Dr Allah Nizar's Appeal to World Community and Message to his nation
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Baloch leader and the field commander of Baloch Resistance Movement Dr Alla Nizar's Appeal to World Community and Message to his nation.
"The myth goes that the day Allah Nazar got up, he looked up in the sky and swore to fight against the state of Pakistan till he died. He is doing precisely the same since then." (For additional background, see article following this speech.)
Dear sons and daughters of Baloch soil, the heirs of martyrs of the freedom movement, the civilized international community, the upholders of the banner of Human Rights, the pro freedom nations, today we the Baloch nation, from our own soil, would like to inform you that by virtue of the great sacrifices of our martyrs and the constant struggle of our Sarmachar warriors, the Baloch National Resistance Movement for Freedom has reached its second phase in the struggle. Though we know our enemy is suffering a moral and psychological crisis, we must nevertheless intensify our resistance.
We, as common soldiers, would like to inform our nation that the success we have achieved within a short period of time is tremendous. Without exaggerating, we can say few nations have achieved such levels of victory.
The end result of the war that we are fighting with our limited resources, relying solely on Baloch national strength, is the freedom of our homeland. Perhaps colonial powers, imperial states and others, who see their interests being served by the colonial and hooligan Punjabi state, have been blinded to the Baloch plight, but I believe that the pro-freedom nations are aware of it. If they abandon the Baloch nation at this critical moment, perhaps this terrorist Punjabi-led Pakistani state, which is the nursery of world terrorism, will endanger the peace of the entire civilized world. We understand, and the intellectuals around the world are of the same opinion, that if they want to see peace prevail in this and the surrounding region, then civilized nations should support the Baloch national movement for a free Baloch sovereign state.
If they abandon or ignore the Baloch nation, perhaps for a century the entire world will suffer from the Punjabi state's creation of monster terrorist organizations.
We appeal to the great sons and daughters of the civilized Baloch nation and civilized nations worldwide--if you indeed want peace and justice, and if that justice is for all, then why are you are blinded to the actions of the Punjabi army death squads that are killing Baloch youths at the rate of 3 or 4 per day and then dumping their death bodies in deserted places? Why are such heinous crimes not being noticed?
We believe that if civilized nations, Baloch Human Rights organizations, pro democratic forces, those who claim to seek peace in world and nations, particularly America, the European Union and the civilized nations of Asia fail to take notice of such crimes, then they, too, will be regarded as criminals in world history.
I would like to reiterate again that if the international community does not come forward to support the Baloch national struggle for freedom at this critical moment, perhaps not only South Asia but also entire world will be engulfed in these wars forever. The Bird of peace, security and justice will flee for good in this region; perhaps it may be too late for the the ideologues, intellectuals and thinkers of the world community to be compelled to start thinking about the Baloch nation.
Oh peace and justice loving nations of the world community! We, as soldiers of the freedom movement of Baloch nation, would like to put forth our appeal that while you may not be able to help us materially, we do expect one thing from you, as always, and our expectation is related to your diplomacy, democracy and human rights organizations that are based on policies of serving humanity according to universally accepted principles. We ask that you deploy those resources to help us.
We also want to remind you that the international community has unreasonably ignored the Baloch nation thus far because the colonial Punjabi state has blackmailed the entire world community. On the one hand it is engaged in nursing and supporting the Taliban, on the other it is extracting money from the international community in the name of the war on terrorism. It spends that same money to on lethal weapons used to kill the subjugated Baloch and crush its national movement for freedom.
We want to assure the international community that a sovereign Baloch national state would be a responsible nation state. This state would contribute to peace and prosperity in the region. We also wish to communicate with conviction to our nation and the world, as well, that we believe in our own strength. But there are moral considerations on the part of international community who believe in freedom and democracy that obligate them to support the Baloch national struggle for freedom.
I would like to end my brief message to my nation with this observation: if dialogue is the solution to the Baloch national crisis, I assure my nation that it will be done with the barrel of the gun. And I believe that we will be victorious. The war for freedom will continue until we achieve our freedom.
Link to original story at balochjohd.com
***"The myth goes that the day Allah Nazar got up, he looked up in the sky and swore to fight against the state of Pakistan till he died. He is doing precisely the same since then."
Mekran and its divisional capital Turbat happen to be the intellectual and political centre of Baloch nationalism. It has always had a political culture and shunned the repressive Sardari system of the rest of Baloch areas. And it is here that the battle between the moderates and extremists of the Baloch nationalism is being fought.
