Baluchistan: The Story of Another Pakistan Military Genocide

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 20 Aug 2011 07:25

Eight bullet-riddled bodies were recovered from Pasni, Hub and Mastung areas of Balochistan on Thursday and Friday.

The deceased were identified as Sajid Baloch and Khalid Baloch, who were missing for the last few weeks. Baloch National Movement sources claimed that both the men were members of their central committee.

All the bodies bore bullet marks on the head and chest.

Sher Mohammad Bugti, a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Party condemned the killing of Baloch youth and alleged that the Baloch were being subjected to a genocide.

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 20 Aug 2011 19:45

List of Missing/killed Baloch Freedom Fighters

Airavat · Post by **Airavat** » 24 Aug 2011 07:12

Bugti tribal militiamen in Dera Bugti in January. The Baluch insurgency has gone on intermittently for decades but has grown more violent in recent months.

Photo from a NYT article on Brahumdagh Bugti and the Baloch resistance to Pakistan

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 03 Oct 2011 01:37

anupmisra wrote:Eight bodies found in Balochistan

Baloch were being subjected to a genocide.

This time the Islamic nukes have ensured that the genocide of minorities in pakiland will continue while the world watches the barbarians going for full annihilation. Shame on those who were silent when the nuke proliferation was ongoing.

This is one of the worst of problems of nukes in the hand of rogues. Now the world will be used to this genocide under nuclear blackmail umbrella. All the 'global minorities' should be on toes now on.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 11 Oct 2011 16:24

Baloch missing persons: Body of Baloch National Movement leader found

QUETTA: Two more bullet-riddled bodies, including that of a Baloch National Movement (BNM) leader, were found in the Arbab complex of Khuzdar on Monday, police said.

As many as six dead bodies of Baloch missing persons have so far been found in different parts of Balochistan in the past three days. A police official said the police was on routine patrol when they spotted bodies dumped near Arbab complex. The bodies were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital Khuzdar for autopsy.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 13 Nov 2011 07:34

X-post...

partha wrote:B Raman on Indian media's fixation with Imran Khan and total neglect of Balochistan -

Indian TV journos have generally been very kind to Imran Khan, the cricketer turned politician of Pakistan. He has received more publicity from Indian TV journos than even from Pakistani journalists.

2. I have no personal objections to Indian TV journos having a soft corner for the glamorous Imran Khan. But, I do expect them to pay equal attention to those sections of Pakistani society, which have generally been well disposed towards India such as the Mohajirs of Karachi and the Balochs of Balochistan and their leaders. Their leaders are not as glamorous as Imran, but they are much more friendly to India than Imran.

3. How many times have you seen the Indian TV channels focussing on the tragedies being enacted in Karachi and Balochistan? How many times have you seen Indian TV journos focussing their spotlight on bleeding Balochistan? How many Mohajir and Baloch leaders have been interviewed by them?

4. While Indian TV journos have been enabling Imran to promote himself through the Indian TV, which is widely seen in Pakistan, as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, at least some Pakistani journalists, whose heart and mind are in the right place, have drawn attention to the state of affairs in Balochistan, where the situation is reminiscent of that in the then East Pakistan before the war of Independence for Bangladesh broke out in 1971.

5.Baloch nationalists kidnapped by the Pakistan Army, tortured to death and their bodies thrown out in remote places, 10 Baloch journalists kidnapped and killed this year and no coverage of these incidents in the Pakistani TV media. Nor on the Indian TV. Only some sections of the Pakistani print media such as the “Daily Times” of Lahore and the “News” have been drawing attention to the colossal human tragedy in Balochistan.

6. One can understand the Pakistani TV channels not paying adequate attention to this tragedy due to fear of adverse reaction from the Pakistani Army. What is preventing the Indian TV channels from covering this tragedy? Is publicity for Imran Khan more important than spotlight on the human tragedy in Balochistan?

7. To create an awareness of the situation in Balochistan, which has been practically blacked out by the Indian TV channels, I am reproducing below an editorial of the “Daily Times” and an article written by an Assistant Editor of the “News”:
He makes good points. How many times have we seen detailed reports on Balochistan?

arun · Post by **arun** » 22 Nov 2011 10:38

X Posted from the “Baluchistan: The Story of Another Pakistan Military Genocide” thread.

