Mastung/Tump: A compelet wheel jam and shutter down strike was observed in several cities of Balochistan including Kalat, Mastung, Kadh-Kocha, Mongchar and other areas. BNF had given the call for strike against abductions of Baloch political activists, security forces siege of girls’ school in Mand and forced entry in the houses of several BNF leaders and members.
The main Quetta-Karachi RCD road has been blocked at several places and passenger coaches from both sides were not allowed to pass the blockage, due to which passers had to face severe delays and difficulties. The market and shops remained closed until 5 pm in the evening and no traffic was seen on the road. The presence of government employees was also less in the offices due strike.
Meantime lawyers belong to Baloch Bar have also boycotted court in Dasht, Mastung, Kalat and Soraab in support of BNF protest. The central representative of Baloch Bar has said that Baloch Lawyers will always do their utmost for the Baloch cause. The lawyers rejected the claims of Pakistani government (the ministry of defence’s) statement regarding Baloch forced-disappeared person and said that none of the Baloch abducted political activists have been released.
BNF leaders and the Baloch Bar have also strongly condemned the assassination attempt on BSO (azaad) senior member Mr Naseer Gichki in thump, abduction of Khair bux Baloch from Khuzdar and clerk Saleem Badini from Mach town in Balochistan.
Separately in Thump BSO-azaad has protest against the attack on their leader Mr Naseer Gichki, the raid on the houses of Sardar Nadir Gichki and other party leaders. BSO (A) leaders strongly condemned the government attempts to weaken the Baloch struggle for liberation. They said such arrests and raids on the houses of leaders cannot stop the Baloch youth from the freedom struggle.
The BSO (A) speakers charged that Pakistani security person broke into the house of an elderly Baloch man Sardar Nadir Gichki and harassed his family members. They said that on the same night another member of BSO (A) Mr Yar jan Jamali has also been abducted by the Pakistani security forces from Thump. They said that currently there are thousands of innocent Baloch languishing in Pakistani jails. “It is the responsibility of the government to look after the well-being of Baloch political activists, if anything happened to Baloch prisoners, the government of Pakistani will be held responsible for that”, they warned.
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Settler gunned down in Nushki
QUETTA: Unidentified armed assailants shot dead a settler in Nushki district some 160 Kilometers on Southwest of Quetta on Thursday, police said.
Some unknown men armed with sophisticated weapons barged into the house of Ishfaq Ahmed in Killi Qadirabad 3 kilometers away from Nushki town and opened indiscriminate firing on him.
Resultantly, he received critical bullet wounds and succumbed to his injuries before reaching Civil Hospital Nushki. The assailants easily managed to escape the scene after committing crime.
Police after completing legal formalities handed over body to heirs.
Police sources said investigations into the incident are underway to ascertain motive behind the killing and it would be premature to term it “target killing”.
Ishfaq, 40, was basically belonged to Punjab but he had settled in Nushki and had got married in a Baloch family. He was running a PCO.
However, no group has claimed the responsibility for the killing of Ishafa Ahmed.
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London: The first representative of Balochistan in the United Nations, Mr Mehran Baloch has strongly condemned the suspension of the Interfaith International, an NGO that had accredited Mr Mehran Baloch since 2001. He said that Pakistan’s Intelligence agencies are trying their utmost to silence Baloch voices on International level; few days ago a Pakistani delegation headed by Mr Mohammad Bhutt has accused the NGO (Interfaith International) of damaging Pakistan’s image on international forums. Whereas the only fault this Organisation was that it had been raising the issue of human right violations against Balochistan. “This Organisation was exposing the real face of Pakistan to the international community and Pakistan wants to cover up its atrocities in Balochistan” charged Mr Baluch.
Mehran Baluch said that few years back the same Pakistani representative Mr Bhutt had threaten the NGO head Mr Charles Graves to stop supporting the Baloch otherwise his organisation will face the consequences of what it had been doing. Mehran Baluch said Pakistan’s master China and OIC counties like Egypt and Turkey not only supported the suspension but demanded the withdrawal of the NGO from the UN Economic and Social Council. However Pakistan could not convince the United States of America, United Kingdom and Switzerland and thus failed in her efforts to completely withdraw the NGO’s status.
