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.

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.

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 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Untimely demise of Amir Bux is not less than a national tragedy: Hyrbyair Marri

*Shaheed Amir Bux will always be remembered as a National Hero: BNM

Quetta/London: Baloch patriot leader Hyrbyair Marri has said that he was sad and shocked by the news of the untimely death of one the brave and patriot sons of soil. He said that Shaheed Amir Bux Baloch was a determined and courageous friend who spent his life defending the Baloch land and Balochistan. His sudden demise is not less than a national tragedy for Baloch National struggle. “Baloch Nation and the youth will always remember their martyred friend as a hero, who had practically struggled and defended the motherland”.

The Baloch will always need the services of an honest, competent and experienced friend like Shaheed Amir Bux Langove. He and his family have raised the heads of Baloch people with pride and dignity for their devotion to Balochistan, realistic struggle and sacrifices. Amir Bux followed the path and ideology of his brother Shaheed Majeed Baloch and paid the ultimate price for liberation. He said that Mr Langove’s family is very fortunate to have brought up such brave sons, and if Baloch youth want to be remembered as heroes they should follow the path of Shaheed Amir Bux and his brother Shaheed Majeed Baloch. “Every Baloch should be proud of Shaheed Amir Bux and his family and learn lessons for their sacrifices. I knew Amir from very well, his practical struggle, experience and ideology was remarkable. I’m sad by the untimely physical departure of such a brave and honest friend. His loss is a National tragedy and these are moments of mourning” the Baloch leader said.

Meanwhile General Secretary of BNM Mr Khalil Baloch has said that Shaheed Amir Baloch’s name will always live on and he will be remembered as a hero of Nation. He said that Amir Bux followed the path of his martyred brother and other Baloch martyrs who sacrificed their precious lives for the liberation of Balochistan.

He said although Amir Bux’s sudden death is great loss for Baloch people, especially for Baloch freedom movement but his mission will be completed by the Baloch youth. There are thousands of Baloch who follow the ideology of Baloch martyrs and the ideological friends of the Shaheed will continue to work for the completion of the mission of Baloch martyrs.

“The entire Baloch Nation is shocked at his early demise but at the same time they are proud of their brave soldier and pay rich tributes to him” said Mr Khalil Baloch.

Great Baloch resistance leader martyred in road accident

Quetta: BalochWarna has just received the sad news of the untimely bereavement of one the great Baloch resistance leaders, Mir Amir Bux Langove Baloch. BalochWarna sources from Balochistan has reported that the Sarmachaar (Freedom Fighter) has received martyrdom during an accident in early hours of Thursday morning (28/01/2010), hence adding another name in the golden pages of the book of Baloch martyrs of liberation struggle.

Mir Amir Bux Baloch was brother of Shaheed Majeed Baloch and was a lawyer by profession. He had been with the Baloch liberation seeking forces since his young age and had always struggled to defend Baloch land and Baloch people against the occupation forces. Baloch Nation, especially Baloch youth will always remember him as one of the greatest patriot Baloch resistance leaders. His lose is irreplaceable but his name lives on throughout the history of Baloch Nation and he will always been remembered as one of the patriot and loyal sons of motherland (Balochistan).

4 people including a top police official wounded in Jafarabad blast

Dera Aallah Yar – A roadside bomb injured a senior police chief and three other people Tuesday in Pakistan’s south-western province of Balochistan, police said.

Fareed Shah, chief of the Jaffarabad district, was en route to his office in his police car when the explosion occurred in the Dera Allah Yar area.

‘The bomb was planted on a motorbike and triggered through a remote control,’ local police officer Abdul Latif Bajwa said.

Shah received minor injuries in the explosion, which also wounded one of his security guards and two pedestrians.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Baloch nationalist rebels have been waging a low-key insurgency for years, seeking greater provincial autonomy and a higher share of the profits from natural resources tapped in the region.

The insurgents have targeted several government officials and people from other ethnic communities in recent months.

Blast in Panjgur kills eight security personals, BLF claimed responsibility

QUETTA: One security personnel member has been killed and six others injured after a remote controlled bomb exploded in the Panjgur district of Balochistan.

The District Police Officer of Panjgur, Jamil Ahmed, told DawnNews that the blast occurred after a road side bomb went off near a security forces vehicle.

He said that the injured were immediately rushed to the hospital after the incident.

Two of the injured were security personnel members. An investigation into the explosion is underway.

Meanwhile the spokesman of BLF (Baloch Liberation Front) has phoned the NNI and informed the news agency that fighter from BLF has blown up the FC vehicle in Panjgur. He claimed that Eight (8) security personal were killed in this attack.

Further more he said that few days back members of his Organisation have killed a spy named Shahzad in Mand town. He claimed the responsibility for the attack on security forces vehicle and the killing of the spy. He also alleged that after the attack FC has started indiscriminate fire on unarmed civilians which resulted injuries to at least four people. He said that BLF along with other resistance Organisations (freedom seeking Organisations) will continue their struggle till Independence of Balochistan.

BSO president to sit on strike against FC occupation of Degree College

QUETTA, Jan 24: President Baloch Student Organization BSO (Azad) Shaal, Shah Zaib Baloch has announced to organize a rally and stage a sit-in on Feb 2, against deployment of Frontier Corps (FC) in Government  Degree College Quetta.

He made this announcement while addressing a press conference, in Quetta Press Club flanked by other officer bearer’s of BSO here on Sunday.

He alleged that dozens of activists of BSO and students had been allegedly picked up by security forces including Zakir Majeed, Sami Baloch, Mushtaq Baloch, Naseer Baloch, Doctor Din Muhammad and others.

“A large number of Baloch political workers have been detained in torture cells, established in Degree College”, he alleged.