In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, self-claimed to have been created as a safe haven for the Mohammaddens of the Indian Sub-Continent, being a Mohammadden is not sufficient to gain immunity from persecution with the persecution of the minority Baloch people by the Punjabi dominated security forces continuing unabated.

Bodies bearing torture marks recovered:

Two bullet-riddled bodies found in Pasni

arun · Post by **arun** » 22 Nov 2011 10:38

X Posted from the “Baluchistan: The Story of Another Pakistan Military Genocide” thread.

Ploy of the Punjabi dominated security forces of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to cover up their genocidal practices in Balochistan by bribing the relatives of their Baloch victims to silence, is foiled:

Justice, not money: relatives reject govt compensation

Airavat · Post by **Airavat** » 11 Dec 2011 08:49

To be a Baloch is to embrace death

What is happening in the largest province of the country remains behind a veil of secrecy. There are some who dare to speak, but only if their privacy is protected. For “to be a Baloch openly is to embrace death,” says one such woman. In 2008, she says she was forced to quit her job and put under house arrest. Men in white shalwar kameez surrounded her house and her phones were tapped for three years, she says. Threats and harassment followed everywhere before she was granted freedom. “I am a teacher and I believe in fighting for my rights. But, for how long? I don’t know.”

Many houses in her neighbourhood have seen worse. Young boys with an eye pulled out return home in a white shroud after being picked up, allegedly by security agencies.

This situation in Balochistan has made thousands leave the province. According to HRCP’s estimates, around 100,000 people have left since 2007. Vice chairperson of the HRCP’s Balochistan chapter, Tahir Hussain, says from July 2010 to November 2011, around 300 dead bodies were found—some even of 14-year-olds.

Sarah, the surgeon and Akhtar Mengal are sure of one thing: ‘There is no foreign presence or Indian agents in the province. It’s our own men behind the killings.’

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 21 Dec 2011 19:56

Mengal's no-nonsense message

Mr Mengal posed a very pertinent question: “People get killed in Karachi and Frontier [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] every day but our ‘beloved’ army does not react on these killings. Why does it only react in Balochistan? Mutilated bodies [of the Baloch] are found only in Balochistan. I am sorry to say but this army is only for Punjab, not Pakistan. It only reacts when Punjabis are killed. Either that or I am not part of Pakistan,” said Mengal sahib. He further added that “Balochistan has reached a point of no return” and the youth of Balochistan are the ones in control of things and they do not want to remain with Pakistan “because they are being systematically eliminated and forced to seek refuge in the mountains”.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 03 Jan 2012 22:14

Europe News - Balochistan will not remain with Pakistan: Mengal

Ravi Karumanchiri · Post by **Ravi Karumanchiri** » 04 Jan 2012 21:27

Balochistan: Pakistan's other war
Baloch politicians and leaders share their vision of self-determination and freedom from Pakistani rule.

Al Jazeera World Last Modified: 04 Jan 2012 13:23

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/alj ... 63878.html

Follow the link to see a 47-minute video report from Al Jazeera.

"The Baloch people now live in a state of war. Every day, they face injustice. The army and intelligence agents kidnap our young, and we know nothing about them for years. The Baloch people live in a state of war. We will not accept any offers until we regain control over this land. They burn down our homes and then ask us for peace? We are not stupid."

- Baloch Khan, Baloch rebel leader

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 04 Jan 2012 23:20

the opinions are being built up to create an azad-baluchistan option...

Airavat · Post by **Airavat** » 10 Jan 2012 07:51

Pipeline blown up in Jaffarabad less than 24 hours after being repaired

VinodTK · Post by **VinodTK** » 16 Jan 2012 03:58

Baloch plight attracts US attention amid tense ties with Pak

WASHINGTON: Baloch separatists achieved a significant diplomatic breakthrough on Friday, getting the US administration to recognize their grievances against the Pakistani state and persuading Washington to urge Islamabad to address their issues through dialogue.
At a time of tense relations with Islamabad, the Obama administration chose a social media platform to air its concern about the plight of the Baloch, whose complaints about targeted killings and other human rights abuse has gone largely unnoticed by the world. The State Department on Friday responded to a question on Twitter from a Baloch nationalist on the subject, saying ''This was a very popular question on our feed, so we wanted to make sure that we answered it today.''
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Rony · Post by **Rony** » 16 Jan 2012 05:00

Ravi Karumanchiri wrote:Balochistan: Pakistan's other war
Baloch politicians and leaders share their vision of self-determination and freedom from Pakistani rule.
Al Jazeera World Last Modified: 04 Jan 2012 13:23
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/alj ... 63878.html

Follow the link to see a 47-minute video report from Al Jazeera.

