Balochistan crisis & its resolution!

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For a change, something +ve about Balochistan…

How the stars shine above Balochistan | Blog | DAWN.COM

How the stars shine above Balochistan

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth. -Ptolemy, c.150 AD

About a month ago I went with the petrol-heads at Pakwheels on a road trip into Balochistan. They are a group of car enthusiasts that go exploring around the country in their trusted SUV’s. I soon learnt that on this particular trip, we would also be joined by some members of the Karachi Astronomers Society and that the purpose of this particular trip was to explore a new location for stargazing.

Though we weren’t going too far from the Sindh border, it would still be my first real look at a province that, these days at least, isn’t exactly the easiest place to casually visit. I was doubly excited about the stargazing, not to mention very eager to meet the folks at KaAS (I didn’t even know we had any astronomers much less a whole society of them).

I met the group early on a beautiful Saturday morning. The party of about 15 people was split up into three cars led by Pakwheels veteran Aqeel Baig in his three-door Land Cruiser Prado. A couple of my friends and I were to ride in an old MUTT Jeep that had been fixed up and modified from its army days by its owner Camran Mir.

The MUTT had no doors or roof, and though it was far from comfortable, it quickly turned out to be the ideal vehicle for photographing the landscape. So we clicked away excitedly as we sped along on the RCD Highway towards Winder in Lasbela, from where we would head north into the mountains.

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*Three members of the group, Baber Khan, Jawad Hussain, and Fehd Siddique pose in the MUTT at a rest-stop. The other two cars can be seen parked in the background. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com
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We were heading for a location in the hills that would give us dark, clear night skies for stargazing, a factor that is measured by the “Bortle Dark-sky Scale”. KaAS member Naveed Merchant told me that at a mountaintop of about 3000ft., we would hopefully be able to see a sky that was rated “Class 1” on the scale. This means that the sky is at its darkest and a great range of stars are visible to the naked eye. He also mentioned that with the right timing, even the Milky Way can be seen stretching across the sky with the naked eye. But since this wasn’t the right time of year and we weren’t going on a moonless night, we would only get a small window of time (after the moon had set) to observe that particular sight.

Merchant also told me that Balochistan is an excellent place for stargazing – the clear, cloudless skies and low light-pollution result in a crisp view of the heavens, one that he promised would leave us astounded that night.

But just a couple of hours into the trip, Balochistan had already left me wide-eyed and amazed. In our short trip, we passed an ever changing landscape, including fruit orchards, streams, grassy plains, and different kinds of mountainous terrain.

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Getting good landscape shots was easy in the beautiful countryside - even as the car sped along and wind battered us. Needless to say, we were all having a ball with our cameras. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com

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Naveed Merchant’s Land Cruiser speeds along ahead of us as we head for the mountains. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com

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*Offroading on the nearly-untouched terrain was a treat for the PakWheelers. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com

The road ended before the mountains began, and we had completed three-fourths of our uphill climb when the gritty slopes struck their first blow: the MUTT had broken its rear axle about 300 feet from the summit, and we would have to climb about a kilometer up on the loose, sliding rocks to the top.
After a nervous climb in the thin highland air, we reached the peak and set-up camp for the night. Soon however, we were warned by locals that road construction on the mountainside could leave us stranded on the summit for up to two days. So after the sun had already set – and with the temperature falling dramatically – we decided that we couldn’t risk getting stuck and had to trek back down to a different campsite.

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*A view from the mountain-top, just after sunset. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com
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*On the way back as we reached the MUTT, Mir decided to repair his axle then-and-there in the moonlight. Most of our group went on ahead to set-up camp while he slid under his car with an LED torch and a few tools. The rest of us waited bewildered at how he was going to do it. An hour or so later, after some pulling and pushing on the rough, inclined track, Mir had used the nuts from the front axle to repair the rear one. He put the Jeep into rear-wheel-drive and drove us to the campsite where everyone else was already preparing for the night. - Photo by Fehd Siddique
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We eventually camped in a clearing in the mountains, a spot that was at a lower altitude but nevertheless afforded a wonderful view of the sky. The moon would set at about four in the morning, giving us plenty of time to sit around the bonfire, eat and take in the atmosphere.

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*A view of our moonlit campsite in the quiet of the hills. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com

I took this time to join Abbas Jafri from KaAS, as he set up his telescope and pointed it at the moon to do some casual observation. Jafri is a physics graduate from KU who is a serious hobbyist and – I am told, is the only realtelescope technician currently working in all of Pakistan.

“The moon is not so interesting for us anymore. We are keener on viewing planets and doing deep space observation.” he said. Deep space includes anything outside the solar system, such as other stars, galaxies and nebulae etc.