Shah Zaib alleged that more than four thousand students were getting education in the college but for the last six months security forces have occupied college.

He said that presence of security forces in the college was badly affecting the education of students while teachers were also being maltreated by security forces.

He claimed that they had learnt that over two hundred Balochs have been confined in the torture cells of Degree College and demanded of humanitarian organizations for taking immediate notice of it.

Responding to a question, he said that organizing rally and staging a sit-in at in front of college was aimed at to get the attention of high ups towards alleged excesses of security forces.

Firing by Iranian forces damages three vehicles

QUETTA, Jan 24: At least three vehicles of local people at Pak-Iran border area were reportedly damaged when Iranian border security forces allegedly opened firing on them on Sunday.

According to reports reaching here, vehicles were carrying goods and passengers when the Iranian security forces allegedly targeted them at Woshab area. Resultantly, firing damaged vehicles and smashed their windscreen. Luckily, no body was hurt in the attack.

Sources said that vehicles were moving inside Pakistani territory when security forces of neighbouring country allegedly attacked them.

“We were driving inside Pakistani territory when our vehicles were attacked”, said a driver Malik Habib.

The firing incident spread panic and fear amongst the people of the area.

Expressing their serious concern people of the area demanded of the Chief Minister Balochistan for conducting a probe into the incident and lodge a protest with the Iranian authorities.

It may be mentioned that Iranian authorities have taken strict security measures at Pak-Iran border area and have closed all informal business with Pakistan after a suicide attack in Pishin town of Iran last year.

Muslim League (N) student wing attacked Baloch Student in Punjab

Sahiwal: Online Balochi language Radio  has reported that Baloch students who are studying in Punjab’s Sahiwal district have been attacked by the student wring of Muslim League (N), the MSF. Talking to Gwank one of the injured students said that they have been approached by the MSF member and asked to join their Organisations but on refusal they have been fired upon and badly beaten up. “We told them that we have nothing in common with Punjab and we don’t want to be a part of any political parties including Muslim League and MSF, for this refusal first we have been threaten and finally attacked” he complained.

He further said that they were on their way to the town when they have been fired upon by the members of MSF, Muslim League (N) student wing and after they have been arrested and beaten up badly. He said some of his friends were critically injured and have been shifted to Hospital for treatment. The injured students have been named as Balaach Baloch, Faiz Baloch, Wahid Baloch and Ishfaq Baloch.

Meanwhile BSO (azaad) Karachi zone have announced to protest against the attack on Balochistan students in Punjab. They strongly condemned the attack and said that innocent Baloch students have been attacked for refusing to join the student wing of Muslim League (N). They said that BSO (A) will stand by Baloch people and Baloch students wherever and whenever they are in any kind of difficulty.

Two soldiers shot dead, two injured in Khuzdar

Quetta:At least two army personnel were killed and two others were injured after unidentified motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire on a group of soldiers in Khuzdar bazaar on Saturday.

According to the official sources, two recruits of the security forces were gunned down by unknown attackers who assaulted a group of soldiers in Khuzdar by shooting at them. Nazir Kurd, the local police chief said, a group of around ten soldiers had come from Khuzdar Cantonment area to Khuzdar bazaar to do some shopping and do visit a local bank for transaction of money. They had parked their vehicle at Police Lane and were walking towards the bank located  inside the market when around four people riding two motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire and killed two personnel and injured two more.

Sources identified the killed personnel as Mohammad Sharif and Mohammad Rasool. They belonged to Attock and Kohat respectively.

Report on Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death in Baluchistan

The identities of six of political prisoners sentenced to death in the province Baluchistan have been announced by the Coalition of Human Rights Activists in this province.

There is no accurate information on the number and identities of the tens of Baluchi political prisoners in southeastern Iran.  As a result of the tight grip maintained by Intelligence services on this region and the absence of civil rights institutions, this region is among a number of areas which is suffering from a lack of  surveillance by human rights organizations.

There are no accurate statistics on the number of political prisoners who have been sentenced to die or are in the verge of being sentenced in this part of the country, but according to available information and claims made by authorities, a large number of prisoners charged with political- or intelligence-related offenses in this region have been sentenced to death.

The identities of six political prisoners who are sentenced to die are as follows:
1. Abdulrahman Narouei, son of Khaleghdad
2. Abeh-Gahram Zehi
3. Abdulhamid Riggi, son of Azad Riggi
4. Abduljalil Riggi, son of Jan-Mohammad
5. Naser Shah-Bakhsh
6. Mahmoud Riggi, son of Nazar

Most of the individuals stated above are being held in a detention center managed by the Ministry of Intelligence in the city of Zahedan, and the accused are being denied basic rights such as visitations with their family members and the right to hire a lawyer.  The conditions of political prisoners in Baluchistan, in the absence of a civil rights movement and human rights advocates, are bleak.

Two FC officials kidnapped, two injured in Nasirabad district

QUETTA: Two personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were injured and two others were kidnapped by unidentified persons who attacked a check post in Nasirabad district on Thursday.

Murtaza Baig, a spokesman of the Frontier Corps (FC), confirmed with the Baloch Hal that the FC check post had come under attack in Mir Hassan Police Station area of Nasirabad district in the early hours of Thursday. The attackers used automatic weapons to attack the check post. As a result, two personnel of the Frontier Corps, who were identified as Mohammad Imran and Mohammad Sharif, were injured and two others, Jamil Ahmed and Khan Ahmed, were supposedly kidnapped by the attackers and taken to an unknown location.

“The injured FC personnel are currently under treatment while a search operation has begun for the recovery of the kidnapped personnel,” said the FC spokesman.

It was learnt the four FC personnel had been deployed to guard a gas pipeline that passed from the area in order to protect it from the attack of Baloch nationalists fighting for maximum autonomy and control on resources of Balochistan.