From the comment section,

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 16 Jan 2012 22:46

Altair, Please also use this thread and give it some publicity....

http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 6#p1227956

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 16 Jan 2012 22:54

X-post....
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 1#p1227321

Baloch plight attracts US attention amid tense ties with Pak

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... 500201.cms

''The United States is deeply concerned about the ongoing violence in Baluchistan, especially targeted killings, disappearances and other human rights abuses,'' spokesperson Victoria Nuland continued, adding that Washington takes the allegations of human rights abuses ''very seriously'' and had discussed these issues with Pakistani officials.

The question from @cadet1081 was provocative, asking the State Department why the United States does not intervene in Baluchistan and help the Baloch achieve freedom. But Nuland was circumspect in her response, noting for now that ''This is a complex issue,'' and Washington strongly believes ''that the best way forward is for all the parties to resolve their differences through peaceful dialogue.'

Free Balochistan !!

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 17 Jan 2012 02:53

ramana wrote:Altair, Please also use this thread and give it some publicity....

http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 6#p1227956

ramana garu
Some of the pictures I use for publicity are quiet graphic and definitely not for the regular audience of this thread. Bullet ridden and tortured and mutilated bodies on a daily basis will not be palatable for many. I can post a warning but we both know where the thread will end up.
Altair

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 17 Jan 2012 03:01

OK!

How about organizing a Free Balochistan day in Social Media and see the response?

Say pick a day and request people to post that message on that day.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 17 Jan 2012 03:02

Altair ji, if you have a website or something and organize a B-day on social media, I know of quite active people in social networks who can take the message right into the lions den. It is worth a shot to see if the message sticks. Email me and let me know.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 17 Jan 2012 08:00

ranjbe wrote:Meanwhile, head money for MushRat keeps going up, as does his potential accomodations when he returns:
"We will give Rs 1 million in cash and a bungalow worth 100 million rupees to anybody who kills Musharraf. And we'll also provide him full security," Shahzain Bugti said.

"The gallows are ready for Musharraf. There will be serious consequences, if the government does not arrest him upon his arrival," he warned.

The prisons authorities were also reportedly considering an option of keeping Musharraf in the District Jail, Quetta, but due to high security facilities available at Mach, it is expected that the former president will be detained at the central prison
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bugti ... ad/900259/

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 17 Jan 2012 09:31

Anujan wrote:Altair ji, if you have a website or something and organize a B-day on social media, I know of quite active people in social networks who can take the message right into the lions den. It is worth a shot to see if the message sticks. Email me and let me know.

Anujan, ramana
The way online marketing works is how frequent the words like "Baluchistan" "Baluchis" BLA etc.. end up in search engines as Google crawls the www.
All we need to do is put up words like "Baluchistan atrocities", "Free Baluchistan" etc.. in as many places as possible in your social networking places where people have visibility and either comment or like or share your message. The structure of the internet will take care of the rest.

Google has a very organized way to look at things. The number of times Baluchistan was searched in your local state, Globally can be viewed by you through google. The more frequent it is searched or mentioned the ranking moves up that quickly.

The way I work is I have few 100 people who are very active in Baluchistan and Baluchis who are in Europe. Each have over a thousand friends/followers in facebook/twitter. Any message we have will spread like wild fire.They send messages /news clips/ Emails to a "list" of people who are active in diplomatic circles/Human rights groups etc. They even add them in social media if they are available.

All we need to do is to make the words I mentioned above more visible to the "Internet". We can do so by emailing,status updates/messages to friends/circles/followers about Baluchistan and asking them to repeat the same.Trust me that will work.
Altair

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 17 Jan 2012 09:41

Great job. Thanks for the lesson on social media and trend setting. We should take up a few more causes.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 17 Jan 2012 09:58

Altair-ji

I have some knowledge of how googling and searching works. your suggestions seem good. what I was hinting at is different. I will email you about it.

