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New: Crossing
the rubicon, by Munizae Jahangir, (Courtesy: The
Friday Times , Lahore and Malik
Siraj Akbar writes): "...The younger generation
of Baloch have crossed the rubicon and given up on
a political solution. But the state should be wiser,
given that it is on the brink of failure. Pakistan's
leaders, political and military, have a choice. They
can either adopt the Nelson Mandela formula of reconciliation,
and that is reconciliation for all, not a select few,
or they can continue to treat Balochistan like a colony.
If the Pakistani state takes the latter course, it
is only a matter of time before Balochistan goes the
way of Bangladesh..."
Interviews
with Baloch: When Khan of Kalat
Mir Suleman Dawood Khan convened the Baluch tribal
jirga in Kalat in August 2006, he expressed a wish
to hear voices other than his own. Please click
to play excerpts from these interviews.
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New
al-Qaeda focus on NATO supplies, by Syed Saleem
Shahzad, atimes.com, Aug 12, 2008: From this teeming
financial center [Karachi], 80% of the goods go to
Torkham in Khyber Agency on their way to the Afghan
capital of Kabul. About 10% go to Chaman, then on
to the northern Afghan city of Kandahar... Several
al-Qaeda cells have apparently been activated in Karachi
to monitor the movement of NATO supply convoys.
Girls'
school set on fire in Quetta, DailyTimes, Aug
4, 2008: "...It is the first time that a girls'
school has come under attack in the city. No group
has so far claimed responsibility..."; Fighters
killed in Pakistan clash, Al Jazeera, Aug 2: "...Five
girls' schools [in Swatt] were set on fire early on
Sunday morning in the latest assault..."
Baluchistan
worse than Darfur, ICC at Hague told, Jul 29,
2008: "Two Baluch organizations have approached
the International Criminal Court at the Hague and
appealed to it to bring the Pakistan army generals
to justice for the on-going ethnic cleansing in Baluchistan..."
Pak
accuses India of supporting Baloch nationalists,
ZeeNews.com, Jul 25, 2008: "... Pakistan has
accused New Delhi of supporting Baloch nationalists
demanding greater autonomy in the resources-rich southwestern
Balochistan province..."
Don't
mention the Afghan–Pakistan war, by Fraser Nelson,
Jul 23, 2008: Weapons, men and suicide bombers are
flooding in from Pakistan every day. Like it or not,
war is being waged on Afghanistan from Pakistan.
Pakistan
responsible for killing, says Khan of Kalat: LONDON,
JULY 17: The De Jure Ruler of Baluchistan, the Khan
of Kalat Mir Suleman Daud Ahmedzai, has blamed the Pakistani
establishment for killing his close relative at his
hometown of Kalat on Tuesday in the smokescreen of aerial
firing...(photos
from graveside)
Baloch students on hunger strike: Three students'
conditions worsen...Balochistan
students protest against admission policy, by Malik
Siraj Akbar, Jul 18, 2008: "...The students,
led by Qambar Baloch and joined by pupils from other
educational institutions, are demanding that the admission
policy at BUITMS should be reviewed and the merit
system be devolved at district level. Currently, 70
percent merit-based seats are fixed for the entire
province, but the Baloch students argue that the largest
beneficiaries of such a system are the non-Baloch
students living in the urban parts of the province.
They are demanding that admissions should be granted
on a district-based merit system..."
(click for
more pictures)
Heavy
fighting continues in Dera Bugti, various reports,
July 22, 2008; Balochistan
fighting kills many, BBC News, Jul 21, 2008: "...Armed
nationalist rebels have targeted natural gas installations
in the Dera Bugti area for several years. They want
greater autonomy and local control over Balochistan's
resources such as oil and gas..."
A
word of caution: United States of America (Press
Release) July 22, 2008 -- WASHINGTON DC: A word of
caution has been sent out to U.S. Secretary of State
Dr. Condoleezza Rice to take extreme care when she
meets Pakistan's Premier Yusuf Raza Gilani one-on-one
next week...
Press
Release:Baluch
hail Kabul probe of nuclear dump, WASHINGTON
DC, JULY 17: The American Friends of Baluchistan has
welcomed the move of President Hamid Karzai to investigate
Pakistan alleged dumping of nuclear waste in southern
Afghanistan and has hoped the international community
will bring Pakistan's military generals to justice
for their crimes.
U.S.
Senator Casey urged to help Baluch case (full
article) WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 9, 2008: "We have
heard enough of this nonsense called Pakistan," a
Baluch journalist Ahmar Mustikhan urged U.S. Senator
Bob Casey (D-PA) and requested the U.S. political
leadership and government to hold direct talks with
the Baluch leadership...
