The Pakistani occupation has adopted a more sinister strategy to suppress the Baluch Independence movement. In order to save itself from charges of "˜crimes against humanity' it now employs a multifaceted strategy that focuses not only on eliminating Baluch Resistance Fighters, but also on taking out politicians, activists and civilians with the use of death squads.
Need one be surprised when the Baloch laugh at the "we" in the pronouncements of the political leaders! They don't want anything from "˜us'. They just want control over whatever is left of their own resources.
The ongoing conflict in the remote province of Balochistan is often called Pakistan's "dirty war". Ethnic Balochi politicians and leaders share their vision of self-determination and freedom from Pakistani rule.
The support for the Baloch is an anathema for all the parties and politicians because it antagonises the army and not a single political entity is ready to risk its neck. There has been no mentionable show or even sham support for their rights
The Baluchis were never consulted about becoming a part of Pakistan, and since then, they have been the victims of alternating persecution and neglect by the Pakistani state.
I would like to bring a different perspective to this cultural diversity and inclusion day. Many people have become victims of forceful assimilation into different cultures . . .
Every year on this momentous day, 60-year old retired bank employee Abdul Qadeer Baloch organises special events in Balochistan capital, Quetta, to mark the international human rights day. He has organised, for instance, hunger strike camps and convened press conferences to raise the voices of the families of the disappeared Baloch political activists, students and professionals.
The Baloch nation considers the abductions and killings of the Baloch youths by these organizations a crime against humanity and holds the state of Pakistan responsible for such crimes. Pakistan is continuing her dirty war in Balochistan under the guise of these civil death squads.
Brahamdagh Bugti is one of the most sought-after men in his native Pakistan. Bugti sees himself as a politician who is fighting for the independence of the province of Baluchistan. For a year, the 30-year-old clan leader has lived in Geneva, applying for asylum in Switzerland. This is a tricky case for Switzerland. This is his first TV interview in the Times.
Baloch separatists have reasons to hate it because, like the insurgency in the 1970s, the FC is in the forefront of the fight against the Baloch saboteurs.