Crisis Balochistan | December 10, 2011 | Story

Extra-judicially killed youth Waheed Baloch (Balaach)

By Nobat Marri

The endless recovery of mutilated bodies of Baloch activists in the deserted areas of Baluchistan is the worst of its kind of human rights violations committed by Pakistani forces. The disregardful behavior of Pakistani media toward the Baluchistan issue is another unethical tactic of the Punjabi army to hide their crimes from the international community, what is sometimes described as the "civilized world".

One is compelled to ask the question: For how long can they hide their crimes against the Baloch nation and mislead the international human rights organisations? Maybe one year, two years or even several years, but eventually the reality will come out - for nobody can hide the truth. A wrongdoer is a wrongdoer no matter how hard he/she tries to conceal her/his crimes; in the end the punishment of the wrong actions is inevitable.

Extra-judicial killings in Pakistan target students and youth.

The degree to which Pakistan's crimes against humanity can easily be measured is by having a glance at the above pictures of Baloch minors who have been subjected to severe torture and killed under custody. They show how Pakistan's Punjabi army is trying to eliminate the Baloch by mercilessly eradicating the cream of Baloch society. More then 350 bodies of Baloch youths have been discovered from roadsides and barren areas since July 2010. Baloch should learn from these crimes of Pakistan and make a well-planned strategy to counter Pakistani barbarism against Baloch people. If some of us, the parliamentarians, still think Pakistan and its fanatic army is their savior, then it is nothing but the misfortune of the Baloch nation.

In these crimes against humanity, the criminal is not only Pakistan, but also all those states that are helping Pakistan, without any accountability, in the name of the so-called war against terrorism. The money and weapons provided to counter the Taliban are being used against the Baloch national struggle for independence. Yet international allies of Pakistan, clearly aware of the fact that Pakistan is cheating them, are ignoring its crimes and gross human rights violations against Baloch people.

In its disgusting efforts to Talibanise and pollute the minds of Baloch youth with its extremist ideology, the state of Pakistan has let loose its preacher groups or religious fanatics across Balochistan. It is obvious that the creation and promotion of religious fanatics and other such groups are being financed by the Pakistani ISI and MI to counter the Baloch struggle for national liberation and turn the Baloch from secularism to fanaticism.

These criminal and jihadist state agencies are involved in acid attacks on Baloch women, abductions and killings of political activists, students, teachers, lawyers, doctors and other well-educated members of Baloch society. They accuse the Baloch secular forces of being anti-Islam and thus condemnable to death. They believe: "Pakistan is the fort of Islam, Pakistan was created by God, Pakistan's purpose is La illah Ililah." Because secular and moderate Baloch forces in Balochistan do not agree with these senseless slogans of the ISI and MI, according to Pakistan, Baloch are apostates and should be killed - as it is a great service to Islam.

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.

The second culprit is the Pakistani media, which is ignoring these crimes against humanity committed by the Pakistani ISI, MI, FC and their proxy death squads. The silence of state-sponsored media has further encouraged these criminals to continue their crimes with impunity. Pakistani media does not give coverage to the recovery of mutilated bodies of Baloch youths which are found on a daily basis across Balochistan, but the actions of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the preaching of the groups sponsored by the Pakistani ISI, MI and FC are printed on front-pages. This illustrates that the Pakistani media, too, is more supportive of the state and its extremist groups.

The struggle of the Baloch nation has been ongoing since the creation of Pakistan, and is in accordance with the articles of the UN charter, but the United Nations has so far ignored the crimes and atrocities of Pakistan and Iran. The crimes against humanity by these states are against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration which was adopted by UN General Assembly on 10th December was proclaimed to end the discrimination by campaigning for equitable and effective laws, reporting and investigating human rights violations and supporting victims, yet the UN has failed to utter even a single word against the human rights violations in occupied Balochistan.

The Baloch nation, on this day 10th December, would like to ask the international community whether the Baloch nation is considered as human beings, and if so, then why is the UN not investigating the crimes against humanity by Pakistan in occupied Balochistan?

The Baloch nation has high hopes from the international community and international media. It is hoped that they will step forward and highlight the genocide of the Baloch nation being committed by fanatic and jihadist Pakistan and Iran. The Baloch nations want the UN, NATO forces and other international powers to physically intervene in Balochistan, in similar fashion as they did in Libya, Syria and South Sudan.