Press
Release: WASHINGTON DC, July 8: Two U.S.-based
Baluch groups have squarely blamed Pakistan's Inter
Services Intelligence for the bomb blast in Kabul
Monday (full
press release)
Balochistan Assembly
votes to protect historic Hindu temple and fragile eco-system
of Hingol National Park: Balochistan
Assembly rejects Hingol dam, by Saleem Shahid, Dawn.com,
Jun 29, 2008
Press
Release, Jun 28, 2008: WASHINGTON DC: A Baluch
journalist and founder of the American Friends of
Baluchistan, whose family had known the Advanis in
Karachi prior to partition, has urged former Indian
deputy prime minister Sree L.K. Advani to stop the
Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline until such time the
Baluch get their right to self determination. (see
full release)
Balochistan
govt offers Rs 21m for information on murders,
by Malik Siraj Akbar, Dailytimes.com.pk: "The
Balochistan government is clueless as to the murders
of 32 people, including 18 personnel of the Pakistan
Army, Frontier Corps (FC) and the police who have
been target-killed by the Balochistan Liberation Army
(BLA) in 21 violent incidents in the past four months..."
Press
Release: A.Q.
Khan's threat to ground Tel Aviv condemned,
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 27, 2008: Two U.S.-based Baluch
organizations have jointly condemnded a statement
of the founder of Islamic bomb and nuclear terrorist,
A.Q. Khan.
Senate stunned as Sanaullah announces resignation, by Ahmed Hassan, Dawn.com, Jun 7, 2008: "...The upper house was stunned on Friday when Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Senator Sanaullah Baloch suddenly announced his resignation from the house in accordance with what he called his party's policy.
BLA
kills six youths playing cricket in Quetta, by Malik
Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk, May 31, 2008: "...Separately,
talking to reporters after visiting the injured boys, Balochistan
Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani said he would
quit if his government remained unable to resolve the situation
in the province. He claimed the BLA was not responsible and
he would bring the real culprits to justice..." Six
youths shot dead in Quetta, by Saleem Shahid, Dawn.com,
May 31, 2008
Nawabzada
Brahamdag Bugti
Bugti's
grandson says armed struggle only solution for Baloch,
by Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk, May 31, 2008: Brahamdag
Bugti says govt has failed to improve law and order: "...The
only way to rid the Baloch of the injustices being perpetrated
against them by the military is by joining the armed struggle
against the government, guerrilla commander Nawabzada Brahamdag
Bugti said on Friday..." (original
article)
Aaj
TV Nawab Bugti interview: Host: Talat Hussain Guest:
Brahmdagh Bugti on Phone from an unknown location,
May 2, 2008
Victims
of clashes: Graphic photos of civilians reportedly slain
by the Pakistani army in PatFeeder area near Sui. Baloch organizations are inviting journalists and human
rights activists to these areas to investigate reports.
1,100
Baloch still missing: Akhtar Mengal, KhaleejTimes.com,
May 29, 2008: "...Baloch nationalist leader Akhtar Mengal
has said that 1,100 people belonging to various regions of
Balochistan are still missing and no one knew about their
whereabouts except intelligence agencies..."
May 28 Rally: Baloch
Rally Against Islamic Nukes, by Amar Mustikhan, WASHINGTON
DC: Peace activists from occupied Baluchistan will join hands
with their counterparts across the world to mark the 10th
anniversary of Pakistan testing its deadly Islamic Bomb in
occupied Baluchistan on May 28. The protests will be held
in Washington, DC; Toronto, Canada; Oslo, Norwayand Stockholm,
Sweden, besides cities within Pakistan.
JWP (Bramdagh) renamed as BRP, Dawn.com, May 26, 2008: "...Militant leader Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti would be chief organiser of the BRP...According to the statement, the BRP would be struggling for restoration of the Baloch state to protect the coast and resources of the Baloch land..."
Gwadar
project to enslave Balochs, May 17, The Post, 2008: "...
Baloch Nationalist leader Sardar Attaullah Khan Mengal said for development
in the country we need to become owners of our national resources instead of
privatisation..."
Political
Foe of Musharraf Is Released in Pakistan, by Salman Masood,
NYTimes.com, May 10, 2008: "...Western officials also
feared that military and paramilitary forces were being diverted
to Baluchistan instead of being used to fight the buildup
of militants from the Taliban and Al Qaeda elsewhere in the
tribal areas of the North-West Frontier Province..."