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*Abbas Jafri observes Saturn through his 5.1 inch Celestron telescope. There was also another, larger MEAD telescope owned by Naveed Merchant.

**Merchant also added that he had recently bought a 24 inch telescope made by Webster, which was the largest of its kind in the country. The calibration of these telescopes is a complicated process that Jafri is currently undertaking back home in Karachi. Both of the telescopes had motorized mounts that could track objects in the sky automatically using GPS. - Photo by Fehd Siddique
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We observed Mars, Saturn, and the Orion Nebula, through Abbas’ Celestron and small binoculars.

“An ordinary pair of binoculars is actually an excellent viewing tool for any amateur astronomer, and allows you to see greater detail in many parts of the sky” said Jafri, as I viewed the Pleiades star cluster through them.

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*Even before the full-moon had set (here it is invisible just above the frame) there were a great deal of stars that were visible through the crisp and clear night air. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com
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By four o’clock in the morning, most of the group was asleep in their tents, and the temperature was freezing. I was shivering under six layers but I stayed up in anticipation as the astronomers started to come out of their tents. It was well worth it because after the moon had set, I was transfixed by the greatest number of stars I had ever seen.

I offered to help Merchant with his large and bulky MEAD telescope, which he set-up with the aid of a red torch. Unlike white light, this red torch would not interfere with our eyes.

“We have a small window of time before the sun starts to rise, and it takes your eyes about 20 minutes to adjust to the darkness, so be careful not to turn on any other lights now,” said Merchant. He carefully set up his scope in the glow of the bulky red light I was holding for him.

As I looked around in the darkness, the rocky surface of the mountains suddenly felt like another planet. In the dead silence under the thick umbrella of stars, as I watched this bulkily clothed astronomer set up his scope in the eerie red light, it was not hard to imagine that I was standing on the surface of Mars gazing at the expanse of the unexplored universe above. No wonder these guys spent so much time and effort finding these remote locations, I thought; it is an unparalleled experience.

After Jafri helped calibrate the telescope, they started locating different deep-space objects to look at, such as theHercules Globular Cluster (containing hundreds of thousands of stars) and the spiral shaped Whirlpool Galaxy (M51). A star cluster is any area observable within our own galaxy where a great concentration of stars can be seen, while a galaxy of course is a star system of its own, which is much further away than any of the individual stars that can be seen in the sky.

Above all however, I was eager to see one thing I had never seen before: I asked Jafri when we would be able to see the Milky Way. He pointed towards the west and asked me to look underneath the tail of the Scorpio constellation.

“It will soon rise over there, but you won’t be able to see it very well or for very long, for that you have to wait till May, when it is more easily observable by the naked eye.” He said.

I was barely able to see a dim haze behind the blanket of stars rising over the mountains. This was the Milky Way, a spiral arm of our own galaxy that can be seen from behind the stars that surround us, and covers a significant part of the sky behind the constellations Sagittarius and Carina.

Of course the sun was close behind, so I took my camera and headed off uphill to see what I could shoot. And sure enough, what was barely visible to my eye, appeared as a fantastic glow across the sky in my photos.

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This image, stitched from five different shots to form a panorama, shows a section of the Milky Way just above the hilltops. Four meteorites can also be seen as they streaked across the sky during the long 30 second exposures. The glow on the bottom left is that of the sun about to rise. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com

Dawn struck soon afterwards, and a few hours later we all set off back for home, but not before making a quick stop for a swim at a small spring in the mountains.

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*We took a quick dip in the cold water of this small spring. It was just what we needed before heading back. Locals were herding donkeys and small goats on the precarious mountain slopes above. - Photo by Nadir Siddiqui/Dawn.com

When we finally reached back home it was night again. Before I walked into my house, I looked up at the Karachi sky, full of light and haze from the city. Only a few of the brightest stars were dimly shining through. It was strange how it looked so convincingly empty, hiding its secrets as if nothing was there at all. I suppose it would always have been that way for me, if I hadn’t gone and seen the stars as they shine above Balochistan.

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*Some members of the group, including the PakWheels and KaAS members, pose with us for a photo before heading back home. - Photo by Fehd Siddique

*Nadir Siddiqui is a photographer and interactive producer at Dawn.com. You can **view some of his photography **here.

​The views expressed by this blogger and in the following reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Dawn Media Group.

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This article is in Urdu .
I hope Mr Ali_Syed](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/members/ali_syed.html) will manage some article like this in English for those who can not read Urdu .
He has done a lot in the thread

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I will try to translate it...