The FC spokesman said that forces had defused a landmine at RD418 locality which had been laid on the road. “It could cause huge damage to human lives if FC had not defused the mine on the right time as it had been laid at a public place,” said the spokesman.

No group has accepted responsibility for the attack on the FC check post and kidnapping the recruits of the federal paramilitary force. Last year, the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), a shadowy organization, had kidnapped 22 policemen from the same area. All of them were killed by their captors.

When asked about the recent statement of Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani that the Frontier Corps had established a parallel government in Balochistan against the provincial government, the spokesman refused the impression. He said that the FC had been deployed on the request of the provincial government. It was unreasonable on the part of the chief minister to publicly speak against the FC even though an understanding had been reached between the provincial government and the FC for the maintenance of law and order in Quetta city.

“The FC will pull out the next day if the chief minister makes such an announcement that we are no longer required,” said the spokesman.

BNP organizes day long hunger strike camps

QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP) organized hunger strike camps in front of all press clubs in the province Wednesday against the killing of two Baloch students at the hands of security forces in Khuzdar Wednesday last..

Similar camps were also setup in Noshki, Mastung, Khanra, Kalat, Surab and other parts.

Secretary General BNP Habib Jalib Baloch and others joined the camp in front of Quetta Press Club.

Speaking on the occasion Habib Jalib termed the Khuzdar incident as state terrorism. He said forces shed the blood of innocent youth and Baloch would never forget it.

He said government has set security forces particularly Frontier Corps escort free. Whenever they want they kill any body or commit violence at gun point. No one can ask them.

He said we Baloch tribal are struggling in larger interest of self determination and state has got frustrated due to over movement.

Balochistan: Attacks on police officer,s house and police station, three injured in Suhbatpur blast

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three men sustained injuries in bomb blast occurred near a car stand in Suhbatpur ‘a tehsil of district Jafarabad’ on Tuesday. According to police, unidentified person had planted a bomb in a bicycle and parked it near a car stand.

Later, the remote-controlled bomb went off, injuring three men. They were identified as Muhammad Hyat, Abdur Rehman and Ghulam Sarwar. The injured mean were rushed to nearby hospital.

KALAT: A huge blast which rocked the Kalat town Tuesday evening shattered the windowpanes of police stations. According to the local police, the explosion took place behind the building where both Saddar and City Police Stations are housed.

It is yet to be ascertained whether the blast was caused by a hand grenade or any explosive device placed near the building. The blast caused panic among the residents of the city and the law enforcement agencies.

KHUZDAR: Unknown attackers hurled a hand grenade at the residence of SHO Khuzdar Police Tuesday evening, officials said.
The grenade exploded outside the house and partially damaged the building and its main entry door. Windowpanes of nearby buildings were also shattered. The occupants of the house remained unhurt.

Explosions rocked Khuzdar, Gwader and Quetta

KHUZDAR: Police said the explosive device, planted near boundary wall of the building, exploded with a loud bang and heard in almost all parts of the district. No one was hurt. However, the blast shattered the windowpanes of the building.

GWADAR: An explosion occurred along airport road here Monday. The explosion occurred at a vacant plot behind Habib Bank situated along Airport road here today. There was no report of any damage or injury to anybody.

HUB: Unknown persons killed a barber here Monday night. According to details unknown persons riding a motorcycle opened fire on a barber shop situated at Sakran Road, as a result one man named as Ghulam Mustafa sustained serious injuries. He was shifted to civil hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

QUETTA: I hand grenade was hurled into the house of a man identified as Shafkat in GRO colony in Quetta. The blast damaged the windowpanes and the doors of the house; however the occupants of the house remained unhurt. The police has cordoned off the area and starting a search for the attackers.

UK: Protest against the killing of Baloch in Karachi and Khuzdar

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London: A large number of Baloch, Sindhi and other human rights activists have gather in front of British parliament to condemn the target killing of Baloch in Karachi, Para-military operation in Lyari and the killing of Baloch students in Khuzdar. BHRC (Baloch Human Rights Council) had given the call for protest.

The protesters were holding placards and banners inscribed against Pakistan and Iran, demand of withdrawal of Pakistani military from Balochistan and urged the Western powers to stop supporting pro-Taliban Pakistan. The participants of the protest chanted slogans against MQM, Pakistan, Iran and Pakistani and Iranian current leaders including Ahamdinejad, Rehman Malik and the leader of MQM Altaf Hussain. Some of the slogans were; “Baloch Want Freedom, Stop killing Baloch in Karachi, Pakistan sanctuary of Taliban, West stop supporting Pakistan and stop killing Baloch and Sindhi people”.

Addressing the rally Dr Abul Doshaki read a poem which literally meant that Baloch in the UK are with the people of Lyari (Karachi) and the people of Balochistan at these difficult times.

Whwheel jam, shutter down observed against Khuzdar incident

Baloch in the UK are protesting against Khuzdar and Karachi killings today in front of British Parliament!

 complete shutter-down and wheel jam was observed in Khuzdar whereas protest rallies and demonstrations were held in other districts of Balochistan to protest against the unprovoked firing of Pakistani FC on the peaceful rally in Khuzdar. Saddam Baloch and Ali Dost Baloch were killed in this incident where four other Baloch were seriously injured. One of the injured Mr Liaqat Baloch has been admitted to Agha Khan Hospital in Karachi. It has been reported that doctors cut off one of his leg.

Meanwhile different Baloch political parties and student organisation strongly condemn the attack on the peaceful rally. They urged that the responsible official should be immediately arrested and punished.