Mehran Baloch appealed the Baloch Nation to continue to raise their voice on all fronts and expose Pakistan’s atrocities against the people of Balochistan. He requested the Baloch youth that if they see the Pakistani forces committing any inhuman act or see anyone being beaten or arrested – try to make their video footage (mobile phone footage) and send it to all International Human Right Organisation and International media.
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QUETTA - A gas pipeline has been blown up near Mach town, some 60 kilometers away from the provincial capital, on Monday night.
According to sources, unidentified persons had planted explosive device with a gas pipeline that went off with huge explosion badly damaging the pipeline and suspending gas supply to the town.
In another incident, a gas pipeline on western bypass area of the provincial capital was blown up on the night between Sunday and Monday, said police.Unidentified attackers had placed explosives under the pipeline that exploded with a big bang, causing partial damage to the pipeline.
Meanwhile, another explosive device placed outside a house in Mach town exploded and rocked the area. However, no loss of life was reported. The police started investigation after reaching blast site.
separately unknown person open fire on the guest of Gwader Tortho road construction company workers in Tehsil Karakh in Khuzdar. Nobody was hurt but the firing incident created panic among the workers and other people in the surrounding areas.
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Quetta: Mother of Shah Nawaz Marri believes that her son has been abducted by Pakistani intelligence agencies at gun point. In a news statement she said that Shah Nawaz is the only bread earner of the family and after his arrest the family is going through a tough time. Further explaining about her son she said, that he is a tractor (water tanker) driver, he used to bring water for residents of New Kahan and other people in the area to help the family.
On 2 February 2010 he received a call from a resident of Killi Raisani who wanted a tanker of water. Shah Nawaz along with another youth Umer khan were on their way to the aforementioned place when they were stopped by four armed men who drove a car without number plat. They held a gun on Marri’s head and asked him to get into their car. “The intelligence agencies of Pakistan have arrested my son because several other people have been abducted from New Khan already. New Khan Kahan has been under siege of Pakistani security forces from past many years now” she charged.
QUETTA: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has categorically rejected reports attributed to it for threatening a private school in Gwadar against imparting co-education.
News Network International (NNI), a leading Pakistani news agency, on Saturday quoted Mirak Baloch, a spokesman of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), an underground armed group striving for an independent Balochistan, disassociating his organization from a news report that a private school in Gwadar had been threatened to stop co-education.
The director of the private school complained that he was continuously receiving letters identifying the senders as the representatives of some Baloch armed groups who wanted him to stop imparting co-education among its students.
The BLA spokesman said there was no denying the significance of women working with men side by side. There is a need to impart contemporary education among the Balochs to develop them socially, politically and economically. The spokesman urged the Baloch women to actively participate in the Baloch resistance movement and acknowledged their significant role in the national development. He regretted that the current class-based education system enforced in Pakistan was unlikely to end the educational backwardness of Balochs.
Quetta: Three persons including two police men sustained injuries one serious in an explosion here Friday. In another explosion has been reported near Hazarganji National Park in Mian Ghundi area no damage was reported. According to details, Police stopped a rickshaw for routine search near Pod Gulli Chowk on the outskirts of Metropolis. During search, a bomb planted with the leg of Rickshaw driver exploded. Due to explosion said rickshaw driver and two policemen Jahanzeb, Javaid and Abdul Ghani sustained injuries. Condition of Jahanzeb was stated to be serious and he was shifted to hospital for treatment. (The frontier post report
While Urdu news papers report suggest that three person including two policemen were injured while they step over a landmine planted on Sabzal road area by some unknown militants. As a result of the explosion police officials Jhanzeb, Javid Maindad and a passerby Anwar zaeb sustained injuries. Jhanzeb is said to be serious condition.
A man identifying himself as Basham Baloch, a spokesman for armed Baloch group BLF (Baloch Liberation Front) has accepted the responsibility for attacking the police team on Sabzal Road Quetta.
