When Balochistan bleeds, Why Pakistan Doesn’t Feel the Pain?

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Very true Aziz Narejo saheb. What we celebrate and take pride on Independence day is merely end of British rule. Call it inauguration, curtain raising, ribbon-cutting or whatever else, but it is only the first step towards nation building and freedom. Unfortunately the way we take it due to the animoisty against everybody except ourselves and particularly of colonialism, it way out of proportion to its importance. Right from the begining it was treated as an end instead of a ``new`` begining and who can forget the stampede it created due to the feeling of this as an end. The stampede crushed a million or more innocents to death.

That was the begining - the first step out of many steps which should have been followed. If their is no equality and justice, the nation building is stuck at the first step. If a non-Muslim Pakistani can not become the head of the state, that is neither equality nor justice. If a woman is not equal to a man, it is neither equality nor justice.

The first step towards freedom was not meant to be never ending slavery to allah, Islam and military. Add to this list slavery to feudals, affluents, bureaucrats, thugs and cheats.

I, as strongly condemn the actions taking place against Balochi people as possible. It is utter disgrace to Pakistan and all Pakistanis must condemn it.

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aziz narejo. . .

thank you.

regards

Narejo

A timely reminder. Thanks.

If the Baluchis were to be pushed around by the local Faujis, what was wrong with the British. They would have done an equally good job of roads and railway lines.

Trying to make three cantonements in Baluchistan is neither a defence requirement nor makes any economic sense. People simply need water, education, health, jobs, communications and a say in their own matters. Spend some money on police system & judiciary instead of faujis.

Hope better sense prevails and provincial autonomy as per the Constitution is honored. Every Fauji ruler has ended up giving one big gash to the state, let us hope it is not Baluchistan this time.

Who needs enemies when such friends are around........

NHK

The solution to this problem involves two actions:

1. Divide Punjab into multiple provinces
2. Get rid of tribal control over Baluchistan

No. 2 may have started to happen already. The Baluchi tribal leaders lost some seats to the MMA. MMA is not the ideal option, but I think a process of removal of tribals may have started. No. 1 may never happen.

Interesting, and must-read article, in Time Magazine, about Baluchistan, by Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid:

``Waiting for the Boom
Touted as a major port for Pakistan, Gwadar is a small fishing village with grand hopes

There is no electricity in my house as I pack my bags. A sudden windstorm has damaged a power transformer on my street in Lahore, so I am forced to hunt through my sock drawer in flickering candlelight. But I am excited, because I am embarking on a search for paradise, in a place called Gwadar.

Pakistan today is a country of enormous potential and enormous uncertainty. There is much to be hopeful about. Peace with India is being discussed. Property prices and the stock market are booming. On the television are a dozen recently launched local channels, ranging from news to music to fashion. But at the same time, Pakistan remains desperately poor.......``

Full article at http://www.time.com/time/asia/2004/journey/pakistan.html

Romair:
You angel of god, could you ONCE blame the army, pretty please?

Dear Aziz Narejo sahab...

Please also let us know what exactly it is that the Baloch want ... we in Lahore sympathize with your cause ... and support Balochistan`s civil liberties... Pakistan must be a federation. It can truly be a nation only if it ensures the rights of all its citizens.... regardless of whether they are Baloch or Punjabi or Sindhi or Pathan or Mohajir... or Muslim or non-Muslim...


Romair..

I am clueless with your post... Your solutions just simply don`t tackle the real issues...

1) The issue of Sui Gas revenues... 2) The issue of Baloch Nationalism 3) The issue of Provincial autonomy under the Constitution of 1973 and Lahore resolution of 1940

It is true that tribalism has its hold over the Baloch imagination... but you simply can`t start removing the tribals... and btw... the MMA has won also largely on the Pushtun sympathy vote which is all tribal... so I don`t see how you can conclude what you are concluding...

-YLH

The tribals should be crushed ruthlessly. They have ruined the gas supply to the rest of the country for the last time amongst other things. Baloch Nationalism is nothing but a bunch of barbarians running around with AK47s. This should be followed by a proper political process and the due rights of Pakistani citizens from that area.

If Balochistan bleeds.. the rest of Pakistan should feel the pain as well.

Narejo Sahib
what has been happening in Pakistan is exactly the opposite what should have happened. It was required to bring all the people of Pakistan with different ethnicities in main stream who only have a single bond i.e Islam to build a Pakistani Nation. Even after 57 years that has not started. People of Balochistan look at the fedral Government as Rulers not brothers . Whoever is responsible for that kind of thinking is another debate, but what the present government is doing is strenghteining that thinking. Alienating your own people from pakistan is not serving pakistan. Make the people of Balochistan feel that they r also Pakistani and until u donot succed in doing that u will never be able to serve pakistan in true sense.

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as a law-abiding, tax paying pakistani, i could not be happier to see army doing what its paid to do which is to enforce the writ of gop over territorial pak. and as for the people like the author and the interactors defending the blood sucking feudals, i hope and pray that they and their family members get to see from up close and personal, the real nature of the beast:

http://www.dawn.com/2004/08/14/local10.htm

KARACHI, Aug 13: A gang of kidnappers comprising sons of senior government officials was busted in Manchester (UK) and Karachi soon after the release of a hostage in Defence Housing Authority , the chief of the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee said on Friday.

_ _ _On Thursday, the ransom amount was delivered to the kidnappers in Manchester. Following the release of Naeem in the DHA, the Manchester police arrested Mujeeb Khan Bhutto and Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto, both sons of Rano Khan Bhutto, Senior Preventive Officer of Customs.

_ _ _The Manchester police joined in the interrogation with their counter parts in Karachi, which led to the arrest of Fida Khoso, son of Nadir Khan Khoso, DPO of Larkana.``

Independence Day Greetings to Chowkies both Pakistanis and Indians..


When Pakistan bleeds does Baluchistan feel the pain?


When Karachi bleeds......?


When Kashmir bleeds.....?


Who keeps trying to bomb the Sui Gas pipelines?


Hope for a better tomorrow for all South Asians.

where in this article is mr. narejo supporting the feudals? are feudals the only people who live in baluchistan? are feudals the only ``tribals``?

and is ``tribalism`` a sufficient enough reason, or has it been a sufficient enough reason for the military action that has been taken against them now and in the past? i guess no one needs to bring up 1971 as a sufficient enough example as to what happens when we cannot find ways to build, break barriers, communicate and integrate. or karachi for that matter.