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Pakistanis claim these punjabis are kashmiris.
Oppression in Balochistan and its struggle for freedom
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They aren't punjabis either, if they are taking Muslim brotherhood as narratives, Islam is an Arabic religion, it has nothing to do with Indian ancestry.
Killing natives won't make Muslims Punjabis and Kashmiris.
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2 Pakjabi Soldiers neutralised in Balochistan
QUETTA: Two soldiers embracedmartyrdom after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Sibi, Balochistan on Wednesday.
The martyred soldiers were identified as Sepoy Maqsood and Aqib.
Three other soldiers were injured and were evacuated and shifted to a nearby hospital. According to details, the blast occurred during road clearance work carried out by FCSS 130 wing.
In September, five security officials were wounded in an IED blast near the border post at Baizai, Mohmand Agency.
In February, three personnel, including a Pakistan Army captain, were killed as a roadside bomb exploded near a security vehicle patrolling in Balochistan’s Awaran district.
QUETTA: Two soldiers embraced
The martyred soldiers were identified as Sepoy Maqsood and Aqib.
Three other soldiers were injured and were evacuated and shifted to a nearby hospital. According to details, the blast occurred during road clearance work carried out by FCSS 130 wing.
In September, five security officials were wounded in an IED blast near the border post at Baizai, Mohmand Agency.
In February, three personnel, including a Pakistan Army captain, were killed as a roadside bomb exploded near a security vehicle patrolling in Balochistan’s Awaran district.
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#Balochistan: @BLA_Online release the video of attack on #PakistanArmy, 10 Pakistani Military Personnels were killed in this attack.
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Pakistan's fmr president Gen. @P_Musharraf calls on Islamabad to assassinate #Balochistan leaders in exile and other critics, and to deny any knowledge once crime is committed. How long will the US & Europe tolerate such criminals b4 labelling #Pakistan a state-sponsor of terror?
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Mushi is hiding in his Den in Dubai. Hope he is assassinated by relatives Baloch freedom fighters who he butchered during his rule in Pakistan.
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Illusion of democracy in Balochistan
Following Abdul Quddus Bizenjo’s election as the third chief minister of Balochistan in four years, it would be useful to review his credentials largely in terms of popularity and acceptability. Before we congratulate him, we must see how many votes he bagged in the general election held in 2013? Out of a total of 57,656 registered votes in the constituency, Bizenjo secured just 544 votes, which is slightly above one per cent. Is it enough mandate?
In terms of democratic yardsticks, the legislator from Awaran district is perhaps not even eligible for a seat of a councillor, let alone MPA or the chief minister for that matter! Within days of his election as CM, Bizenjo joined the Pakistan Peoples Party. The reason behind the abysmally low turnout was owing to the boycott by separatist-minded Baloch nationalist parties in the area. Does his election represent the aspirations of the people who are disgruntled and disillusioned, and caught between democratic and non-democratic forces?
It is evident from the turnout in Awaran that nationalist groups wield considerable influence there. So, is it a prudent approach to ignore them and move on? Surely, one should have explored ways and means to bring them to the negotiating table? Egos shouldn’t come in the way when we attempt to resolve a sensitive and volatile issue.
The general election results in Awaran also raise serious questions about the effectiveness of the Election Commission. How can it declare a candidate successful on the basis of one percentage votes? Instead of accepting the poll results, the Election Commission should have declared it null and void because such a candidate cannot be a true representative of the area. The Election Commission must answer as to why it chose to remain silent and indifferent to the said poll results.
Though Balochistan is a troubled and complex province, our rulers tend to adopt the same approach yet naively expect a better outcome. Decades-long mishandling of the province has resulted in worsening of the situation and creation of new kind of problems. It seems that policymakers and those “forces” which decide the fate of the province behind the curtains still don’t realise the gravity of the situation as well as the shortcomings of their strategy. Bizenjo is arguably the weakest CM compared with his predecessors, Sardar Sanaullah Zehri and Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, in terms of votes and party position in the assembly. Despite allocating Rs34 billion for maintaining law and order, almost half of the social sector development budget, the provincial government has failed to address the issue and bring sustainable peace to Balochistan.