Reports reaching from Turbat say that BSO (azaad) and BRP have took out a rally against the killings in Karachi, Khuzdar incident and against the forced-disappearances. It is has been reported that thousands of people took part in the protest rally and demanded that all Baloch missing person should be released unconditionally and immediately and culprits of Khuzdar and Karachi killings must be arrest. The rally also urged the International Community and International Human Rights Organisations to take notice of ongoing atrocities against the people of Balochistan.

Baloch in the UK are protesting today (17-01-2010) against the killings of Baloch people in Karachi and the Khuzdar incident. They have appealed all freedom loving people to join the protest to show their solidarity with the oppressed Baloch Nation.

Baloch Bar boycotts courts

QUETTA: On the appeal of Baloch Bar Association court proceedings were boycotted on Saturday and no lawyer of this association appeared before any court in Quetta, Mastung, Kalat, Khuzdar, Lasbella.

Baloch Bar leaders said here today that Khuzdar incident is not a new incident for Baloch people. Such incidents have occurred. Controlling is not possible for government. Baloch would not be cowed down by negative tactics.

They said that from firing on peaceful rally it was clear writ of secret agencies existed in Balochistan. Forces were frustrating owing to complete shutter down and wheel jam. After kidnapping like arrest secret agencies were now resorted to target killing of Baloch students. They said so called democratic government has broken all record of previous government.

Four Punjabi settlers killed in Balochistan

By Malik Siraj Akbar

QUETTA: Four non-Baloch individuals were killed in different parts of Balochistan on Saturday in an apparent backlash of Friday’s killings of two Baloch nationalists. Three of the murders have been confirmed as target killings.

According to details, two Punjabi settlers were killed in Ghosiabad police precincts, in the Satellite Town area of the provincial capital. The victims were standing on a road when unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire at them. As a result, Malik Ifthakar died on the spot, while Malik Tahir died while being treated at the Quetta Civil Hospital.

Meanwhile, a Punjabi settler was gunned down in Khuzdar district. Mohammad Iqbal – originally of Sailkot – was gunned down by unidentified armed assailants at Umar Farooq Chowk. Iqbal also died during treatment.

Khuzdar police said they had registered a case against unidentified assailants and launched an investigation.

Meerak Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) called the offices of various newspapers and accepted responsibility for killing the three Punjabi settlers. Also, a man was killed in Mastung district on Saturday in a similar target-killing incident. According to local police, Mohammad Ismail was returning home after closing shop when unidentified armed men ambushed him.

No one has claimed responsibility for Ismail’s murder so far. Local police say they are investigating.

Editorial: Killing of democrats in Khuzdar

In what appeared to be a provocative incident of firing on unarmed democratic activists, security forces killed two young students-cum-political activists in Khuzdar district on Friday. The victims, along with several others who received injuries in the arrogant demonstration of brute force by the security forces, were peacefully protesting against the targeted killing of Balochs in Karachi. It was in fact a democratic display of anger over flawed government policies which had failed to guard the lives and property of the Balochs living in Karachi. Every citizen as well as political party has the constitutional right to freely express their dissent and mobilize on issues of mutual interest……..Read full story

Pakistani FC open fire on peaceful rally of BSO AZAD two dead two seriously  

KHUZDAR: Media sources reported that the Pakistani FC (frontier Corps) have open indiscriminate fire on a peaceful rally of Baloch National Front (BNF) as a result two BSO (Aazaad) members have been killed and several others seriously injured. The seriously injured Baloch activists Liqat Baloch, Zafar Baloch, Inayat Baloch and Farid Baloch have been shifted to hospital for immediate treatment. The Martyred Baloch students have been named as Alid Dost Baloch and Sadam Baloch (who is said be only 14 years old) . The Baloch students were protesting against the killings of innocent Baloch in Karachi. BNF had given the call for wheel jam and shutter down strike on 15 January (Today).

Junior Vice Chairperson of BSO (azaad) Banok Karima Baloch strongly condemned the attack on Baloch students’ rally. She announced that shutter-down and wheel jam protest will be observed in Balochistan on Saturday against Kuhzdar incident.

It, however, must be noted that Baloch people have long complained the behavior of FC, most of the killings that took place during peaceful protests FC has always been involved in such incidents. In a recent interview with a Pakistani TV channel Hyrbyair Marri has also said that the FC (and the mini dictator, Salim Nawaz) were assigned to further deteriorate the situation in Balochistan.

Strike in Balochistan over Karachi target killings

QUETTA: A shutter down and wheel jam strike was being observed in a number of districts in Balochistan on Friday against the target killings of Baloch people in Karachi. The strike call had been given by the Baloch National Front.

According to reports reaching from different parts of the province, the strike was being observed in the Mastung, Noshki, Kharan, Panjgur, Gwadar, Turbat, Kalat, Awaran, Sibi and Quetta districts.

All the main bazaars and markets were closed while roads also wore a deserted look in these districts.

Law enforcement agencies took strict security measures for the occasion. No untoward incident was so far reported from any of these districts except the one in Quetta in which unknown persons pelted stones on vehicles and torched two of them on Brewery Road. — DawnNews

Families of missing Baloch protest outside BHC

Quetta: Relatives of Mir Ghaffar Langov held a protest rally outside Balochistan High Court and demanded his immediate release. According to reports the participants of the rally blocked the main road in front of BHC and some of the angry women protesters lobbed stoned at the vehicles when they tried to break the blockage.

The family member of Mir Gharraf Langov said that there were no charges against him and he has been abducted by the personal of Pakistan’s Intelligence agencies, last year. They feared that if Mr Langov is not recovered in time he might suffer the same fate as Shaheed Ghulam Mohammed Baloch and his friends. [GM Baloch and his friends were abducted in broad day light from their lawyers’ office and murdered in cold-blood, in April last year.

