Balochistan remaines shut, several arrested, Pakistani forces fire live rounds on peaceful rallies

Occupied Balochistan: Shutter down and wheel jam protest was observed all over Balochistan for the third successive day against Khuzdar incident. BSO-azaad had given the call for protest which was backed by all other student organisation and political parties. All the major cities in Balochistan including Quetta, Kalat, Hub, Noshki, Surab, Panjgur, Kharan, Mastung, Khuzdar, Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni, Ormara, Mashky, Jhaoo and several others remained shut for the whole day.

Several protesters mostly students have been arrested from Hub, Quetta and Noshki. BSO-azaad spokesperson said they knew that they cannot gain independence by such protests but the purpose of the protest was to inform the International Community that Baloch are being massacred for holding peaceful rallies, Baloch Students are being killed for celebrating their cultural day. The protest was also meant to tell the International community that the Baloch are unified and will struggle united against Pakistan’s occupation over Baloch land.

An angry mob has set on fire the assembly hall of district Kech in Balochistan whereas all the schools, government offices and markets remained closed across Balochistan. Some violent incident has been reported after the security forces opened fire on peaceful rallies. It is believe that the Pakistani security forces have deliberately open fire crowds of people to incite them to restore to violence. According to news reports the FC has stopped journalists from covering the protest of BSO-azaad and seized the cameras of some scribes for taking pictures of the rallies.

Cases have been registered against activists of student and political parties. Speaking to media and participants of the protest rallies the leaders of Baloch parties vowed that the Baloch peoples’ struggle for Independence cannot be halted by such brutal acts of the state. Baloch are more determined than ever to carry on their journey toward their goal (Freedom).

Balochwarna notes that the massacre of the Baloch people in Karachi, killing of innocent Baloch student in Khuzdar and the second attack on Baloch students on Cultural day event have brought the Baloch people from different walks of life together and made them stand united against the state atrocities. We hope that Baloch people will stand as united alongside their brothers and sisters who are suffering at the hand of Pakistani and Iranian brutal security forces. No force in the world can stop the power of oneness and unity. However we must emphasise that Baloch must unite ideologically and practically and should focus on quality rather than quantity.

There are opportunists all around & among Baloch activists who are trying to spread misinformation to confuse the determined Baloch political activists from their ideological struggle, these opportunist are claiming to be the leaders on international level 'although they have no support on national level', and they are spreading vicious lies against respected and consistent Baloch leadership in order to confuse and deceive the International Community. Baloch enemies are well supported by the occupying states [Iran and Pakistan]. They have the support of states media and have all the facilities that one needs to carry on states’ dirty task of spreading confusion and mistrustfulness. We strongly believe that the Baloch youth have the potential to counter such propagandas of Baloch enemy. We hope that educated Baloch youth abroad and in Balochistan will play their significant role to Unite Baloch people ideologically against colonising powers and their agents in disguise.

News Source: DailyTawar, commentary BalochWarna

Wide spread condemnation of Khuzdar incident

occupied Balochistan: Baloch Lawyers, Baloch student Organisations, political parties, and social organisation and teachers associations strongly condemned the attack on Baloch culture day event. The organisations that condemned the attack included BW, BNM, BRP, BWM, BRC, BUC, BVF, Injuman-e-Itehad-e-Marri, BSO-Azaad and its fractions, Baloch Bar Association and Baloch armed resistance organisations.

All the aforementioned groups have blamed the Pakistani Intelligence agencies for the unprovoked attack on innocent Baloch students. They also strongly criticised the Pakistani media, courts and authorities for keeping silence on the massacre of innocent Baloch students. The attack on Baloch students’ cultural event was considered an attack on Baloch culture and a failed attempt to weaken Baloch freedom movement.

They also offer their heartfelt condolences to the family members of martyred Baloch students and paid rich tributes to those who suffered injuries and received martyrdom. The attack on students was termed as a conspiracy to prevent Baloch students from continuing their education. They vowed to continue to struggle for the freedom of Balochistan and not to be deterred by such brutal acts of savage intelligence agencies of Pakistan. The Pakistani security forces have failed to face the Baloch freedom fighter and that is why they were targeting unarmed innocent civilian especially students in the cities and women and children in villages.

The social organisations have also criticised the International Human Rights Organisations and the UN, EU, and other western powers for their silent against attacks on civilian events and villages. They said hundreds of innocent people have been killed in Balochistan, million have been made homeless who are still living without adequate food and shelter, but the UN aid agencies are not providing them any help.

They demanded an International intervention and International inquiries into the killing of thousands of Balochistan by Pakistan armed forces. They urged the UN to send a fact finding mission in Balochistan and witness the atrocities against Baloch people.

Meanwhile Baloch armed resistance Organisation “The Baloch Sarmachaar” have also strongly condemned the attacks on Baloch students and promised to avenge the death of innocent people of Balochistan. BLA spokesperson Meerak Baloch, Lashkar-e-Balochistan spokesperson Lavang Baloch and BRA representative Shaihak Baloch have said that Baloch people should keep away from Pakistani security forces and their vehicles because they can attack them whenever they see the opportunity.

They also warned the local collaborators of the Pakistani intelligence agencies and security forces for mince their ways. “Their activities are under observation by Baloch freedom fighters and they will be punished ruthlessly for committing national crimes against Baloch people”.