Another bomb exploded in Mian Ghundi area along Quetta-Mastung road near Hazarganji National Park here on Friday. Police said that a locally made bomb was planted alongside the road in Mian Ghundi which went off causing explosion, but there was no damage or injury to anybody.
Grenade hurled on house in Quetta: Unidentified men hurled hand grenade on a house located in Almo Chowke in Quetta on Thursday night, but no loss of life or injury was reported in the attack, sources said.
The grenade went off with huge explosion which could be audible from far and wide places while the shock also shattered windowpanes of nearby buildings but luckily no loss of life was reported in the incident, sources said.
A settler killed and three injured in Gwader: Unknown armed motorcyclists open fire on a group of non-Baloch settlers in Gwadar here on Friday. As a result of the firing one settler was killed and three others were injured. The attackers managed to flee after the attack.
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QUETTA: Complete shutter down strike observed in Makran division over the call of Baloch National Front (BNF) against Frontier Corp check posts and not releasing Baloch detained persons.
According to details, Baloch National Front gave protest call against the decision to establish check posts at the hills of Makran division and non release of prisoners. After their call complete shutter down strike was observed in Turbat, Mand, Baleda, Hoshab, Timp, Dasht, Goran and other areas.
Owing to this strike all the business centers remained closed. During the strike, strict security arrangements were ensured to avoid any unpleasant activity.
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Quetta: A spokesman of BLF (Baloch Liberation Front) has once again warned the Arab hunters to limit their activities. He said Baloch are at war with the state of Pakistan and Pakistani forces are committing atrocities against the Baloch people almost everywhere in Balochistan. The Baloch resistance organisation can attack Pakistani forces whenever and wherever they see the opportunity. That is why “We ask the Arab hunters to limit their activities. Baloch have old ties with the Arab countries and Arab people and we do not want to sabotage these friendly, political and social relations between the Arabs and the Baloch” Mr Basham Baloch said.
Meanwhile he also claimed that BLF fighters attacked an FC camp in Mand Town of Balochistan on Thursday evening. He said that the FC has suffered heavy loss of property and physical casualties.
It must be noted that earlier this month the Balochistan Student Organisation (azaad) had also issue a statement accusing the Arab hunters of sabotaging the Baloch traditions. They BSO statement had said that the Arab hunters should not disrespect or violate the Baloch code of honour in the name of hunting.
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Quetta: In separate press statements the relatives of Attaullah Baloch, Qabeer Baloch, Mushtaq Baloch, Ali Asghar Bangulzai Baloch and Zakir Majeed Baloch have expressed grave fear that their loved one might have been harmed “physically eliminated” by the Pakistani intelligence agencies (MI and ISI). Relatives of Qabeer, Attaullah, and Mushtaq Baloch have said that these young men have been abducted from Khuzdar on 25 August 2009 and were still missing. Their families have tried all peaceful and democratic ways of protest for their release but all in vain.
The 20 year old son of Ali Asghar Bangulzai Baloch said in a press conference that his father has been abducted on 18 October 2001 from in front of Balochistan Degree College. Ali Asghar Bangulzai is a tailor by profession and belongs to a middle-class family. His son Mr Ghulam Farooq Baloch, like the relatives of other forced-disappeared Baloch, blames the Pakistani intelligence agencies (ISI and MI) for his father’s disappearance. They submitted an application in the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2007 against Ali’s illegal abduction and detention, but the court has failed two pressurise the agencies all these years. Only recently, (8 years after his disappearance) on 30 January 2010 an FIR (First Information Report) No =21/2010 has been registered in Quetta’s Saryab Road police station. (Press coverage)
Ghulam Farooq Baloch also revealed that he had contacted the local police station soon after his father’s abduction but the police refused to co-operate with them. Disappointed by the police Farooq then appealed Balochistan High Court to help him recover his father, the court ordered registration of an FIR but the then SHO Mr Rauw Wraich has refused to register an FIR and said that because Ali is in the custody of Intelligence agencies that is why police cannot register any case against them.
