by Mured Baloch
Recently the speaker of the United States House Representatives Nancy Pelosi was interviewed and stressed the release of Baloch nationalist leaders an English newspaper. She demanded an end the Pakistan military operation in Balochistan. By expressing her concern labeling Baloch as terrorist, their genocide is going on and that should be stopped immediately.
United States house representatives expressed their keen interests in the consistent oppression against Baloch people, the army operations in Balochistan, and arresting patriotic Baloch leaders. The United States of America is supporting the Pakistani army to end Al-Qaeda and other Islamic extremist groups but they expressed their doubt and demanded more sophisticated inquiries in this matter about Pakistan’s role.
In such a crucial time, where two prominent Baloch fearless leaders Shaheed-i-Azum martyred Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, and young commander Nawabzada Mir Balach Marri both were fighting against Pakistani army in two different fronts for the self-determination of Balochistan had been martyred. And Balochistan National Party leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal who continued his peaceful political struggle for Baloch national rights, had been arrested and was kept in prison for a long time because of Pakistani intelligence agencies dirty tricks based on their modified and unfounded charges.
On the other hand, British police in the United Kingdom due to the hint of Pakistani intelligence agencies arrested young Baloch nationalist leader Nawabzada Hairbiyar and his fellow Faiz Baloch. Both were busy peacefully in lighting the Baloch problems internationally, in such harsh times Baloch are going and understanding the stand from the United States for Baloch and their criticism to Pakistan eventually will bring positive result for Baloch national struggle.
In the period of 2006 Richard Boucher, United States, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asians Affairs, visited Pakistan while being questioned by about B.L.A {Balochistan Liberation Army} he responded that United States has no solid prove to declare BLA as a terrorist organization. If we examined all the international in-depth media coverage about Balochistan, particularly Washington post, Voice of America, New York Times, and other celebrated newspapers and magazines reports about Balochistan problems compare to other countries, the United States’ important circle repeatedly brought up the subject of Balochistan, which is a positive thing, and it’s a victory for Baloch national movement.
It may bring trouble for Pakistani rulers and agencies because the United States provided the weapons and financial support to Pakistani army against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban but such support has been used to crush the Baloch nationalist struggle and President Pervez Musharraf instead of fighting against Islamic extremist of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, he has been spending his energy tracing and punishing the Baloch nationalist.
Foreign countries, particularly the United States interest towards Baloch problems indicates they are tired of Pakistani rulers double-faced policies and they may acknowledge their provided weapons and financial support against Islamic extremism have been used against the sons of Baloch on their own soil.
From the United States responsible circle, encouraging statement for the Baloch nation one after another shows Baloch should take advantage of their support and convince the international community and bring them in their {national legitimate and legal struggle} favor. Pakistani rulers are tirelessly trying to mask the Balochistan crisis but their tyranny and oppression against the Baloch people is being unmasked to the world. It proves that the Baloch are not terrorists, but Pakistan has always been keen on perpetuating its imperialistic policies, thus have disgraced themselves on the world stage.
President Pervez Musharraf and its officials are struggling to show the international community the Baloch problems is not that serious, mostly in the international forums, Pakistani officials have been considering the Baloch problem as a Pakistan’s internal problem {they do not let the led out from the boiling pot} and keep avoiding to response the “Balochistan crisis” question. Even Baloch nation says, Balochistan is being merged by force by Pakistan and Baloch are determined through their national struggle that they will take back their motherland in the real historic form. How can in such conditions, can Baloch problems become a Pakistan internal matter?
When Baloch national struggle is increasing and international media keep asking the Pakistani rulers and its officials to response about the root cause of Baloch problems where President Pervez Musharraf and his obedient team keep trying to hide the truth and dismiss in front of the international community the existence of Baloch resistance movements. At the same time Pakistani rulers in the next day acknowledged such organizations and officially enforced restriction upon them.
Baloch nationalist movements are not that weak. Such an organizations when it’s able to: fire rockets on the head of the state, its army helicopters were fired at, in an attempt to bring them down; the province chief minister has been attacked. In Gwadar port, Chinese engineers are being targeted, inside the cities army check post and their vehicles are openly attacked, their financial institutions are being fired rockets and bombed. Still rulers are considering few Sardars are fighting for their ego and leading such an organization and saying it’s the anger of Baloch leadership, which is nothing but stupidity.
Baloch nation should end their personal differences, likes and dislikes and leave all personal grudges behind. Be united under the leadership of prominent and great Baloch nationalist leaders, Nawab Khair Baksh Marri they should be under one umbrella in a single program and brighten the self-determination of Balochistan cause in a different front and each one should play their role. That has been the desires of the Baloch martyred and let’s fulfill the dream of such noble elders; this is the source of liberation.
Written by Mured Baloch in Urdu, translated by Aziz Baloch, courtesy of Asaappublications.com |
