Sep 20, 2010 | Original story

by Diagoh Murad

In the early days when mankind started to take control over the earth vast regions, a phenomena was produced in which the big powers subdue the oppressed one by their tactical views, Some oppressors chose to torture their subjects, some preferred total obliteration, while some favor both. Oppressed nations like the Baloch faced the methods of torture and slavery in every way the oppressor wanted it, by subduing their rights, dividing the ethnic relationship between the east and west Baloch & implementing their own culture over the Baloch nation.

The obliteration of Balochi culture through the next generation started from the very beginning, the introduction of an alien language in the education facilities, the artificial boundaries in-between Balochistan & the last but not the least ethnic cleansing of Baloch nation through systematic ways.

All the moral values on which many declarations were derived were rubbish for the oppressor as long as it had its control over the vast land of Balochistan. The baloch were driven to the hilt as such that their demands for survival would be put to deep pitch that the ears or eyes of those concerning human values couldn't hear or see the crime against humanity happening just right inside Balochistan.v

Rightfully it is not correct people do see such crimes happening, UN recognizes the situation as tense and even opted to solve the missing persons case after one of their colleague was abducted by Baloch Fighters which led UN to rethink their option of silence, but as their matter dissolved they forgot what they promised with the Baloch, maybe it is their way to deal with the situation of Balochistan as it concerns Pakistan mostly, who is the frontline ally of America in war on terror. (Regarding war on terror is it duly correct to have a relationship with the creator of terrorism)

To this day thousands of Baloch activists are missing and their family members are engaged in a hunger strike which they say will end with their death, such examples of protest cannot be seen anywhere else but only Balochistan where even today the family member of Zakir Majeed Baloch are actively running their hunger strike camp for the recovery of Zakir Majeed Baloch and thousand other Baloch activists.

For the families of the missing persons the debacle policies of Pakistan for Balochistan (as always) are white lies as the policies describe the recovery of the missing persons but to this day (leaving the whole person) not even a single piece of mystery about the missing person was brought in the light of why the person was taken? Who took the person? Where is he right now? Is he alive and if not then his body should be handed over to his loved ones and the butcher should be brought to justice?

But all these allegations always go unanswered as everybody knows why the person was taken? Because he was an active activists in the struggle for rights and freedom, he was a person involved chanting slogans for an Independent Balochistan, who took the person? The army and military intelligence of Pakistan so that they can brutally interrogate him and let him suffer for eternity in the dark dungeon which is specifically built for Baloch nationalists. Now the main question comes is (Are they Alive or Death?) Which even the commission put by Supreme Court asks the higher ups (Intelligence agencies) of the truth as to what happened to those who were illegally abducted for torture treatment by the secret agencies of the state.

The answer is clear and simple the total census of the missing person is over 8000 and from these many were killed and their bodies were dumped in different regions of Balochistan, some of these missing persons include women and children while the rest are still unidentified. The ratio of these missing persons is at high and most of them are in the death row as the chairman of Voice for missing person (VBMP) puts it "Missing persons are being killed and the list of deaths has been increasing every day, there is a growing concern over to the lives of other missing people, We have received six dead bodies of missing persons within a short span of two weeks and the issue of missing persons is getting a new dimension and they are being killed".

It really felt strange as on one side the interior minister Mr. Rehman Malik talks of proof that the missing persons are not missing but are working in different gulf countries while on the other side everyday three to four bodies of the missing persons are found brutally tortured and shot at point blank, even prior to his visit the body of Zaman Khan Marri was found brutally torture marks were designed, for the Interior minister the missing persons case doesn't matter neither the Supreme court is keen to solve the case and bring justice to the depressed families what really comes close to the story is what drives the Baloch nationalism that a common baloch is not afraid to shout for rights anymore.

The interior minister in his recent visit lividly criticized the Baloch nationalist and gave a clear cut threat of extermination, now one will pity for Pakistan that a country struggling to achieve democracy as this kind of leadership whom are intolerance. First of all, the policy which Pakistan prescribed for Balochistan were all debacle, the first and foremost the allegation of Indian involvement in the Baloch insurgency (While I consider it as a nation's war), the second the three Sardars theory (derived by none other then the infamous Parvez Musharraf) against development, BSO and BLA are the root cause of destabilization in Balochistan, & the last that Balochistan belongs to all Pakistan.

While the reality is much different, for the leadership of PPPP one thing is certain they have taken baloch nationalism to the extent that in every policy now and after, the PPPP leadership wants to put the term "Baloch" as the first priority, because the reason is to get the remote control of Baloch nationalism so that they can switch off and stop the burning nationalist sentiments inside baloch nation but unfortunately none of the policies created and drafted after Aghaz-e-Huqooq Balochistan have given positive reviews to the Pakistani establishment although the diehard Pakistani Baloch's (Raisani & brothers, NP) stands firm with the Pakistani establishment as they have taken oath to serve Pakistani in its needy time.

The Aghaz-e-Huqooq Balochistan lived awhile but it surely brought many faces in the mainstream, many political leaders of Balochistan claimed the package as too little to late but what did came out was the ugly truth when 18th amendment bill and NFC award was signed and confirmed by these political leaders of Balochistan, one can assume as why the reaction was different, why Aghaz was rejected and Anjam was chosen as a good approach.

Maybe the commencing policy was not good but Pakistani leadership as many years left to derive more policies for Balochistan and especially for baloch nation but one thing is to be noted that the policy won't even put a meager of change in Baloch nationalism, the demands are clear:

1. Withdraw the army and the barbaric intelligence agencies of Pakistan from Balochistan.

2. Return of the missing persons A to Z.

3. Accept Balochistan as a Sovereign State.

Until these demands are not met nothing is going to stop Baloch nationalism that is certain not even the words of Mr Rehman Malik of what he said that "We will give every thing to Baloch nation accept independence; Don't ask for independence".

"Only in return for death, destruction and grief as gifts can we see the paradise of independence."