British should extradite Altaf Hussain to where he belongs: Zafar Baloch

Toronto, January 13 – Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada) has declared the recent killings of the indigenous Baloch populace in Karachi as a wider plan of the MQM to assert its administrative control over the city. The hegemonic and expansionist designs of MQM supported by the state policies are the root cause to all ethnic and sectarian strife and violence in Karachi. The goals sanctioned by the MQM’s reign of terror against lawyers in the past, looting and burning of two thousand shops, target killing of indigenous social activists who resisted land grabbing, and the indiscriminate killings of innocent Baloch and Sindhis in Karachi – is to decapitate Sindh’s capital from its historical and cultural roots and run it mafia-like as the Hong Kong of South Asia.

BHRC strongly condemns the PPP-MQM Sindh Government policies of discrimination and use of force against the innocent Baloch under the disguise of ‘operation-clean-up’ to rein in gangs and criminal elements. Ironically, in 1983, military operation against the Sindhis in the rural areas originally meant to crush the strong opposition to military rule was conducted under the similar pretext of “killing dacoits” in which thousands of innocent people lost their lives or were imprisoned.

BHRC demands immediate resignations of Governor Sindh, Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad, Sindh Interior Minister Zulfiqar Mirza, and Interior Minister Rahman Malik. It should be noted that a Canadian court has already given a ruling against MQM and has declared it a terrorist group and it is about time that the British should take measures and extradite its leader, Altaf Hussain to where he belongs. In order to bring peace and ethnic harmony in Karachi, it is imperative to end the mafia-like hegemonic control of MQM and its thugs over the city’s residents, commerce, trade, and law enforcing institutions. Karachi is the inseparable capital of Sindh and should be respected as such in terms of being a political centre and a promoter of the Sufi culture of the Indus Valley Civilization.

پیپلزپارٹی بلوچوں‌کو انسان نہیں سمجھتی، بلوچ پاکستان کھپے کے دھوکے سے نکل آئیں، حیربیارمری

Black day’ in Larkana against Karachi killings , protest in hyderabad & Malir

LARKANA: The Sindh National Party, District Larkana Chapter, on Tuesday observed a black day and token hunger strike against the target killings in Karachi.

Addressing the protesters, Nasarullah Abro, Manzoor Abbasi, and Aslam Shaikh said people were being killed on the pretext of target killings. A Karachi-based ethnic party was involved in the killings of innocent people whereas the government was carrying out an operation against the Baloch in Lyari, they claimed.

Dr Qadir Magsi said a Karachi-based party was involved in target killings due to which its activists were also being killed. Meanwhile, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, Chairman, Sindh National Front, said the Pakistan Peopleís Party and the MQM would not separate from each other. “The MQM enjoys the government’s support and residents of interior Sindh and of Karachi are facing double torture,” said the former chief minister.

London: Baloch and Sindhi community to protest against Lyari operation

Join in the protest against the target killing of innocent Baloch and Sindhi People by Fascistic Forces!

• The MQM Fascists are let loose to kill and commit atrocities against innocent Balochs and Sindhis

• With the active collaboration of the terrorist organization the paramilitary forces are harassing, insulting and arresting the innocent women, children and elderly in Karachi.

Join us to request international community’s urgent intervention to save lives and dignity of Baloch and Sindhi people
 
 Venue: In front of the UK Parliament Square
 17 Jan, 2-4pm
 Nearest tube station: West Minister Tube Station
 Organisers:
 Baloch Human Rights Council (UK)
 World Sindhi Congress
 For further information Contacts: 
 Samad Baloch 07825087032
 Abdullah Baloch 07737141325,
 Manzoor Mangi 07535648886
 
 “When Hitler killed communists, I did not raise voice because I was not a communist. When Hitler killed socialists, I did not raise voice because I was not a socialist. When Hitler killed Jews, I did not raise voice because I was not a Jew. When Hitler killed trade unionists, I did not raise voice because I was not a trade unionist. When Hitler came after me nobody was left to raise their voice for me.”

Western Balochistan: Several Baloch political activists reportedly sentence to death

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Committee of Balochistan Human Rights Activists in [Iran] has reported that A number of political prisoners sentenced to death in Balochistan. The group said that the accurate number of people sentence to death is not available but it is believed that dozens Baloch have been awarded sentences.
 
 Due to ban/restrictions on Human Rights observers and lack of civil institutions in the areas the exact number of political prisoners sentenced to death or at risk in the region, is not clear, but sources and families of the Baloch political prisoners have revealed that many prisoners have been awarded death sentenced, including the following
 
 - Abdul Rahman Naruee S/O Khalqdad
 - Abed Gwahramzahi
 - Abdul Hamid Regi S/O Azaad Regi
 - Abduljalil Regi S/O Jan Mohammad Regi
 - Nasser S/O Shahbaksh
 - Mahmoud Regi S/O Nazar
 
 Identity of the above six Baloch political prisoners has been established who have been sentenced to death. It should be mentioned that most people are being held in Zahedan Intelligence Agency detention. Basic rights such as contact with family, having a lawyer and to have a fair trial have been denied to these political prisoners. Human Rights defenders have shown grave concerned about the conditions of the political prisoners in Balochistan (Iranian occupied).
 

Protests in Balochistan against the massacre of Baloch in Karachi

Quetta/Karachi: Baloch political parties and student Organisations have strongly protested against the ongoing attacks on Baloch people in Karachi. The leading Baloch student Organisation BSO (azaad) and other parties organised protest rallies and demonstration almost all over Balochistan including Karachi, Hub, Khuzdar, Kalat, Punjgur, Turbat, Pasni,Ormara, Jeavni, Mastung and Quetta. The angry protester chanted slogans against PPP and MQM and held banners inscribed against these two parties who they believed are behind the Baloch massacre in Karachi Baloch populated areas. The protesters said that the police and Rangers were giving full protection to MQM armed terrorists whereas Baloch villages were being attacked even by the Rangers and the Police.