Zakir Majeed Baloch the senior vice chairman of BSO – Azaad has been abducted on 8 June 2009 from Mastung Town in Balochistan. His fate like other thousands of Baloch forced disappeared persons remains unknown. Zakir’s brother Waheed Baloch fears that his brother might have harmed by the agencies and that is why they are denying his arrest and whereabouts. He strongly rejected the report of National crisis Management Cell that his brother has arrived home on 22 January 2009. He believes this is adding salt to injuries of the already grieved family.
It must be noted that Pakistani government had announced to release all Baloch forced-disappeared person as part of the so called “Aghaaz-e-Haqooq-e Balochistan” package. However, none of the Baloch abducted person has been released. In fact several other Baloch students and ordinary daily wages workers have been abducted from Quetta, Noshki, Dera Bugti and other areas of Balochistan. The latest victim of the persistent forced disappearances is Sahah Nawaz Marri Baloch who has been abducted from New Kahan Quetta on 3, February 2010. Shah Nawaz Marri is a driver and he used to bring water for the residents of New Kahan.
More than 168 children have disappeared from Balochistan, a war crime tribunal should be constituted
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AHRC-STM-019-2010
February 2, 2010
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: More than 168 children have disappeared from Balochistan, a war crime tribunal should be constituted
Among the lists of disappeared persons from Balochistan province are the names of 168 children and 148 women. Two lists of disappeared persons were released separately, one by Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), an NGO which works to document the cases of missing persons from the area and the other by the Provincial Interior Ministry of Balochistan. The missing people have allegedly been taken by Pakistani intelligence agencies for interrogation over their alleged link to Balochistan separatists and other militant groups in the country.
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Baloch have reached point of no return
By Sajid Hussain
Karachi: Veteran politician Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari has said that the Baloch have reached the point of no return and had he been younger he would have joined the Baloch struggle in the mountains.
In an exclusive interview with The News, Mazari said that Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti’s assassination had created a wide gap between the federation and the Baloch which was difficult to bridge.
“Akbar Khan [Bugti] called me via satellite phone weeks before his assassination. He wanted to say goodbye to me because he knew he would be killed sooner or later. I told him that I wanted to (fight) along with him, but he replied in his characteristic style: ‘No Sherbaz, you are too old to fight with me’. The fact is that he was older than me,” said the 79-year-old politician-cum-intellectual.
Mazari was particularly harsh about General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. “He is a very lowly and cheap person. I first saw him at a gathering where he was invited out of my knowledge. He came to me and said ‘I’m a commando’. I said, ‘So what if you are a commando!’” Mazari was of the view that Musharraf should be punished for his crimes against the Baloch.
A Harvard University graduate, Sherbaz Mazari started his political career by supporting Fatima Jinnah against Ayub Khan in the 1964 presidential polls. He became a member of the National Assembly in 1970 and since then he has seen the ups and downs of Pakistan politics as a very close observer.
He said that when he had visited Shaikh Mujeebur Rahman for negotiations, he was told by some Bengali leaders that the Baloch would be the next victims of the establishment after Bengalis. “I had not realised this at that time, but history has proved that they were right,” he said.
On the Balochistan package, the seasoned politician said that he would not support any package until it is accepted by the Baloch nation. “The genuine grievances of the Baloch could only be addressed with honest efforts,” he said, adding that the operation in Balochistan should be stopped immediately.
Pakistan, Mazari said, was a multi-national state and all nations inhabiting the country should be given their due cultural, political and financial rights. “If Baloch, Sindhis, Seraikis, Pakhtuns and others want the demarcation of provinces on the basis of nationalities, no one should have any objection to it. Personally, I believe that the question of nationalities should be solved within the federation of Pakistan,” he said.
He supported the Supreme Court’s verdict on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). “Despite being a Chaudhry, the chief justice seems to be an honest person. As a Baloch, I will support anyone who fights for justice,” Mazari said, adding however that Aitzaz Ahsan was “playing his cards” to get hold of a public office.