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 17 Jan 2012 10:00

One word of advice:
Do NOT use office network or PC/Laptops for this work. It will save lot of headaches.
Altair

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 17 Jan 2012 14:10

http://www.indiandefencereview.com/IDR- ... lochs.html

B.Raman article

The Killing Fields of Balochistan have started shocking the conscience of the international community. Not only non-governmental human rights organisations, but even Governmental spokesmen of other countries---including a spokesperson of the US State Department in response to Tweets on the sufferings of the Balochs--- have started getting over their hesitation in expressing their concern over the steady flow of reports from Balochistan about the atrocities committed by the Pakistani security forces on the people of Balochistan.

Balochistan is the largest State in Pakistan with the smallest population as compared to East Pakistan which had more people than the then West Pakistan.
The atrocities have taken many forms. Brutal killing of the Baloch youth in false encounters for opposing State repression. Custodial deaths of Baloch youth rounded up by the security forces for interrogation on their suspected association with the on-going freedom struggle. Hundreds of missing Balochs, who were rounded up by the Security Forces for interrogation and who have since disappeared from public view and public conscience. Frequent recoveries of dead bodies of Baloch youth here, there, everywhere after they were allegedly tortured to death. Despite all this, the Baloch freedom struggle continues unabated.

Even the conscience of right-thinking sections of the Pakistani civil society have been shocked by the atrocities committed on the Balochs by the Pakistani security forces which bring to mind the atrocities committed on the Bengalis of the then East Pakistan before 1971.

Balochistan is the largest State in Pakistan with the smallest population as compared to East Pakistan which had more people than the then West Pakistan. The atrocities committed by the Pakistani Security Forces in East Pakistan led to the exodus into India of millions of Bengalis. They brought with them dramatic accounts of what was happening in East Pakistan shocking our conscience and that of the international community.

The Indian Government has been understandably silent because at a time when it has been trying to improve its relations with Pakistan it would find it difficult to come out openly in moral---if not material---support of the Balochs.
There has been no similar exodus of the Balochs. Balochs fleeing from the crushing boots of the Pakistani Security Forces have nowhere to go. They can’t flee into Iran which has been brutally suppressing a freedom struggle of its own Balochs. They can’t flee into Afghanistan which continues to be in a state of war. They can’t flee to other parts of Pakistan which will not accept them.

They find themselves bottled up in Balochistan---- slowly and brutally killed one after the other without the rest of the world coming to know about the details. The Balochdiaspora in the West is very small. It is unable to play an effective and articulate role in drawing attention to the goings-on in Balochistan. It is trying bravely to do so, but with very limited success.

Even though the Western world has started showing signs of being disturbed by reports suggesting a systematic genocide of the Balochs by the Pakistani Security Forces, they are unable to go beyond expressing lip sympathy for the bleeding Balochs.

Against this background, the Balochs have been bewildered by the silence of Governmental and non-Governmental India. The Indian Government has been understandably silent because at a time when it has been trying to improve its relations with Pakistan it would find it difficult to come out openly in moral---if not material---support of the Balochs.

The Baloch youth have shown over the last four or five years that they are capable of keeping their freedom struggle sustained on their own without the need for external support. But they do need the moral solidarity of the Indian civil society.
But why is the Indian civil society silent? Why is non-Governmental India silent? Why is the world of the Indian media silent? Why are well-known TV personalities like BarkhaDutt, Srinivasan Jain, Sonia Singh, Rajdeep Sardesai, Sagarika Ghose, Suhasini Haider, Rahul Kanwal, Karan Thapar, Arnab Goswami silent? Why is the Indian print media silent? Why are the opposition political forces observing a silence in the matter? Why has the Indian strategic community closed its eyes to Balochistan?

We do not have to be defensive just because some sections of our Jammu & Kashmir continue to be alienated. But we do not deal with the alienated sections of J & K the way the Pakistanis have been dealing with the Balochs. Despite occasional acts of violence, we have a thriving democracy in J&K. The Kashmiris are more prosperous than the people in many other parts of India. We have not imposed an Iron Curtain in J&K as Pakistan has imposed one in Balochistan. We ought to be proud of the way we have been dealing with the insurgencies in J & K and the North-East in a humanitarian manner despite occasional aberrations.

Let us not allow allegations that emanate from time to time from Pakistan regarding J&K inhibit us from expressing our solidarity with the suffering people of Balochistan. One understands that the Government cannot be articulate and active in this matter. But the civil society has to be articulate and active in giving vent to its shock and anguish over the reports of the suppression of the Balochs.

The Baloch youth have shown over the last four or five years that they are capable of keeping their freedom struggle sustained on their own without the need for external support. But they do need the moral solidarity of the Indian civil society. They deserve it.