There are also reports that a Baloch young man has been killed in custody and the police threw his body in Gadren area of Karachi. Most Baloch political parties are of the view that PPP and MQM are equally responsible for the “what is described as genocide” of the Baloch residents in Karachi.

Karachi violence claimed another 11 innocent lives, over 50 Baloch arrested

Karachi: media sources reported that at least 11 people have been killed in the continuous violent attacks in Karachi. Most of the deceased are believed to be Baloch.Unknown assailants have shot dead at least 11 persons in last 36 hours in separate parts of Karachi while according to police calculation, the death toll by target killings in Karachi has risen to 22 persons, Geo news Thursday reported.Target killings tally touches 22 in Karachi:

The areas witnessed the target shootings included Lyari, Garden, Kharadar, Aaram Bagh and Eid Gah localities in metropolis city as 3 persons, identified as Aamir Baloch, Shakir Baloch and Nawaz Baloch, were lately gunned down in Lyari.

Najmi Alam, president PPP Karachi division told Geo news, three latest victims belonged to PPP city area and called on government for arrest of responsible assailants.

Police also claimed presence of rising tension in many parts of Karachi that include Lyari, Garden, Kharadar, Aagra Taaj and Usmanabad.

ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے مجرموں کو تین روز میں گرفتار نہ کیا گیا تو امن وامان کی گارنٹی نہیں دی جاسکتی، لیاری امن کمیٹی

کراچی ،         لیاری میں مختلف مقامات پر جمعرات کی شب فائرنگ کرکے ٹارگٹ کلنگ کا نشانہ بناتے ہوئے خاتون سمیت 8 افراد کو قتل کرنے والے تین روز میں گرفتار نہ کئے گئے تو کراچی کے امن کے برقرار رہنے کی گارنٹی نہیں دی جاسکتی۔ پولیس اور رینجرز شہر میں امن قائم کرنے میں ناکام ہوگئی ہے چنانچہ فوج کو طلب کرکے کراچی میں گھر گھر تلاشی لے کر ناجائز اسلحہ برآمد کیا جائے۔ یہ مطالبات واقعات میں ہلاک ہونے والوں کی لاشیں لے کر وزیر اعلیٰ ہاﺅس پہنچنے کے بعد مظاہرین کی قیادت کرنے والے رہنماﺅں نے کئے۔

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Eight Baloch killed in Karachi shoot out, locals say MQM behind the carnage

Karachi: Eight Baloch have been killed in an indiscriminate firing incident in Hassan Lashkari Village (a Baloch populated area) in Karachi. Family members of the murdered men encircled the Sindh CM house and demanded the immediate arrest of culprits; the locals believe that the murderers belong to a Refugee Organisation (MQM).

BBC Urdu and other sources reported that the incident occurred after the dead body of Amir (believed to be an activist of MQM) was found in Osmanabad area. Following this incident MQM armed men attacked the Hassan Lashkari village in Karachi.

Eye witnesses reported that the armed terrorists opened indiscriminate fire on a group of Baloch people who were sat outside their house and killed six men on the spot, the victims have been identified as Yunas Baloch, Osman Baloch, Shakir Baloch, Babul Baloch and Nadir Baloch where as another two victims a male and a female could not be named immediately. More than a dozen people are reported injured in this unprovoked attack. The relative of the victims alleged that passersby have also been shot dead by the MQM armed men.

Drug-sellers attacked in Bolida

QUETTA, Jan 6: Unidentified people hurled a hand grenade at a place where drugs and narcotics were being sold in Bolida area of Balochistan on Wednesday.

According to reports reaching here, unidentified people riding on a motorbike lobbed a hand grenade where some people were selling drugs and narcotics. The hand grenade went off with a big bang, however, causing no loss of life and damage to property. The attackers escaped from the site after lobbing grenade.

Police registered a case and started investigation.

It may be mentioned that defunct Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and defunct Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) some days back had warned the drug mafia to stop its activities in Balochistan or be prepare for punitive action.

 Families of Baloch missing person besieged Balochistan Assembly

Quetta: The families of forced disappeared Baloch person have taken out a rally that marched from Quetta press club (Where the Voice for Missing Baloch Person’s hunger protest enter fifth day) to Balcohistan Assembly. The participants of the rally chanted slogans against the current PPP government, Balochistan Provincial government and Pakistan’s intelligence agencies.

The Voice for Missing Blaoch Person and family members have besieged the Balochistan Assembly. When the Home Minister Mr Zafar Zehri and Information Minister Younas Mollahzai tried to talk to the organisers of the rally, they refused to speak to the Ministers and strongly protested against while chanting slogans against the intelligence agenices, who they believed were responsible for disappearing thousands of Baloch. They demanded the unconditional and immediate release of the abducted Baloch. While addressing the rally the leaders of (VBMP) have said that Balochistan provincial government was equally responsible for violating the Human Rights of forced-disappeared Baloch and their families.

“Despite the promises to release the Baloch activists, new people are being arrested from all over Balochistan and the government is doing nothing to recover the already abducted Baloch” they remarked. They said that today’s protest was to remind the Pakistani government and other Human Rights Organisation about the ongoing gross human rights violations in Balochistan. The government has failed to produce the missing Baloch.

The VBMP said that they’re trying to contact different tribes & families of all abducted Baloch activists in orders to start an effective campaign for the release of Baloch missing persons. Later on the rally dispersed peacefully and went back to the hunger strike camp. The VBMP’s hunger strike protest entered the sixth day today.