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Pakistan's province of Balochistan which the biggest in terms of land mass but smallest in terms of population is present on an important juncture of its history. The Baloch who have been asking for greater resources have resorted to killing/dying for achieving their objectives. Youngsters who believe in this ideology have practically started their struggle, and for this purpose about 30 training camps have been established within the province. The leaders of this struggle are providing these youngsters with guidance, and raising their voices for the Baloch cause on international forums and because of their struggle Baloch issue has gained prominence in America, UN and Human right organizations. Abduction, Killing and dumping is increasing the sympathy of people towards them within the country and abroad, due to this the movement is gaining momentum and the reaction of the militants is getting tough towards any talk of any reconciliation with the government. Prime Minister Gillani had announced an All Parties Conference, which most of the nationalists parties refused to attend which includes some allies of the federal/provincial governments. Most importantly the struggle has gone into the hands of the youngsters, within the province and abroad their leaders are Khan of kalat, Hyrbyar Marri, Brahmdagh Bugti and Dr Allah Nazar who might not be youngsters but they are not old as well. The hold of old sardars on these people has started weakening, the support of the sardars are also with the militants. This time people outside the tribal system are also participating in the struggle, even those people are involved who dont listen to the sardars. The youngsters have got hideouts in the mountains where they hide after carrying out their guerilla activities. Even in cities their silent supporters provide them with support. In these circumstances its important to bring the insurgents/militants and the upset Baloch to the discussion table so that their confidence in Pakistan could be enhanced.

For understanding the issue we need to understand Balochistan's historical & geographical background. Sadly like not many people in Western Pakistan knew about Eastern Pakistan, similarly many people in other provinces (especially Punjab) do not know much about Balochistan. Balochistan throughout history has been part of Persian empire, Arabs, Alexander the great, Macedonians, Indians, and Afghanistan. In 1758, Mir Naseer Khan Noori formed Kalat state, hence the Baloch got a separate homeland. In 1839, British invaded Balochistan and divided into three parts, one was handed over to Iran and another to Afghanistan (these countries still hold those parts). The british leased areas of Bugti, Marri, Naseerabad and Chaghi from the Khan of Kalat. When the british invaded Afghanistan, they formed British Balochistan and those areas are now the pashtun areas of Balochistan. When the British were leaving India, they asked the states of India to decide whether they want to join India or Pakistan. Since Balochistan was not part of British India, it was decided to hold a round table conference in which Viceroy Lord Mount Batten, Khan of kalat, Quaid e Azam, Liaqat Ali Khan and Chief Minister Kalat participated. It was decided that Kalat would become independent, and its former position (before the British invasion of 1839) would be restored. The British had signed an accord with Khan of kalat in 1876, that the British will restore the position of Balochistan before leaving India.

On 11 August 1947, an agreement was signed between Pakistan and Kalat that kalat is an independent state and its situation is different as compared to the other Indian states. Before this Muslim League working group also passed a resolution in favour of an independent kalat. Due to these agreements, Khan of kalat proclaimed independence on 15 August 1947. A parliament having two houses was created in which Kalat state national party won 39 out of 52 seats.

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In october 1947, Quaid e azam who were fighting the case (without any fee) for independent Kalat on behalf of khan of Kalat advised him to merge his state into Pakistan, because due to the wars of influence between Russians and the Western powers the area could become a theatre of war, due to which they will lose their independence. Khan summoned the meeting of his parliament to discuss the matter, the two houses of parliament rejected the proposal claiming that it was against the agreement signed between Pakistan and Kalat (on 4th August) and 1947's law of independence. The baloch's believed then (and even now) that the British had control over Balochistan but it was not part of British India. The agreements with Balochistan were not done with the government of British India, but directly with the British government. According to the 3 June plan the areas of British India had to decide between joining India and Pakistan, and this did not apply on Kalat. Kalat State included Lasbela, Kharan and Makran. To join Pakistan, these three areas were also contacted separately on which in March 1948 they decided to join Pakistan. After this Khan of kalat did not have any other option but to merge his state in Pakistan. In March 1948, Quaid e Azam and Khan of kalat signed the agreement for including Kalat in Pakistan.