Once a close friend of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) founder and former prime minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Mazari has not forgiven Bhutto for the 1970s military operation in Balochistan. “Benazir used to call me uncle. I told her, ‘Yes, I’m your uncle, but not from your father’s side’. Bhutto wronged the Baloch,” Mazari maintained.
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By Shahid Husain
Karachi: Intelligence agencies in Pakistan are using drugs to extract information from political activists, while doctors on the payroll of the state are believed to be playing a role in this unethical practice, The News has learnt.
Abdul Wahab, a 55-year-old Baloch activist, told The News that he was injected with a drug by intelligence agencies after he was picked up on May 28, 2008 from near Zainab Market, Karachi.
“We held a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on May 28, 2008 to condemn the creation of an atom bomb. After the rally, I was going back to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan office situated nearby, when I was stopped by two plain-clothed men near Zainab Market. These men put a revolver on my temple, pushed me in a white car and put a chador over me,” Wahab told The News.
Wahab said that the car reached some place after nearly half an hour, a gate was opened and he was blindfolded. His hands were also tied from behind, and he was taken to a room. “While I was blindfolded, I was beaten so severely that I became unconscious,” he said.
“Those people were abusing Baloch leader Akhter Mengal, and asked me where we are getting our ammunition from, who was funding us, who were the people involved in the bomb blast at Hub (Balochistan), where was our headquarter, who was the chief of the Watan Brigade, how many members it has, and so on,” he said.
“After beating me up severely for a day, I was shifted to another place and pushed on a stretcher-like thing. Somebody shot an injection in my forearm, and I felt as if my entire body had become numb. However, my brain was still active,” he recalled. “I started speaking voluntarily, but I don’t remember what I said. When I regained consciousness, I had a severe headache and my mouth was dry.”
Wahab asked for some water and tea from his captors, a request that was granted, along with two tablets. When he told his captors that he wanted to go to the bathroom, his blindfold was temporarily removed from his eyes, and he found himself in some sort of a lock-up, but not that of a police station.
He was blindfolded again after he had used the bathroom urinated, and then taken to another, cooler room – indicating that the room had an air conditioner. Somebody then began asking him questions, albeit politely. Wahab informed him that he was a human rights’ activist, and helped the families of “missing” people. He was told that “missing” persons were “terrorists,” and helping them was a crime. After five days of confinement, the entirety of which were spent blindfolded, Wahab was released near the Finance and Trade Centre (FTC) on Sharea Faisal, and asked not to look back; otherwise, he would be shot dead. “Since then, I have been receiving abusive calls on my cell phone during the middle of the night. I have changed my cell phone many a times, but it is always traced,” he said.
Doctors fear that in all probability, Wahab was injected with a drug that has been nicknamed ‘Truth Serum.’ After taking the Truth Serum, a person is said to become highly talkative, and shares his/her thoughts without hesitation. The Dorlands’ Illustrated Medical Dictionary describes the Truth Serum as “an ultra-short-acting barbiturate (drug) to produce general anaesthesia, and for narcoanalysis in psychiatric disorders.”
The proper name for this drug is thiopental sodium, eminent psychiatrist Prof. S. Haroon Ahmed told The News, explaining that the drug is also called Sodium Pentothal. “There are various kinds of methods used to extract information from people suspected of anti-social or so-called anti-state activities. Besides physical torture, psychological methods are keeping a person in incognito and keeping him awake for a long time and altering all normal expectations.
“There are, however, other methods in which doctors are involved, such as administering injections of tripentina sodium (Truth Serum). The effect of the injection is that the person become uninhibited, and frequently pours out facts that he/she would otherwise not disclose. The involvement of medical community in any act of torture or forced extraction of information has been banned by the international medical community. This has also been endorsed by the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA),” he said.
Dr Shershah Syed, former general secretary of the PMA, said: “Doctors should not get involved in any kind of activity causing physical, psychological and emotional torture in collaboration with government or non-government agencies.”