The first coalition government under Dr Abdul Malik Baloch left a trail of gloom and doom which was rife with corruption scandals, nepotism and conflicts with the bureaucracy, all these issues rendered him ineffective. The same farcical scenes were replayed when Sardar Sanaullah Zehri was in the saddle. As a result, the shadow of corruption and favoritism continued to dominate the political scene in Balochistan and major issues remained unresolved. Under Bizenjo, things are unlikely to change drastically. Keeping in view the weak civilian setup, it is not very difficult to predict what the newly elected CM will be able to deliver in the remaining few months.
One wonders what is then a sustainable and effective solution to Balochistan’s problems? The system of governance will not improve by installing weak and hand-picked leaders. The province needs a greater and genuine participation of public in the democratic process. At the moment Balochistan has the lowest turnout in the country — 40.48%. Moreover, if one excludes the percentage of rigging then it will further go down. It is high time for “the decision-makers” to revisit their strategy thoroughly vis-à-vis Balochistan. The province badly requires real leaders with a full mandate of the public, not hand-picked ones.
Following Abdul Quddus Bizenjo’s election as the third chief minister of Balochistan in four years, it would be useful to review his credentials largely in terms of popularity and acceptability. Before we congratulate him, we must see how many votes he bagged in the general election held in 2013? Out of a total of 57,656 registered votes in the constituency, Bizenjo secured just 544 votes, which is slightly above one per cent. Is it enough mandate?
In terms of democratic yardsticks, the legislator from Awaran district is perhaps not even eligible for a seat of a councillor, let alone MPA or the chief minister for that matter! Within days of his election as CM, Bizenjo joined the Pakistan Peoples Party. The reason behind the abysmally low turnout was owing to the boycott by separatist-minded Baloch nationalist parties in the area. Does his election represent the aspirations of the people who are disgruntled and disillusioned, and caught between democratic and non-democratic forces?
It is evident from the turnout in Awaran that nationalist groups wield considerable influence there. So, is it a prudent approach to ignore them and move on? Surely, one should have explored ways and means to bring them to the negotiating table? Egos shouldn’t come in the way when we attempt to resolve a sensitive and volatile issue.
The general election results in Awaran also raise serious questions about the effectiveness of the Election Commission. How can it declare a candidate successful on the basis of one percentage votes? Instead of accepting the poll results, the Election Commission should have declared it null and void because such a candidate cannot be a true representative of the area. The Election Commission must answer as to why it chose to remain silent and indifferent to the said poll results.
Though Balochistan is a troubled and complex province, our rulers tend to adopt the same approach yet naively expect a better outcome. Decades-long mishandling of the province has resulted in worsening of the situation and creation of new kind of problems. It seems that policymakers and those “forces” which decide the fate of the province behind the curtains still don’t realise the gravity of the situation as well as the shortcomings of their strategy. Bizenjo is arguably the weakest CM compared with his predecessors, Sardar Sanaullah Zehri and Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, in terms of votes and party position in the assembly. Despite allocating Rs34 billion for maintaining law and order, almost half of the social sector development budget, the provincial government has failed to address the issue and bring sustainable peace to Balochistan.
The first coalition government under Dr Abdul Malik Baloch left a trail of gloom and doom which was rife with corruption scandals, nepotism and conflicts with the bureaucracy, all these issues rendered him ineffective. The same farcical scenes were replayed when Sardar Sanaullah Zehri was in the saddle. As a result, the shadow of corruption and favoritism continued to dominate the political scene in Balochistan and major issues remained unresolved. Under Bizenjo, things are unlikely to change drastically. Keeping in view the weak civilian setup, it is not very difficult to predict what the newly elected CM will be able to deliver in the remaining few months.
One wonders what is then a sustainable and effective solution to Balochistan’s problems? The system of governance will not improve by installing weak and hand-picked leaders. The province needs a greater and genuine participation of public in the democratic process. At the moment Balochistan has the lowest turnout in the country — 40.48%. Moreover, if one excludes the percentage of rigging then it will further go down. It is high time for “the decision-makers” to revisit their strategy thoroughly vis-à-vis Balochistan. The province badly requires real leaders with a full mandate of the public, not hand-picked ones.
