From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''Ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan have faced increasing intimidation and violence since 2009, according to a recent fact-finding mission by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).
“Settlers” i.e. people who have settled in the province and are not of Baloch ethnicity (a term used by Balochi nationalists even for people whose ancestors came to the region before the Pakistani state was created in 1947) are being targeted.''
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
''Musharraf for use of force in Balochistan''
From Pakistan Today
''Attributing lingering violence in the province to foreign hands, the former military chief claimed that the Baloch Liberation Army was playing in the hands of anti-Pakistan elements who wanted to destabilize the country.
He suggested that if the government resorted to use of force for six months only, Balochistan would become a better place.
The former president said that in his tenure, huge sums of money had been invested on the long-neglected province as compared to Punjab, and yet no development was carried out there.
On the subject of US drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas, he said that the government should try and negotiate, to stop the assault if it was not able to stop the same through use of force.''
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''Attributing lingering violence in the province to foreign hands, the former military chief claimed that the Baloch Liberation Army was playing in the hands of anti-Pakistan elements who wanted to destabilize the country.
He suggested that if the government resorted to use of force for six months only, Balochistan would become a better place.
The former president said that in his tenure, huge sums of money had been invested on the long-neglected province as compared to Punjab, and yet no development was carried out there.
On the subject of US drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas, he said that the government should try and negotiate, to stop the assault if it was not able to stop the same through use of force.''
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
''CIA, RAW complicit in Balochistan unrest, says Noorani''
From The News Pakistan
.........''the US CIA, India’s Raw, and Israel’s Mossad were jointly conducting subversive operations in Balochistan, including sectarian killings, to create dissension in the province and soften the ground for their subversive activities, but, he said, the cruel irony was that the Government of Pakistan, despite being fully aware of the heinous activities of these foreign intelligence agencies was totally silent on the issue.''
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.........''the US CIA, India’s Raw, and Israel’s Mossad were jointly conducting subversive operations in Balochistan, including sectarian killings, to create dissension in the province and soften the ground for their subversive activities, but, he said, the cruel irony was that the Government of Pakistan, despite being fully aware of the heinous activities of these foreign intelligence agencies was totally silent on the issue.''
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''Baloch insurgency faces uncertain future''
From Asia Times Online
''Militancy in Balochistan is no longer the "forgotten conflict" of Pakistan. Long before the US Congressional hearing on Balochistan early this year, the issue had already taken a central role on the national, regional and international political stage. An official apology extended to Baloch people by President Asif Ali Zardari, an ethnic Baloch himself, in February 2008 demonstrated the significance that present political elite attach to the issue.''
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''Militancy in Balochistan is no longer the "forgotten conflict" of Pakistan. Long before the US Congressional hearing on Balochistan early this year, the issue had already taken a central role on the national, regional and international political stage. An official apology extended to Baloch people by President Asif Ali Zardari, an ethnic Baloch himself, in February 2008 demonstrated the significance that present political elite attach to the issue.''
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
''Balochistan the Center of Anti-Pakistan Global Intrigues''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''We cannot separate the Balochistan problem from the world power game. The issue is grave. If we are negligent, history will not forgive us. We will have to find a solution collectively before it is too late,” the minister said, adding that the powers which wanted to see a destabilised Pakistan had prepared a roadmap.''
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''We cannot separate the Balochistan problem from the world power game. The issue is grave. If we are negligent, history will not forgive us. We will have to find a solution collectively before it is too late,” the minister said, adding that the powers which wanted to see a destabilised Pakistan had prepared a roadmap.''
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
''Balochistan’s Deepening Crisis''
From Eurasia Review
''Abduction and extrajudicial killing has become order of the day in the Province. The disappearances and killings are widely believed to be orchestrated by Pakistan’s security and intelligence agencies, particularly including the FC and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), or by their proxies, particularly including the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Aman Balochistan (TNAB, Movement for the Restoration of Peace, Balochistan). Indeed, CJ Choudhary, on July 9, 2012, had noted that every third missing person in Balochistan had been picked up by the FC. The head of the rights group, Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VFBMP), Nasrullah Baloch, stated, on July 11, 2012, that “every day Frontier Corps and secret agencies kidnap political workers in broad daylight and keep them in their illegal torture cells, and then we receive their bullet-riddled, mutilated dead bodies.''
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''Abduction and extrajudicial killing has become order of the day in the Province. The disappearances and killings are widely believed to be orchestrated by Pakistan’s security and intelligence agencies, particularly including the FC and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), or by their proxies, particularly including the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Aman Balochistan (TNAB, Movement for the Restoration of Peace, Balochistan). Indeed, CJ Choudhary, on July 9, 2012, had noted that every third missing person in Balochistan had been picked up by the FC. The head of the rights group, Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VFBMP), Nasrullah Baloch, stated, on July 11, 2012, that “every day Frontier Corps and secret agencies kidnap political workers in broad daylight and keep them in their illegal torture cells, and then we receive their bullet-riddled, mutilated dead bodies.''