Meanwhile Daily Tawar reported that BRP & BRSO have set a protest hunger strike camp in Noshki and BSO (M) has set up a hunger strike camp in Mastung town in Balochistan for the recovery of force-disappeared Baloch political activists and students.

Courtesy Dailytawar & Daily Intekhab

Third Martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Asad Marri observed

Quetta: BSO (azaad) Lasbela zone has held the third martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Asad Marri here on Tuesday. One minute silence has been observed in the memory of Baloch martyrs and Baloch National anthem was played to began the proceedings of the memorial gathering. Newly elected president of BSO azaad Lasbela zone Masood Baloch, secretary general Zahid Baloch and CC members Jawwad Baloch and Qadeer Baloch paid rich tributes of the young Baloch martyr. while speaking at the occasion they said that Asad Baloch at his very young tender age has sacrificed his life for the liberation of Baloch land and his martyrdom was a source of inspiration for the Baloch youth.

The speakers has said that Asad Marri has followed the footprints of his bother [Wahid Marri] and his family, due to sacrifices of such young Baloch heroes and thier families sacrifices today thousands of Baloch have joined the caravan of liberty. The leaders of BSO said that the sacrifices of the Baloch martyrs have proved that ideology was the most powerful weapon. “Balochistan belongs to the Baloch people. Iran and Pakistan are foreigners and occupiers. No matter how hard Iran and Pakistan try to stop the Baloch liberation movement but Balochistan will soon become Independence” vowed the Baloch leaders.

The Baloch has become aware of their [they know the importance of freedom] some anti- independence parties and collaborators cannot stop the way of Balochistan National liberation struggle.

Additional info: Shaheed Asad alias Mohammad Qarim Marri was shot dead by Pakistani intelligence agencies in New Kahan Quetta. His brother Wahid and his cousin Sobdar alias Mohammad Khiar Marri were shot dead by Pakistani FC on 6 January 2001 in Qalat Balochistan.

Gillani and shutter down strike meet in Gwadar

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani visited the Baloch port town of Gwadar on Tuesday. In his two-day visit, the primer would inaugurate an international airport in Gwadar and many other “development projects”. It was the first visit of the head of the federal government to Balochistan after the unveiling of the much-hyped Balochistan package. Another important aspect of this visit of the prime minister to Gwadar is a meeting of the federal cabinet and the signing of the National Finance Commission (NFC) award on which consensus was recently developed among all four provinces and the federal government following exhaustive consultations in all four provinces.

As the Prime Minister visited Gwadar, a complete shutter down strike was observed in the very city that was flooded with the VVIPs of the country. People stayed inside their homes and did not come out to cheer the visiting VVIPs or those who gave them the Balochistan Package. Perhaps, the deprived and backward people of Gwadar have become habitual of seeing the motorcade of VVIPs passing in front of their homes since the days of General Pervez Musharraf.

Balochs mark Premier Gillani’s Balochistan visit with widespread protests

QUETTA: Families of Baloch missing persons staged a protest rally on Tuesday to agitate on the disappearance of their relatives on the eve of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani’s two-day long visit to Balochistan’s coastal town of Gwadar.
A protest rally was taken out by the relatives of the Baloch missing persons in front of the Quetta Press Club. Members of around two dozen missing persons attended the protest rally which was organized by an organization called Voice for the Missing Baloch Persons (VMBP).The protestors were carrying the photographs of the missing persons and banners which called for the immediate recovery of those citizens who have allegedly been whisked away by the state-controlled intelligence agencies. They chanted slogans against the federal and provincial governments, chief justices of the supreme court and the Balochistan High Court, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, President Asif Ali Zardari, Governor of Balochistan and Chief Minister of the province.

 Sister of Abdul Hayee Bangulzai demands early recovery of her brother

QUETTA, Dec 26: The sister of Abdul Hayee Bangulzai has demanded the chief justice of Balochistan High Court and other humanitarian organisations to play their role for the early recover of her brother and other missing Baloch persons allegedly picked up by government agencies.

Talking to Baloch Hal on Saturday, she said her brother Abdul Hayee Bangulzai was a dispenser and receiving training at Civil Hospital. On August 29, he was on his way home when security forces allegedly picked him up along with his official motorbike at Polytechnic Girls College on Sariab Road.

“We are completely unaware of his whereabouts since his alleged kidnapping,” she said, adding that her brother was innocent and had no links with any political or religious party.

She said if Abdul Hayee had committed any crime or was involved in any unlawful activity, he should be produced before a court of law so he could prove his innocence, instead of putting him in a “torture cell”.

Shutter down in Turbat and Khuzdar

QUETTA, Dec 25: Shutter down strike was observed in Turbat and Khuzdar districts on Friday against the alleged illegal arrest and detention of central leaders of Baloch Students Organization (BSO- Muheudin) including Ghaffar Langav, Saeedullah Baloch and Kabir Baloch.

The strike call was given by BSO-M which was also supported by other Baloch parties and student organizations.

According to reports reaching here, all shops and business activities remained standstill in Turbat and Khuzdar as business community give a positive response to the strike call.

Strict security measures had been made in Turbat and Khuzdar to avoid any unpleasant incident.

However, no  incident were reported during strike.

Brother of provincial minister open fire upon students rally

Quetta: Students of Government School Gumazai in Kech Balochistan were taking out a
peaceful protest rally against the shortage of teachers at their school, when Shahbaz Rind brother of a provincial minister Mir Asghar Rind allegedly opened fire on them. As a result two students identified as Yasir, and Salam sustained injuries. The injured were shifted to hospital for treatment where condition of Yasir is stated to be serious.

Eyewitnesses reported that Yasir Baloch has been shot in the leg and Salam suffered injuries on his head when he was hit but butt of a gun. The security force also baton charged rest of the protest, the baton charge on school kids has allegedly been ordered by the aforementioned provincial minister.