The time for expressing our moral solidarity with them has come.

pankajs · Post by **pankajs** » 18 Jan 2012 11:31

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SECOND EDITORIAL: Policies doomed to fail
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.as ... 2012_pg3_1

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) has rejected a report — aimed at improving the law and order situation in Balochistan — presented by the Advocate General (AG) of Balochistan Amanullah Kunrani on behalf of the chief secretary of Balochistan. Terming the situation in Balochistan a “total failure of law and order”, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has directed the AG to submit all reports on the security situation of the province by the civilian intelligence agencies in the last three months. He added that if deemed appropriate, the SC would get reports from the ISI too. The chief justice must know that the ISI and the military are the ones from which reports must be sought in the first place as it is they who are accused of the kill and dump policy that has aggravated the law and order situation in the province.

Meanwhile, 10 insurgents belonging to Balochistan’s biggest and most powerful Marri tribe have been killed by the Frontier Corps (FC) in the Behlol area near the Chamalang coalfield. Unverified reports say that jets strafed and bombed the insurgents, hence the high casualties suffered by them. It was only a month ago that the insurgents killed 15 FC personnel in the same area. From an initially small number of casualties, the trajectory of loss of life has only intensified in the province. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has often carried out attacks to disrupt the coalfield project and it is by providing heavy security to the Chamalang coalfield and ensuring the uninterrupted transport out of coal that the military hope to win the hearts and minds of the local tribals by giving them a share of the earnings from coal. The military needs to understand that these tactics aimed at defusing the anger of the people of Balochistan and winning them over will not work whilst they simultaneously continue their repression through their kill and dump policy. It is simply a case of slow genocide, whereby the army is attempting to decapitate the entire Baloch intelligentsia, only to inadvertently thereby become the best recruitment agency for the guerrillas. Each member of the intelligentsia killed by the military means a dozen more added to the insurgency. With this policy, the military is only stoking separatist sentiment in the province.*

member_21708 · Post by **member_21708** » 18 Jan 2012 12:13

‘Hundreds of children, women missing in Balochistan’
Shahid Husain
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

As many as 14,362 people, including 150 women, have “disappeared” in Balochistan since 2001, and 370 mutilated bodies have been found in different parts of the volatile province so far.

The News learnt of these statistics from Qadeer Baloch, vice president of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, on Monday.

Sitting in a camp in front of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) since January 1 to protest against the “disappearances” of Baloch people, Qadeer said about 250,000 people from Marri and Bugti areas had migrated to other provinces and even to Afghanistan since their lives were in danger.

The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons has so far organised three protest camps outside the KPC, two in Islamabad and several in Quetta.

“Zarina Baloch, a young woman, along with her two-year-old child, disappeared in Kohlu in the Marri area in 2006,” Qadeer said. “She was a schoolteacher in Kohlu,” he said.

“The precarious situation in Balochistan can be gauged from the fact that along with adults, 169 children are also missing,” Qadeer said.

Speaking at a news conference on International Human Rights Day at the KPC, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chairperson Zohra Yusuf had said the establishment saw the problem of Balochistan as a “security issue” but it would not be fair to say it wanted to get rid of Balochistan. However, she went on to say that the government in Balochistan was ineffective.

HRCP figures about “missing” people were conservative as compared to claims made by Baloch nationalists.

Yusuf said Baloch nationalists claimed that 5,000-7,000 people were “missing” in Balochistan, but HRCP figures were more conservative.

“It is a matter of grave alarm that 107 new cases of enforced disappearance have been reported in Balochistan in 2011, and the ‘missing persons’ are increasingly turning up dead,” she said.

“There are certain areas in Balochistan where neither human rights activists nor journalists can go,” says veteran journalist and columnist Ghazi Salahuddin.

Recent evidence shows that “truth serum” was also being used by intelligence agencies to extract information.

Psychiatrists confirm that when this chemical is injected, one starts speaking but

forgets what he has uttered after she/he regains consciousness.

Balochistan not only happens to be the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area with sparse population, but is very rich in natural and mineral resources. It has a 1,200 long coastline and is strategically located — being the gateway to the Central Asian Republics.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDe ... =1/17/2012

Virendra · Post by **Virendra** » 18 Jan 2012 14:04

GOI dosen't cry foul on Baluchistain because they fear that Pakistan will backlash on Kashmir and will blame India more fiercly that ever for anything that goes wrong in Baluchistan.
Present GOI isn't even a zilch like the Indira Gandhi team.
Indian media doesn't have the balls to properly cover a genocide on foreign lands or anywhere they smell gun poweder.