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
''Balochistan’s challenging location''
From The Nation Pakistan
''To its west lies Iran’s Sistan-Balochistan province; in the northwest, the Helmand province of Afghanistan; while to the south lies the coastal region of Makran through whose desert Alexander the Great’s 80,000-man army marched westward in its disastrous retreat from India in 325BC. All the three bordering regions form a part of the current great game. Afghanistan continues to be occupied by the US-led Nato/Isaf forces, whose horns are locked with the Taliban, who, though displaced in 2001, have regrouped and are challenging the occupation troops contemplating an exit strategy. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt and Balochistan’s region adjoining Afghanistan is suspected of harbouring Taliban fighters. Simultaneously, Iran is being intimidated by Israel on a weekly basis, while the Obama administration has, reportedly, drawn up an attack plan. In its grand strategy, Iran’s access via Balochistan is a promising possibility.''
''The newly-constructed port of Gwadar offers immense opportunities. The Soviets had eyed Gwadar as the ultimate prize during their decade-long occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Their agenda was to overrun Balochistan and export the hydrocarbon wealth of Central Asia through it. However, destiny had other plans; they were denied their imperial visions. In the wake of Soviet retreat, the US giants, like Unocal and other oil firms, intrigued by the idea of building energy pipelines from the Caspian Sea across Afghanistan to Indian Ocean energy hubs, like Gwadar, toyed with the plan of establishing their base in the region. Time will tell whether the rationale behind 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan was the control of the energy routes, but ample evidence points towards it - in which, Balochistan holds the key.
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''To its west lies Iran’s Sistan-Balochistan province; in the northwest, the Helmand province of Afghanistan; while to the south lies the coastal region of Makran through whose desert Alexander the Great’s 80,000-man army marched westward in its disastrous retreat from India in 325BC. All the three bordering regions form a part of the current great game. Afghanistan continues to be occupied by the US-led Nato/Isaf forces, whose horns are locked with the Taliban, who, though displaced in 2001, have regrouped and are challenging the occupation troops contemplating an exit strategy. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt and Balochistan’s region adjoining Afghanistan is suspected of harbouring Taliban fighters. Simultaneously, Iran is being intimidated by Israel on a weekly basis, while the Obama administration has, reportedly, drawn up an attack plan. In its grand strategy, Iran’s access via Balochistan is a promising possibility.''
''The newly-constructed port of Gwadar offers immense opportunities. The Soviets had eyed Gwadar as the ultimate prize during their decade-long occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Their agenda was to overrun Balochistan and export the hydrocarbon wealth of Central Asia through it. However, destiny had other plans; they were denied their imperial visions. In the wake of Soviet retreat, the US giants, like Unocal and other oil firms, intrigued by the idea of building energy pipelines from the Caspian Sea across Afghanistan to Indian Ocean energy hubs, like Gwadar, toyed with the plan of establishing their base in the region. Time will tell whether the rationale behind 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan was the control of the energy routes, but ample evidence points towards it - in which, Balochistan holds the key.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
''Resolving Balochistan issue not simple'': PM
From Pakistan Today
''Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said that the situation in Balochistan was far from being simple because of internal and external linkages.
“There is not one but in fact many fronts on which the government needs to fight for the cause of the people of Balochistan,” said Ashraf while addressing participants of the workshop on Balochistan’s situation “Perception and Realities - the Way Forward” at the National Defence University in Islamabad on Tuesday.''
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''Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said that the situation in Balochistan was far from being simple because of internal and external linkages.
“There is not one but in fact many fronts on which the government needs to fight for the cause of the people of Balochistan,” said Ashraf while addressing participants of the workshop on Balochistan’s situation “Perception and Realities - the Way Forward” at the National Defence University in Islamabad on Tuesday.''
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Saturday, July 7, 2012
''Balochistan- Crossroads of Another US Proxy War?''
From Phantom Report
''The current unrest in Balochistan centers around forced disappearances, kidnappings, targeted killings, assassinations and terrorism. However, these are merely the tactics of a much broader, more geopolitically complex war in which the United States and its Western allies are engaged. Though seemingly insignificant against the backdrop of all the regional and international crises affecting our world, Balochistan is, in fact, a nexus: the point at which diametrically opposing strategic interests converge.
The United States views Balochistan, an area that encompasses western Pakistan, eastern Iran, and a piece of southern Afghanistan, as critical to the maintenance of US hegemony in the Middle East and Central and South Asia. Conversely, China regards the region as necessary for its own economic and political evolution into a world superpower. Seen in this way, Balochistan becomes central to the development of geopolitical power in the 21stCentury.''