The moderates, in local parlance, are those like National Party (NP) and to some extent Akhtar Mengal's Baloch National Party (BNP), who want the realisation of Baloch aspirations while working within the framework of Pakistan. The extremists are the Baloch separatists who want to win independent Balochistan through an armed struggle. On top of the separatists list is Nawab Khair Bux Marri's Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). After the death of his son Balaach Marri, the younger Marri, Harbiar, is believed to be running the BLA. However, military sources insist that the grand old Nawab K B Marri despite his age remains the guiding spirit behind the BLA. Another militant outfit, the Balochistan Republican Army (BRA), is run by Nawab Akbar Bugti's grandson Brahmadagh Bugti, allegedly from Qandahar.
However, the person who impacts the militant Baloch youth more than K B Marri and Brahmadagh is somebody that people in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi may not even know about. The new kid on the bloc is Dr Allah Nazar. "He has become a mythical figure among the young militants as he dares the Sardars like K B Marri and Brahmadagh Bugti," said a local journalist on condition of anonymity. "This goes well with the middle class politics of Mekran and Khuzdar."
Originally from Mashkay in Avaraan district, Dr Allah Nazar is believed to be the person calling the shots among the Baloch militants, particularly in Mekran, Khuzdar and Avaran. He is also accused of the recent killings of moderate Baloch leaders like Maula Bux Dashti, Liaquat Mengal, Rehmatullah and Khalil Tufail. Some nationalists allege that he may also be involved in the killing of BNP leader Habib Jalib in Quetta. However, intelligence sources say that Jalib may have been shot by the BLA, which avenged the killing of Balaach Marri, who was allegedly killed by Jalib's Qaimkhawani tribe.
Whatever the truth, Dr Allah Nazar's message to the moderates is clear: "I'll come after anybody who talks about Pakistan." He recently owned the killing of Turbat's Nazim Maula Bux Dasti, saying that he was targeted because, one, he had sought a military operation against the militants and, two, he was rewarded as the best Nazim in Pakistan. The second count was seen as a proof of his closeness towards the establishment. His word or message is seen as a death warrant in Mekran and even senior Baloch leaders like Senators Dr Maalick and Hasil Bizenjo are believed to be on his hit list. He is the only one among the Baloch separatist leaders who is fighting it out while living in the mountains. This fits into the popular imagination of the Baloch way of fighting and puts him one up on Khair Bux, Harbiar Marri and Brahmadagh, who are operating from posh mansions in Karachi, London and Qandahar.
Allah Nazar got active in Baloch Student Organisation (BSO) politics while he was doing his medical degree at the Bolan Medical College in Quetta. He was picked up by security agencies when the Musharraf regime decided to clamp down the protests provoked by the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. According to published accounts, Dr Allah Nazar Baloch was kept in custody for six months. He was allegedly "stripped naked and hung from the ceiling for hours on end, deprived of sleep for many days and given anaesthesia injections." His photograph that shows him brought out on a stretcher is haunting. He was in hospital for three days and could not stand for two months. The myth goes that the day Allah Nazar got up, he looked up in the sky and swore to fight against the state of Pakistan till he died. He is doing precisely the same since then.
Military sources acknowledge that Musharraf went overboard in controlling the Baloch issues. But they also allege that Dr Allah Nazar too has an Indian connection. "We have proof that he is in competition with Brahmadagh and Harbiar in taking money from the Indians," claimed an intelligence source. "What makes the present Baloch conflict different from the earlier insurgencies is the Indian factor."
The Pakistan Army is trained to fight India. Any linkage with India transforms them into an action mode, as in the movie "˜Terminator,' where they see the militants as the infra-red enemy that they have to terminate. Perhaps somebody needs to add the abort mode in the khaki robots, which should differentiate between the "˜enemy' and the local political elements gone awry because of wrong actions. While security forces are capable of overkill when it comes to the Indian link, Dr Allah Nazar's terrorism is not winning him any admirers among the ideologically driven nationalists either. In fact, most nationalists think that his extreme actions devoid of any humanism and ideology are harming the Baloch cause.
Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur
Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur has an association with the Baloch rights movement going back to the early 1970s. He can be contacted at mmatalpur@gmail.com. (Earlier articles are archived at thebaluch.com and balochunity.org.
