the prison, he was abducted by personnel from the Pakistani intelligence agencies in a jeep with no registration number. Fazal Khan Marri is a resident of New Kahan [also known as Marri camp]. He is a daily wage earner and the father of two children.

Mr.Fazal Baloch,19, son of Sher Muhammad, a student at Bolan University in the Commerce Faculty was arrested on 3rd July 2009 by F.C from Luc Pas, Quetta. Fazal Baloch, a 19 year old resident of Proom village, Punjgur district, was traveling to Punjgur by bus. He also was a member of B.S.O Azaad. According to his father, after his son was arrested, he was tortured. His physical and mental condition remains very serious. After the torture he was admitted to the Civil Hospital for two days after which he was handed over to the Crime Branch of anti terrorist force (A.T.F.) from Quetta. This took place late at night. In the hospital he told to his relatives that he was forced to confess that India is funding Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

Mr. Iqbal Baloch, 21, a student of Khuzdar College, Khuzdar district, was arrested by frontier constabulary (FC) on 18 July, 2009. His whereabouts are unknown. The district police are denying his arrest.

Nationalist groups and family members of the disappeared persons say that the Pakistani government is arresting students and young people with the aim to get confessions from them for alleged statements against India for its involvement in Balochistan’s insurgency. After the legal case started in India against Ajmal Kassab, the only survivor of the Islamic terrorists group, which killed 166 persons in Bombay, India, the government of Pakistan has started blaming foreign influences in Balochistan since December of last year.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan succeeded in putting the name of India in a context of meddling in Balochistan affairs. This was seen in the Joint statement issued on July 16, 2009, when both prime ministers met at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt. After registration of the accusation against India, the authorities started a new round of arrests with disappearances to get confessions through statements made against India.

The Asian Human Rights Commission urges the government of Pakistan, especially the Balochistan province, to stop the arrest of students and young people and the keeping of them in incommunicado. The parents of the abducted children, who remain missing after their arrests, made an assertion. They said the government wanted statements against India for their involvement in Balochistan by way of coerced confessions. There is a grave need for law enforcement agencies to be pressured to follow the rule of law. They need to operate according to civilian laws which allow for proper methods of investigation before arrest and warrants for arrest.

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About AHRC: The Asian Human Rights Commission is a regional non-governmental organisation monitoring and lobbying human rights issues in Asia. The Hong Kong-based group was founded in 1984.

http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2009statements/2142

Headmaster shot dead in target killing



Headmaster shot dead in target killing

QUETTA—Principal of a government high school was shot to death at Saryab area of the city here on Thursday, police sources said. Khadim Mohsin, head-master of Government High School Sarab was killed when he was coming to school, police sources said. Police said it was an incident of target killing. Police said Mohsin was in his car when he reached the main entrance of the school, unidentified armed men opened fire at him, killing him on the spot. The attackers escaped from the scene after the murder, while police, after registering a case, has started investigation.—Agencies

http://dailymailnews.com/200907/24/Brief/Brief2.php