Regards,
Virendra

partha · Post by **partha** » 18 Jan 2012 14:10

A very good website on Bangladesh genocide:
http://www.genocidebangladesh.org/

Something like that can be setup for Baluchistan too.

Virendra · Post by **Virendra** » 18 Jan 2012 14:45

There are already many websites and blogs regularly updating about the Baluchistan genocide. They just don't enter mainstream debates in and outside the internet. Strangely, rest of the Muslim ummah is quietly watching. No one is barking at all.

pankajs · Post by **pankajs** » 19 Jan 2012 00:09

How to reach out to the Baloch

Away from the public eye, a civil war rages unabated in Balochistan, every bullet fired pushing the Baloch people further away from Pakistan.

Very few, seemingly including Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, understand that the break-up of Pakistan is a very real possibility. Equally, very few are willing to accept that Balochistan is a real problem, that neo-colonialism can coexist with neo-liberalism, or that the colonial policy of silencing dissent is no longer viable.

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 23 Jan 2012 10:31

ATTENTION!!! All Baloch online activists. Participate in one week online tweeting campaign. From 22 Jan 2012 TO 29 Jan 2012. Simply add hashtag #BalochGenocide to your tweets. To help highlight Human Rights abuses in #Balochistan. Pakistan committing genocide of Baloch nation

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 31 Jan 2012 23:09

Folks please x-post in this thread also......

Jhujar wrote:B'stan MPA's wife, daughter, driver gunned down
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-33280 ... unned-down
KARACHI: In what seems to be an apparent target killing, wife, daughter, and driver of Balochistan MPA, Sahibzada Bakhtiar, have been murdered near Gizri Bridge in Karachi, Geo News reported.
Earlier, reports had it that unknown gunmen had opened fire on a car parked outside a house in a street close by killing all its occupants.The bullet riddled dead bodies have been shifted to the hospital.The incident according Karachi police chief seemed to be an outcome of a family vendetta.
The unfortunate family members of Balochistan MPA were visiting Karachi to attend a marriage ceremony here, authorities told media.Mir Bakhtiar Domki, elected form Sibbi PB as member provincial assembly, is a maternal grandson, whereas his now deceased wife was a paternal granddaughter of the late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. A bereaved Domki told media that he expected no justice from Sindh government.“ I am looking up to Almighty Allah for justice”, said he.Earlier, it was found out that car's registration number was "ANR 353" and a plaque fixed on top of license plate read “MPA Balochistan”.

Most likely the all seeing agencies must have committed this assasination.

pankajs · Post by **pankajs** » 09 Feb 2012 16:12

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US Congressional hearing may spell trouble for Pakistan - Dawn

pankajs · Post by **pankajs** » 09 Feb 2012 16:14

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Rights violations shame Pakistanis at Congress hearing - Dawn

Agnimitra · Post by **Agnimitra** » 15 Feb 2012 18:53

Balochistan abuses forced into spotlight

Pakistan's establishment is bristling after an open debate in the United States Congress highlighted human-rights violations in Balochistan province and its simmering separatist unrest. With security forces alleged to be behind extra-judicial killings and disappearances, the government is being urged from many quarters to finally bring the perpetrators to justice. - Amir Mir

Yogi_G · Post by **Yogi_G** » 15 Feb 2012 21:14

How about we stick posters to the back of our car with the following text?

"Free Balochistan
Free Tibet
Free Sindh
Reclaim PoK"

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 18 Feb 2012 22:11

Second Strike delivered

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) introduced a House Concurrent Resolution that the Baluch nation has a historic right to self-determination. Baluchistan is currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan with no sovereign rights of its own. In Pakistan especially, the Baluch people are subjected to violence and extrajudicial killing. The bill states that the Baluch people “have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country; and they should be afforded the opportunity to choose their own status.
“The Baluch, like other nations of people, have an innate right to self-determination,” says Rohrabacher. “The political and ethnic discrimination they suffer is tragic and made more so because America is financing and selling arms to their oppressors in Islamabad.”
Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Steve King (R-IA) have also signed on as original co-sponsors of the bill.
Rep. Rohrabacher is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

http://rohrabacher.house.gov/News/Docum ... tID=281121