Balochistan
to join talks on IPI gas pipeline, by Saleem Shahid,
Dawn.com, May 12, 2008: "...Prime Minister Syed Yousuf
Raza Gilani had assured the province that it would be represented
in every meeting of the IPI gas project as one of the stakeholders..."
Two
killed, 50 arrested in Sui search operation, by Azizullah
Khan, ThePost.com.pk, May 10, 2008: "... Prime Minister
Yousaf Raza Gillani, Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfikar
Magsi and Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raeesani were briefed
by the military high-ups regarding the Balochistan operation.
The government has not yet stated any thing about the operation..."
PAF
plan to take over land causes furore in Balochistan,
by Saleem Shahid, Dawn.com, May 4, 2008: Pakistan Air Force
is seeking possession of 70,000 acres of land along the Coastal
Highway in the Lasbela district of Balochistan for establishing
its new weapons testing and firing range...Officials
said the previous Balochistan government had allotted the
land to the defence ministry at a throwaway price of Rs600 an
acre.
Al
Qaeda’s HQ in tribal areas, claims Europol, by Arshad
Sharif, Dawn.com, Apr 29, 2008:
A damning report by the European Police Office puts Pakistan in the spotlight,
pointing an accusing finger at the tribal areas as the “command and control
centre” for Al Qaeda's “remaining core leadership” planning attacks in the EU...; read
full report
Gas pipeline blown up in Sui, by Daily Times Monitor, Dailytimes.com.pk, Apr 25, 2008: The Baloch Republican Army (BRA), a banned militant outfit, has claimed responsibility for the incident...Militants in Balochistan often blow up the gas pipeline and electricity poles to press the government for their demands – from seeking royalties for the region's gas supply to getting share in government jobs.
April
11, 2008: Sources report
Faiz Muhammad Baloch has been granted bail in London and
is to be released next week. No further details available
yet. Herbiyar Marri had been granted conditional bail.
New:The Story of Safdar Sarki: Pakistan's Torture of American man Exposes National Schisms, by Ahmar Mustikhan, American Reporter Correspondent, Washington, D.C., Aug 21, 2008
History:Fragile
Frontiers: the Diminishing Domains of Qajar Iran, Int.
J Middle East. Stud. 29, 1997, 205-234: "...1872: Curiously
silent about the findings of the Perso-Afghan boundary commission,
perhaps out of necessity and discretion, Farman Farma focused
instead on the ways in which the government might improve
its relations with the Baluchis and effectively integrate
them with the center. The poverty and dilapidation of the
Baluchi areas did not escape Firuz Mirza..."
"...The mother
of Dr. Khalid Baloch of Mekran, who was killed in an encounter
with the Pakistan army in August last year. Baloch's brother
Wahid Qanbar is still in jail, after being tortured in Pakistan
military intelligence dungeons. But their aging mother says
she is proud of her sons and displays the victory sign..."
New:
Comment: Strategic
significance of Balochistan, by Shaukat Qadir, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Aug 16, 2008: "...not many decision makers
in Pakistan display a consciousness of...the fact that decades
of latent dissatisfaction amongst the Baloch is about to
spill over the brim. (in TheNational)
"...The
new government is not powerful enough to challenge the
army. While the government is extending a hand of reconciliation,
a contingent of the Pakistan army consisting of 200,000
men has unleashed a new phase of military operation in
Balochistan. The deployment of forces has been enhanced
recently. Talks are impossible amid military operation..."
"...The
people of Balochistan have been persecuted repeatedly for
their demand that they be given control over their natural
wealth. Indonesia agreed that Aceh will have jurisdiction
over its living natural resources in the territorial sea
surrounding Aceh, and the region was entitled to retain
70 per cent of the revenues from all current and future
hydrocarbon deposits and other natural resources in the
territory, as well as in the territorial sea surrounding
Aceh..."
Jul
23 Report: Pakistan:
New government must seize the opportunity to reveal the truth
about enforced disappearances. In its new report 'Denying
the undeniable, enforced disappearances in Pakistan', Amnesty
International uses official court records and affidavits of
victims and witnesses of enforced disappearances to confront
the Pakistan authorities with evidence of how government officials,
especially from the security and intelligence agencies, obstructed
attempts to trace those who had disappeared. Hundreds of people
who have "disappeared" were detained under counter terrorism
measures justified by Pakistan as part of the US-led 'war on
terror'... (No
military operation launched in Balochistan, says FC, by
Amanullah Kasi, Dawn.com, Aug 4, 2008)
Pacifying
the Baloch, by I.A. Rehman, Dawn.com, Jul 31, 2008: "...Let
there be no doubt that Balochistan can remain a willing constituent
of the federation only if a genuinely democratic order endures
both at the centre and in the provinces.