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Communication system of Pakistani army intercepted after an attack by BLF fighters
Latest armed activities of BLF fighters against Pakistani forces
Latest armed activities of BLF fighters against Pakistani forces
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The BLA/BLF need to improve their shooting skills! Their bullets are all over the place. They don't seem to believe in the saying, 'Ek Goli, Ek Dushman'! No wonder they run out of ammo when they most need it.
I think we need to send a training team there pronto, to sharpen their firing skills!
China in talks with Baloch militants to secure CPEC projects, says FT
KARACHI: China has been quietly holding talks with Baloch militants for more than five years in an effort to protect the $60 billion worth of infrastructure projects it is financing as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Financial Timesclaimed on Monday.
Pakistani officials welcome negotiations between Beijing and insurgents.
“The Chinese have quietly made a lot of progress,” one Pakistani official told Financial Times. “Even though separatists occasionally try to carry out the odd attack, they are not making a forceful push.”
For more than half a century, Beijing has maintained a policy of non-interference in the domestic politics of other countries. But that has been tested by its desire to protect the billions of dollars it is investing around the world under its Belt and Road Initiative to create a “new Silk Road” of trade routes in Europe, Asia and Africa.
KARACHI: China has been quietly holding talks with Baloch militants for more than five years in an effort to protect the $60 billion worth of infrastructure projects it is financing as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Financial Timesclaimed on Monday.
Pakistani officials welcome negotiations between Beijing and insurgents.
“The Chinese have quietly made a lot of progress,” one Pakistani official told Financial Times. “Even though separatists occasionally try to carry out the odd attack, they are not making a forceful push.”
For more than half a century, Beijing has maintained a policy of non-interference in the domestic politics of other countries. But that has been tested by its desire to protect the billions of dollars it is investing around the world under its Belt and Road Initiative to create a “new Silk Road” of trade routes in Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Navy personnel destroy nets of local fishermen in Balochistan
PASNI: Personnel of the Pakistan Navy in north Charbandan on Sunday set the nets of the local fishermen on fire.
Speaking to the media, a resident of Charbandan and local fisherman Nakhuda Ashraf told that the personnel of the Pakistan Navy were setting up a camp in the Rudsar area.
“We had taken it as a good omen thinking that the navy would be there to protect us from any dangers, but instead they have started setting our nets on fire,” he added.
Ashraf further told that he and other fishermen on March 4 had sailed to the sea for fishing when the navy personnel lighted up the nets. “My nets worth Rs450,000 were reduced to ashes,” he said and added that the navy personnel could have let him know in case the nets were a problem for them.
“I could’ve taken them away, but they just burnt them all,” said Ashraf while adding that he was a poor fisherman who earned a living through fishing.
PASNI: Personnel of the Pakistan Navy in north Charbandan on Sunday set the nets of the local fishermen on fire.
Speaking to the media, a resident of Charbandan and local fisherman Nakhuda Ashraf told that the personnel of the Pakistan Navy were setting up a camp in the Rudsar area.
“We had taken it as a good omen thinking that the navy would be there to protect us from any dangers, but instead they have started setting our nets on fire,” he added.
Ashraf further told that he and other fishermen on March 4 had sailed to the sea for fishing when the navy personnel lighted up the nets. “My nets worth Rs450,000 were reduced to ashes,” he said and added that the navy personnel could have let him know in case the nets were a problem for them.
“I could’ve taken them away, but they just burnt them all,” said Ashraf while adding that he was a poor fisherman who earned a living through fishing.
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Seems like Balauchistan freedom fighters are doing an awesome job. May they get freedom from Pakistan soon. God give them victory. US should come to Aid BLF as this will check CPEC and also check and balance Pakistan. BLF freedom fighters can be good allies for war against terrorism of which Pakistan is the custodian.
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Major pro-independence rally today by Baloch nationalists in Turbat,Southern Balochistan
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