Baloch Bar boycotts courts in several districts of Balochistan
QUETTA Jan 30: On the joint appeal of Baloch Bar Association, Gwadar Bar Association and Mekran Bar, lawyers boycotted courts proceedings against Pakistani security forces’ raids at the residences of the Organiser of Baloch Bar Association Sadiq Raisani and Haji Anwar Adil Advocate (Panjgur), violation of sanctity of [chadar and char deevari] and against the killing of innocent Baloch students in Khuzdar here on Saturday. No lawyer appeared in any court in Quetta, Mastung, Kalat, Surab, Khuzdar, Lasbella, Pasni, Gwadar, Turbat, Panjgur, Kharan, Noshki, Sibi, Nasirabad and Dera Allah Yar.
A Spokesman of Baloch Bar said that Baloch lawyers were not agreed to expose Baloch problem and they would continue to struggle for their motherland. Spokesman expressed regret over the sudden death of Amir Bakhsh Lango Advocate and said that he had reserved his life for Independent Baloch land. He said that his death would cause negative impacts on Baloch national Movement. We pay tribute to his bravery and bold national services. Spokesman expressed grief over the killing of Malik Khuda Bakhsh Shaikh Hussaini and said that Baloch leaders were being killed one by one. He strongly condemned his murder and expressed sympathy with the members of bereaved family.
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BRP, Marri Itehad and BSO (Azaad) paid glowing tributes to Shaheed Amir Bux Baloch
Quetta: Baloch Republican Party, BSO (azaad) and Injuman-e-Itehad-e Marri paid rich tributes to “Sagaar e Baloch” Shaheed Amir Bux’s Langove Baloch. Sagaar e Baloch had died in a traffic accident near Mastung on Thursday. Baloch Republican Party leader Brahumdagh Bugti and central spokesman of BRP Sher Mohammad Bugti said that Mir Ameer Bux Baloch’s sudden loss left a vacuum [in Baloch struggle] that cannot be filled in centuries. The BRP statement further said that Shaheed’s life and his practical struggle is a source of inspiration for the Baloch youth. They appealed to the Baloch youth to follow the path and ideology of the “Sagaar e Baloch” and continue the struggle for Independence. “BRP will do their utmost to complete the mission of Shaheed Amir Bux Baloch. Baloch Nation and BRP pay glowing tributes to the one who spent his whole life struggling for the liberation of motherland”.
Marri Itehad said in a statement that Shaheed Amir Bux belong to a household that has given tremendous sacrifices for the sake of Balochistan, they have raised the head of Baloch Nations with pride and dignity. “Amir Bux was not only the hero of his family but his sacrifices and practical work for the liberation of Balochistan has made him a Baloch National hero. Today many Baloch youth have joined the Karavan of Baloch freedom struggle because of hard working and honest friends like “Sagaar e Baloch” Shaheed Amir Bux Langove Baloch”.
Meanwhile BSO (azaad) also paid their respects and tributes to the Sagaar e Baloch and said that because of the sacrifices of Baloch martyrs of liberation today Baloch are more aware of their right to Independence and the Baloch youth have rejected the Pakistani ideology. The statement further said that Amir Bux Langove followed the ideology and path of his brother Shaheed Majeed Baloch and sacrificed his life in defense of motherland Balochistan.
“We have not carried out Sohbat Pur blast”: BRA
Separately BRA, Baloch resistance Organisation has said that they have no connection with the blast in Suhbat Pur in Jafaraba districts of Balochistan, in which three innocent Baloch had died and many sustained injuries. Sarbaz Baloch said that BRA strongly condemns the attack on innocent people. He made it clear that BRA fighters only target government officials/occupation forces, Spies/traitors [those who work for govt against Baloch cause], government installation and buildings. He appealed the Baloch people to stay away from Pakistani government installations, official’s places and ceremonies and vehicles because Baloch fighters can target them any time.
Sarbaaz Baloch also paid tributes to Shaheed Amir Bux Langove on behalf of his Organisation (BRA) and appealed the Baloch youth to follow the ideology of the Sagaar e Baloch.