IPI
vs. TAPI, by Maha Atal, Forbes, Jul 21, 2008: "...Underneath
those Asian pipeline abbreviations lies a battle, with U.S.
influence a likely loser...", reposted
with comment at balochunity.org
The
great conspiracy, by Ayesha Siddiqa, reposted at balochunity.org: "...The
problem in Pakistan's case is that it does not take a lot
to deepen the conflict in a situation where the internal
forces, such as the ruling elite, are completely blinded
by greed. The ruling classes are so focused on their interests
that they fail to make long-term policies or provide direction
to the people. It does not take a nuclear physicist to see
that the politicians will fail to push back the military
which might return in the days to come..."
Lyari
school, photo by Arif Hussain
KARACHI:
Street
schools — a distinct feature of
Lyari, by Latif Baloch, Dawn.com, Jul 17, 2008: "...The
education centre, popularly known as Baloch Free Education
Centre, Baghdadi, was a ray of hope of many poor families
who could not afford to send their children to formal schools.
However, it gradually disappeared as the gang warfare gripped
the area.There was a time when there were more than 60
street schools in Lyari. At present there remained only
six, three in Baghdadi and three in other parts of Lyari,
a school teacher said..."
Balochistan:
Invisible to the International Community?, by Aziz Baloch,
articlesbase.com: "...The gas pipelines [IPI project ] go
directly through the heart of Balochistan, unfortunately
all parties are ignoring the indigenious people of Balochistan
which is a grave concerns for the Baloch leaders..."
History
is different from farce: Dr Mubarak, by Farman Ali, Dawn.com,
Jul 9, 2008: "...Eminent historian and thinker Dr Mubarak
Ali says the history written in Pakistan had been 'dictated'
by the ruling Establishment and represents its wilful perversion
of facts 'to accord with a fabricated ideology'. 'No authentic
history has yet been written about Pakistan and its independence..."
More
U.S. arms to make Pak generals richer, by Ahmar Mustikhan,
Jun 30, 2008: The interests of the U.S. military-industrial
complex appear to take precedence over U.S. national interests
and human rights concerns, a recent transfer of fighter jets
to Pakistan shows.
Marching
to a different tune, by Kamila Hyat, The News, jang.com.pk,
Jun 26, 2008: "In Pakistan today, the province of Balochistan
seems to be locked in such a world of media darkness. Certainly,
what is happening within the vast province appears to be
unknown to people elsewhere in the country – particularly
if they live in Punjab..."
Frontier
Years Give Might to Ex-Guerrilla's Words,
by Jane Perlez, NY Times, Jul 5, 2008: "... Fresh out of
Cambridge University in the late 1960s, and steeped in the era's
favorites — Marx,
Mao and Che — Ahmed Rashid took off for the hills of Baluchistan,
a dry, tough patch of western Pakistan. He stayed for 10 years."
Special
report on Balochistan, The News, jang.com.pk, Jun 15,
2008, editorials and interviews by Saeed ur Rehman, Babar
Mirza, Nadeem Iqbal, Farah Zia
Pack
of Pak lies, Baluch rejoinder to Haqqani interview: “...Baluchistan
was annexed by Pakistan against the wishes of the Baluch
people in March 1948 and a move is afoot to approach the
International Court of Justice at the Hague,” Mustikhan said...“Right
to self-rule to the people of Baluchistan and direct Afghan
and U.S action against terrorist bases in Pakistan are the
only long-term solution to the unending violence in Afghanistan..."
Afghan
government has right to hot pursuit, says Mustikhan,
Pajhwok Correspondent, Jun 18, 2008: "...A Washington-based
Baluch organization has welcomed the statement of President
Hamid Karzai that Afghanistan has the right to self defense
and to send its troops across the border to destroy the terrorists
living there..."
"...Baloch
are a big nation. We are fighting for Baloch national liberation.
We want a Baloch state which is not dependent and subservient
to any other nation. Within the Baloch, some people are
fighting on the political front who believe that they can
achieve their goals by participating in parliamentary politics
but I subscribe to the other school of thought which talks
of independence and supports the armed groups....";
and from
DailyTimes.com.pk
Top
Guns: Inside the Secret World of the Israeli Air Force,
60 Minutes, Jun 11, 2008
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