The Baloch insurgents started a movement for separation, on 4th April 1948 the army under the supervision of Major General Akbar Khan carried out an operation and regained control over Kalat. Most of the ministers and nationalist leaders were arrested and kicked out of Kalat. According to the agreement between Quaid e Azam and Khan of kalat, only defence, foreign policy and transport had been given to the federal government. Other than this the state should have had internal sovereignty, but on 15th April 1948 an order was issued to Khan of kalat that Kalat has been restored on status that existed during British. Khan of kalat's powers were removed and the province handed over to a political agent. The balochistan we have now includes three areas:

1) Kalat State

2) The areas which had been leased out to the British

3) British Balochistan (Pashtun areas)

The decision of Leased areas and British Balochistan to join Pakistan was left to Quetta municipality and Shahi jirga. On 29 june 1947 their meeting was called in which they decided to join Pakistan. The people who voted in favour of Pakistan included Nawab Akbar Bugti. Baloch nationalists believe that Khan of kalat was forced to accede to pakistan, but its interesting to note that in the very first paragraph of the agreement he signed is mentioned that Kalat was an Indian state hence it has decided to join Pakistan according to the separation plan.

Even after 23 years of joining Pakistan, Balochistan did not get the status of a province. It was divided into Quetta and Kalat divisions. In 1955 when one unit was formed it was made a part of West Pakistan, in 1970 when one unit was abolished it got the status of a separate province. Militants are fighting for the independence of Balochistan since 1947, the first mutiny was carried out by Khan of kalat's younger brother with his 700 comrades. The second mutiny was carried out in 1958 By nawab Nouroz khan, after Khan of kalat was arrested and army was sent into kalat. This 90 year sardar had 600 allies. When the fighting raged, the government asked other sardars (for the sake of Quran) to bring Nauroz khan to the negotiation table and that all of their demands will be accepted. It was declared that Nouroz Khan can come down from the mountains, nothing will be said to him.

Nouroz khan returned to Quetta (due to the oath of pakistani authorities on Quran) but he was arrested and given life imprisonment. During imprisonment he died, 12 of his comrades were hung in Hyderabad jail. Due to this Nouroz Khan achieved the status of a hero for the Baloch. At the moment fifth operation against the baloch is in progress.

First 1948, Second 1958-1960, Third 1962-1969, and Fourth 1973-1977. During this period although the Baloch nationalists had their reservations about the merger of Balochistan with pakistan but they preferred to go for autonomy within the framework of Pakistan. In 1970 elections nationalists got a landslide victory.

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Sardar Ataullah Mengal became the chief minister but he was fired soon (on the pretext of conspiring against the state) which became the reason for the fourth operation. From 1980 to 2000, Balochistan remained somewhat peaceful. The demands for autonomy and control over resources remained but there were very few terrorism related incidents. In 2000's the secessionist movement started gaining momentum and killings of settlers started in Quetta and Interior Balochistan. Thousands of Punjabis, Seraikis, hazarwals, Urdu speaking and Kashmiris were killed. The deceased included ordinary people, traders, teachers, doctors, engineers and journalists. Government could not protect them, the settlers were mostly poor labourers, traders or workers of government/private institutions. To save themselves about 250000 settlers fled Balochistan, and took refuge in native/safe locations. The ones left behind are living in fear. The secessionist movement ha converted into a full fledge guerilla war, after the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. Nawab Akbar Bugti was thought to be a tool of Pakistani establishment in Balochistan. Baloch did not trust him much but were scared of his power hence they couldnt say anything against Pakistan in front of him. After his killing Akbar Bugti also became a hero of Baloch like Nawab Nouroz Khan.

The separatists were already conducting their warfare, the Bugti tribe also joined them which started deteriorating the situation. In addition to the killing of settlers, attacks on forces, installations, gas pipelines, railway tracks were conducted. When the violence escalated a new twist was given to the issue, the separatists started disappearing and their mutilated bodies started appearing from isolated places. This process is continuing to date with full force. These incidents started acting like fuel on fire, and the insurgency started becoming more and more powerful. The separatists and nationalists believe that these acts are being conducted by the security forces, the army refutes these claims. At the moment BLA, BLF, BRP, BLUF, and other separatist parties are involved in different Baloch areas . It is believed that BLA is supported by Hyrbyar Marri and BRA is sipported by Brahmdagh Bugti. Within Balochistan, Allah Nazar Baloch is leading the struggle.

The independence movement is mainly concentrated in Kohlu, Dera Bugti, Jafarabad, Bolan, Awaran, Washak, Barkhan, Jhal Magsi, Khuzdar, Mastung, Panjgur, Gwadar and Turbat. In these areas Pakistan flags are being burnt and Pakistani national anthem is prohibited. Khan of kalat Mir Sulaiman Daud, Hyrbyar Marri and Brahmdagh Bugti are running the independence movement from abroad and they have got some facilitators to gain international support. Due to these facilitators the resolution was presented in American Congress.

