For the past few years I have been posting against the policy being adopted by the state to silence the separatists. I had a feeling that the policy is not working as it has intensified the gulf between Baloch and the rest of us. I also had a hunch that the delay in political solution in Balochistan could reignite Jiay Sindh movement. Balochistan and Sindh have a bearing on each other which I am sure should have been on the minds of our policy makers. Now we can see that the policy of kill and dump has started in Sindh as well. Its about time we revisited the madness and try to resolve the issue through talks. Violence only begets violence and that we cant afford. Time to reconcile and ensure equal rights for all. Time to move on…
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/pakistan-affairs/237682-balochistan-crisis-and-its-resolution.html
Footprints: ‘Kill and dump’ in Sindh - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
One of the reasons for the recent surge in the ‘kill-and-dump’ phenomenon, earlier associated only with Balochistan, is said to be the growing proximity between Baloch separatists and their counterparts in Sindh.
In 2011, a picture of Sirai Qurban Khuhawar, senior vice chairperson of the JSMM at the time, Ruplo Choliani, Noor ul Haq Tunio and Nadir Bugti, went viral among nationalist groups on Facebook. Soon after, Khuhawar and Choliani’s car was found torched near Sanghar. It was followed by a picture of Balaach Marri and the present JSMM leader Shafi Burfat on the internet. Locals say the proximity between JSMM and Baloch separatists continued till recently, resulting in enforced disappearances.
Another factor, pointed out by a former political activist of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz, Ustad Khalid Chandio, is that the JSMM is getting stronger even while being banned. “You must have heard people shrug off their cause saying their attacks are limited to ‘cracker blasts’. But has anyone thought how the material for making a ‘cracker bomb’ is available to them? How a mere cracker blows up five to six feet of solid steel railway tracks? At the same time, there’s some truth to reports about India’s interference in our region. We may ignore them but there’s some truth there. This nationalist movement is not all black and white; there are many shades of grey.”