An ass it was and an ass it will always be
Unfortunately, the horizon is bleak and the situation across the board is pathetic. There is not much around on which hopes can be pinned. Some actors are new but most have been around for donkeys of years, pun intended, and always have had their snouts in the trough.
Jumping to Conclusions
Both facts and figures are integral to drawing a conclusion about anything. One who ignores both and jumps directly to the conclusion will likely be a victim of illusory facts and disfigured proofs. Facts related to Balochistan or the Baloch nation are all clear cut and spread across the table for the public to view, but unfortunately, an opaque cover has been spread in front of it to befuddle international powers, causing them to draw the wrong conclusions in this manufactured world of terror.
The camel's lip
Sardar Raisani deludes himself so often that it is difficult to take him seriously at all. He overlooks the fact that when even his orders regarding provincial matters are dismissively countermanded, how can he offer services as an independent entity to NATO and the ISAF?
And Who Will Guard the Guards?
The Americans have not paid much attention to the Baloch needs yet. So the question of who would support America in Balochistan is confusing. No doubt, the U.S government will need the support of Balochistan against the religious fanatics. Now, with the Tori embankment breach- the latest in Baloch complaints and misgivings against Pakistani leadership, believed to be ordered by Washington- one can imagine that the Balochs will be far from cooperative.
The State Equilibrium of Pakistan
The patience of the Punjabi military of Pakistan is wearing thin. The reasons are obvious: Pakistan has become a bedridden man and all its vital organs have ceased to function properly. But its inept PPP rulers are insisting that they can fix it with the help of foreign aid.
A forsaken place?
Most people live in a make-believe world of their own in which a Kalmah-reciting person considers himself superior to others who do not. This was clearly demonstrated when the coffin containing the mortal remains of Air Blue disaster victim Prem Chand was emblazoned across its length with the word kafir.
Is Pakistan Falling Apart?
The problem for Pakistan is not that the country is going to implode or sink into anarchy, but that successive crises do not produce revolutionary or radical change. A dysfunctional and corrupt state, part-controlled by the army, staggers on and continues to misgovern the country. The merry-go-round of open or veiled military rule alternates with feeble civilian governments. But power stays in the hands of an English-speaking élite that inherited from the British rulers of the Raj a sense of superiority over the rest of the population.
Peter Gelderloos, Meet the Baloch
This time, however, it was supposed to be different. This time the Baloch had the internet. This time the Baloch would win support by broadcasting to the world the wrongs perpetrated by the Pakistan government, one of the more cynical crimes being a literacy rate in Balochistan of 37% (20% for women).
It's a mad, mad, mad world
India has an acute narcissistic personality disorder, which makes it fight way above its weight and it invariably ends up with egg on its face. Narcissistic personality disorder is a dominant feature in Pakistan's psychological makeup too; it thinks it is the "˜chosen one'
Brahamdagh, a thorn in Malik's side or . . .
Whenever the issue of Balochistan's unrest is raised with neighboring countries, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik demands the handover of Brahamdagh Bugti. Mr. Malik holds this young man in his 30's responsible for the insurgency in Balochistan.
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