The CIA, RAW and Israeli intelligence services are also involved in deteriorating the situation of balochistan. Due to Pakistan's relations with America souring, the later wants to take advantage of the situation in Balochistan. On reason of the interest is balochistan's shores from where about 70 % of the world's oil is transported. By controlling balochistan firstly the Americans will get control of the oil passage and then they can use it to teach Iran a lesson.

In Balochistan the pashtun areas are about 35 % of the total area, they dont have to do anything with the independence movement. They want their province of Southern Pakhtunkhwa, and till the province is not made they want equal rights in the province to the baloch.

The population of balochistan is 8 million out of which 50 % are Baloch, 40 % Pashtun and 10 % settlers. Baloch separatists consider their right on Punjab's areas of DG Khan, Layyah and Bhakkar. Their final destination is the creation of greater Balochistan which includes the areas within Pakistani, Iranian and Afghanistan Baloch areas.

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Must watch it , What they are saying , Better you know this .

There is still a way .
We will have to listen them .
**DIVIDE PAKISTAN TO ELIMINATE TERRORISM
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SeeShould the US support an independent Balochistan?
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I need your appreciation.
My way to reply them .

**Multan Province
**We love you Balochs and We love you Balochistan ,
We shall soon find a way to live together with piece and respect .انشااللہ
You are our sons . We can not see you disturbed .

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I also found some thing
link.http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQC06olUWDsKg_2A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9q8W6WM8bxg%2Fhqdefault.jpgArmy Chief Inaugurates Sui Military College in Balochistan (Ptv News - Jan 3, 2011)
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Dunya News: Pakistan:-War on terror will not end so early: Malik…

**During his visit to Dunya News Lahore office, Rehman Malik said that law and order situation in Balochistan is far better than Punjab and Sindh.**Malik said that Balochis are our brothers and if they give up weapons, I am not only ready to hold talks with them but also assure them to accept their demands.

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Three FC people have been killed by BLA yesterday, these people were abducted the previous month during their attack on FC post in Bolan district. According to BLA their court has conducted a hearing and decided on their fate…

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Interesting article…

this paragraph says it all

*III. Providing the West with an opportunity to profit off of Southwest Asia’s natural resources

*Recognising “the tremendous deposits of oil, gas, and minerals” found within or made accessible through the Baloch and Northern Alliance territories, some supporters have argued that the West should advance the “Berlin Mandate” if for no other reason than self-serving economic interests.

They have asserted that an independent Balochistan and autonomous Northern Alliance territories would provide Western companies with valuable new economic opportunities, which could help offset the costs of two failed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and spur economic growth following the global economic downturn. They have also said that the West should do so to prevent potential strategic adversaries, including China, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia, from profiting off the natural resources of Central and Southwest Asia at their expense.

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And we are dying with hunger, Only due to foolishness of our intermediate pass intellectuals .

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Karzai admits Balochistan unrest emanating from Afghanistan, claims Malik

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“Let’s talk about creating a Balochistan in the southern part of Pakistan. They’ll stop the IEDs and all of the weaponry coming into Afghanistan, and we got a shot to win over there.”
**- Texas congressman Louie Gohmert

**There are many interrelated issues at play. When one discusses Balochistan, you are discussing a way to contain China. You are also discussing economic relationships between Iran and Pakistan … If (the Chinese) build their port in Gwadar, they will have a land route from Western China to the Indian Ocean.
**This is of strategic interest to the United States because Chinese ships would have a direct route to China and no longer have to transit past the Indian and American navies. It therefore is logical that Balochistan should be concerned as part of the larger shift to the Pacific announced by the Obama Administration. … (Separately,) Iran is an empire and they are using Baloch lands to try to become the dominant regional player. The Iranians are using the Strait of Hormuz as a choke-point for a huge percentage of the world’s oil. They also are building a pipeline to Pakistan which violates UN sanctions. Such growing Iran-Pakistan cooperation is a major concern."
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Should the US support an independent Balochistan? | Opinions | Al Jazeera](Should the US support an independent Balochistan? | Opinions | Al Jazeera)

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So whats the problem now?

Afghan camps for Baloch militants shut: Malik | Newspaper | DAWN.COM

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The fact that Rehman Malik is lying?

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Your problem is you trust Rehman Malik or take his word as a fact!!!

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he is the interior minister of the country, and I guess should be more knowledgeable about the ground position (ideally).

And he has given two contradictory kind of statements in two days, post 93 and 95.

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If the situation of Balochistan is not controlled soon, we might see a civil war situation there between settlers/baloch, pashtun/baloch and shias/sunnis.

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He is a permanent liar but what he can do here

As forced disappearances continue, govt’s claim of returning missing Baloch men rings hollow