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''The current unrest in Balochistan centers around forced disappearances, kidnappings, targeted killings, assassinations and terrorism. However, these are merely the tactics of a much broader, more geopolitically complex war in which the United States and its Western allies are engaged. Though seemingly insignificant against the backdrop of all the regional and international crises affecting our world, Balochistan is, in fact, a nexus: the point at which diametrically opposing strategic interests converge.
The United States views Balochistan, an area that encompasses western Pakistan, eastern Iran, and a piece of southern Afghanistan, as critical to the maintenance of US hegemony in the Middle East and Central and South Asia. Conversely, China regards the region as necessary for its own economic and political evolution into a world superpower. Seen in this way, Balochistan becomes central to the development of geopolitical power in the 21stCentury.''
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Monday, June 18, 2012
''Pentagon Calls for Free Balochistan–Challenges Pakistani Sovereignty with Baloch Symposium''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''With the USS Enterprise anchored off Gawadar and the Baloch insurgency being gathered together in Washington, the United States is coming out of the closet in favor of the dissection of Pakistan. Nothing could be more clear--all of the "conspiracy theories" about US/India meddling in Balochistan are true. Pakistan is on a countdown to invasion.''
''Balochistan Set To Go The Way of Syria and Libya, As Pampered Expatriats Jump for Joy In Safety of US Arms''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''Though Pakistan is fuming, Baloch all over the world are joyous that the USS Enterpise is close to the territorial waters of Balochistan near the port city of Gwadar.
These Baloch are appealing to Balochistan leaders to come out openly and publicly in support of the U.S. carrier.''
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''Though Pakistan is fuming, Baloch all over the world are joyous that the USS Enterpise is close to the territorial waters of Balochistan near the port city of Gwadar.
These Baloch are appealing to Balochistan leaders to come out openly and publicly in support of the U.S. carrier.''
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
''US violates int’l laws; moves USS Enterprise into Pakistani water near Balochistan''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''After failing to strike a deal on Nato supply with Pakistan, violating international laws the US has moved its USS Enterprise, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, into Pakistani territorial waters near Gawadar city of Balochistan province.
“After the deployment of the aircraft in Pakistani sea the country’s security agencies are now investing into the matter. The movement apparently shows the increasing interest of the US in Balochistan province of Pakistan,” sources said.''
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''After failing to strike a deal on Nato supply with Pakistan, violating international laws the US has moved its USS Enterprise, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, into Pakistani territorial waters near Gawadar city of Balochistan province.
“After the deployment of the aircraft in Pakistani sea the country’s security agencies are now investing into the matter. The movement apparently shows the increasing interest of the US in Balochistan province of Pakistan,” sources said.''
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
''Unrest in Balochistan. NATO not Afghanistan responsible''
From Pakistan Observer
''General Frontier Corps Major General Obaidullah Khan has disclosed that thirty camps are operating in Afghanistan to train the miscreants in sabotage activities in order to politically de-stabilize Balochistan. Addressing a press conference in Quetta the other day he also stated that 120 Ferrari camps have been set up in different districts of the province and the administration was aware of their presence and they are involved in undermining the efforts for restoring peace and order.''
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''General Frontier Corps Major General Obaidullah Khan has disclosed that thirty camps are operating in Afghanistan to train the miscreants in sabotage activities in order to politically de-stabilize Balochistan. Addressing a press conference in Quetta the other day he also stated that 120 Ferrari camps have been set up in different districts of the province and the administration was aware of their presence and they are involved in undermining the efforts for restoring peace and order.''
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
''Balochistan: Crossroads of Proxy War''
another must read..........From Stop Imperialism
''The current unrest in Balochistan centers around forced disappearances, kidnappings, targeted killings, assassinations and terrorism. However, these are merely the tactics of a much broader, more geopolitically complex war in which the United States and its Western allies are engaged. Though seemingly insignificant against the backdrop of all the regional and international crises affecting our world, Balochistan is, in fact, a nexus: the point at which diametrically opposing strategic interests converge.
The United States views Balochistan, an area that encompasses western Pakistan, eastern Iran, and a piece of southern Afghanistan, as critical to the maintenance of US hegemony in the Middle East and Central and South Asia. Conversely, China regards the region as necessary for its own economic and political evolution into a world superpower. Seen in this way, Balochistan becomes central to the development of geopolitical power in the 21st Century.''
''Stabilising Balochistan: Six-member body formed to talk to Baloch dissidents''
From Tribune Express
''The country’s top political and military leaders met on Tuesday in an effort to urgently kick start new initiatives in Balochistan to tame what some participants called an active insurgency similar to the one that caused Pakistan’s disintegration in 1971.''
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''The country’s top political and military leaders met on Tuesday in an effort to urgently kick start new initiatives in Balochistan to tame what some participants called an active insurgency similar to the one that caused Pakistan’s disintegration in 1971.''
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