Meanwhile, BSO-Azad strongly condemned the incident of firing upon school children and has announced shutter down strike and boycott of classes on Thursday (today) in Kech district against the incident.

The spokesman of BSO-Azad said that students were holding a peaceful rally against shortage of teachers in their school.

کوئٹہ:ڈی ایس پی سمیت تین ہلاک

Armed men prevent hoisting of Pakistani flag in Pasni

PASNI: Unknown masked armed men stopped on gunpoint the peon of a local school to hoist the Pakistani flag in the coastal town of Pasni.
 According to the details, armed men stormed into Government Higher Secondary School Pasni and brandished a gun to Mohammad Tariq, the school peon, and stopped him from raising the school flag. They warned that anyone who dared to raise the Pakistani flag on a building in Pasni would be punished and would be responsible himself for such extreme measures.
The two masked men took away the flag and vanished in thin air.
Disillusioned young Balochs have stopped singing the national anthem or raising the Pakistani flag in the Baloch-dominated areas of the Balochistan after the killing of three Baloch leaders, Ghulam Mohammad Baloch, Lala Munir Ahmed Baloch and Sher Mohammad Baloch. The killing of these three leaders sparked a massive wave of resistance and anguish among the Baloch youth.
 
 

BLA threatens to dismantle drug mafia’s networks

QUETTA: The underground Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has warned the drug mafia to stop its activities in Balochistan or prepare for punitive action.
 The warning was issued on Thursday in a circular disseminated in Shaeed Khalil Sumalani Press Club Mach in Bolan district.
 According to the fresh warning, the BLA has accused the drug mafia of destroying the younger generation of the Balochs by pushing them into drug addiction in order to make more money. The militant shadowy organization said if the drug business was not stopped at once in Bolan region, elements responsible for drug business would be attacked and punished.
 The banned organization, which has been working for the independence of Balochistan through an armed struggle for the past many years, asked the drug smugglers to take a leaf out of BLA actions against the drug traffickers in Mekran region where they were attacked and forced to give up the business.
  “If action is not taken to stop the drug business in Balochistan, BLA will punish all those responsible for promoting a drug culture in Balochistan,” warned the circular.
 Earlier, similar threats had been issued by the BLA in Mekran region against the drug mafia and some attacks had also taken place on the people allegedly involved in drug business.
 
 

Missing Baloch journalist found in police custody

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QUETTA: Police said on Tuesday they had arrested a Bolan-based journalist under the Explosives Act.
 
 Rehmatullah Shaheen, a correspondent of a Balochistan national newspaper, Daily Tawar, “went missing” on December 8. The newspaper is believed to be reporting on Baloch freedom struggle. Shaheen’s family and journalist bodies protested across Balochistan against his disappearance. Bolan District Police Officer Junaid Arshad confirmed that the missing journalist was ‘now’ in police custody. The police registered a case against the 25-year-old man – known for his anti-government reporting.
 Requesting anonymity, an official said: “The case was registered on December 14, but the journalist was missing since December 8.” He said Shaheen, also a Balochistan Students Organisation-Azad member, had also been interrogated in Quetta for his alleged “anti-state activities”. Police seized a grenade from his house in Mach and arrested his brother Mohammad Ali, cousin Muhammad Hassan and a guest, Jan Muhammad.
 A friend told Daily Times that the journalist, also a government employee, was serving in the Mach grid station. “Before his arrest, he informed a friend by the phone that the area police chief has summoned him. His family contacted police when he did not return home, but police expressed their ignorance about his whereabouts,” said another friend.
 
 

Complete shutter down, wheel jam strike in Khuzdar over arrest of Baloch leaders

Khuzdar: A shutter down and wheel- jam strike was observed in Khuzdar District on Monday against the arrest of Baloch political leaders and workers including Mir Ghaffar Langove, Sangat Sana Baloch, Zakir Majeed and others.

The strike call was given by Baloch National Front (BNF), an alliance of nine Baloch political groups.

All main business centers, banks and medical stores remained closed in Khuzdar town while attendance in government offices and educational institutions was thin as compared to normal days.

Due to wheel jam strike, passengers faced great difficulties to reach their destinations.

Strict security measures had been taken to thwart any untoward incidents and the personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) kept patrolling on different areas including National Highway. However, some unknown people set two (bread-baker) shops on fire in near Chandni chowk of the town.

The leaders of BNF thanked the people and business community for extending positive response to the strike call and said that Baloch nation would continue its struggle against alleged excesses of rulers.

Meanwhile a protest demonstration was also held in Hub Chowki Balochistan against the forced-disappearances of Baloch political activists and students. The participants of the protest demand the immediate release of abducted Baloch and vowed to continue protests until all Baloch abducted person are released and reunited with their families.

Jamil Bugti slaps Mubashar Luqman at Lahore Airport.

Lahore: Jamil Akbar Bugti, Son of Nawab Akbar Bugti slapped famous TV anchor and host of a show on Express News Mubashar Luqman, at Lahore Airport after the anchor used abusive language against Jamil Akbar bugti and Balochistan.
 While talking to media Jamil Bugti said that “I was standing in the line to get my boarding pass at Lahore Airport, when I reached at the reception, I requested the officer to give me a comfortable seat on plane , the anchor Mubashar Luqman, was standing behind me at that time, he started criticizing me by saying “they take PIA on contract”.
Jamil Bugti said that he ignored the anchor’s remarks but he did not stop and start using abusing language against me and Balochs and showed his hatred against us which he cannot bear and to shut his mouth he slapped the anchor.
Jamil Bugti said that the producer of Mubashar Luqman’s programme has invited him in his programme a few days back but he refused to go because he do not go to those programmes whose anchors’ are agents of agencies.
 
 

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