A newly created group of ISI & MI claimed the responsibility of the attack on Baloch students’ cultural day program and warned that they will carry out further such attacks on all pro-independent parties including BNF, BRP and BSO –azaad. Following is the claim of the Pakistani Intelligence agencies sponsored organisation Quote:

“Baloch Armed Defence Army accepts responsibility: A Spokesman of Baloch Armed Defence Army has claimed responsibility of bomb explosion at Khuzdar Engineering University. Speaking with Correspondents form unknown place by telephone in Khuzdar Press Club, Mir Jang Baloch warned BSO Azad and its factions, Baloch National Front, BRP to targeting them. Spokesman also warned Correspondents not to public news of BSO factions or his army would target them as well. Spokesman said that they would offer more resistance and target BSO, Baloch National Front and BRP in every nook and corner of Balochistan”. http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=qn&nid=200

BW comments: The above statement proves that ISI, MI and other intelligence agencies have created this so called defence army and they have decided to target Baloch pro-independent Student Organisations and political parties, who are practicing their democratic right to protest peacefully. We suggest that Baloch political parties should be extra conscious when protesting and organising meeting. There should always be some friends on guard to apprehend Pakistani intelligence sponsored agents. We urged Baloch people to adopt the policy of “United we stand divided we fall”. Pakistan has lost on moral grounds and that is why the immoral Pakistani security forces and Intelligence agencies are committing such inhuman crimes against innocent civilians.

BalochWarna urges International Red Cross, International Human Rights Organisation and the UN to intervene in Balochistan and take early measure to stop a human catastrophe from happening.

Khan Suleman Dawood's (Khan of Kalat) message of Unity

My Dear Baluch, we are at the crossroads of history where we can either become an independent country or be amongst nations which have perished and are long forgotten. My message to you is the message of UNITY. Let us unite as Baluch on the common policy of freedom for the Baluch. Let us send a message to the world that we are one Nation. Let us draw a road map to freedom; I invite all organisations, intellectuals and Sardars to join for the common cause of the Baluch nation and get over the squabbles among ourselves and move in the interest of Baluch and Baluchistan; all the Baluch have a stake in Baluchistan it does not belong to one group or tribe, it belongs to all the Baluch. The Council has full mandate to choose its own leadership. The task of the Council is to rise against the atrocities imposed on us by our oppressors, time has come for us to overcome ego and self interest and unite as a Nation.

As a single, united and strong Nation no one can impose their will upon us. We face a ruthless enemy; indeed our own history and history of Bangladesh is testimony to the ruthless nature of our oppressor. Army can defeat armies and organisations but it can never defeat a Nation.

The international companies are making a lot of investments in the Baluch resources. We the Baluch think it a theft and we have all the right as the sons of the soil to oppose this kind of theft and we will defend our resources’ at all costs. The international community is informed that we the Baluch are NOT obliged to honour any deal made with the oppressors. As we the Baluch are the owner of these resources

We are not against investment; on the contrary, we welcome international investment in a free environment in which the Baluch nation and the Baluch benefit. We realise that we have to live in a global community. We hope to do as an independent sovereign people and nation. We all attending will make it possible today inshallah and this is going to be the beginning of a new dawn for the Baluch nation.

Iran will execute Malik Regi, UN should intervene to save him: Baloch Bar

Quetta: Central spokesman of Baloch Bar association has said Baloch rebel leader Malik Regi’s life was in danger in Iran’s custody; the UN should play their role to save his life. They said Iran has already executed several Baloch activists including Ghulam Hyder Raisani, Hameed Regi and Yaqoob Mehrnihad and they feared that Abdul Malik Regi will also be executed if the UN did not intervene.

They said Baloch people from Pakistan’s occupied Balochistan support the freedom struggle of the Baloch people in Iranian occupied Balochistan. Iran and Pakistan view the Baloch as their enemy and in 1973 they jointly acted against Baloch freedom struggle in Pakistan occupied Balochistan. Iran has supplied gunship helicopters and pilots to Pakistan to murder innocent Baloch women and children in Kohistan Marri and other areas in Balochistan [Pakistan occupied].

The Baloch lawyers said that Baloch freedom seeking leaders should play their role for the release of Abdul Malik Regi. The two states have already murder Babo Nauroz Khan, Prince Abdul Karim Khan, Mir Safar Khan, Nawab Akbar Bugti, Mir Balaach Marri, Ghulam Mohammad Baloch, Dr Khalid Baloch, Mir Dost Mohammad Baloch, Mir Dad Shah Baloch, Rahim Zardkohi Baloch, Jumma Khan Baloch, Abdul Hameed Regi, Ghulam Hyder Raisani Baloch and thousands of other Baloch women and children.

They reiterated that such brutal acts cannot break the Baloch will for Independence; in fact such acts further provoke Baloch people and confirm their concerned regarding dishonesty and deceptions of these occupying states. The Baloch Bar Association urged that Baloch from Kulachi, Koh-e-Suleman, Hilmand and Zabul should get united and struggle the independence of Balochistan.

In the end they demanded the release of all Baloch prisoners including Abdul Malik Regi and other thousands of Baloch forced-disappeared persons. They vowed that Baloch National struggle cannot be deterred by such harrowing acts of these repressive states.

Great Baluchi vocalist Kamal Khan passes away

he outstanding vocalist and poet of Baluchistan Kamal Khan Hout died of a weak constitution in his hometown early Sunday. He was 68.

Kamal Khan was taken to a hospital in Chabahar on Saturday night and was admitted to the CCU to receive medical treatment but died at 2am Sunday, the Persian service of MNA reported.

His style of singing was epical and heroic, part of the oldest styles of Baluch music, and was popular among the Baluchis.

“It is a great pleasure for me to attend the honoring ceremony of a prominent musician from Baluchistan, and I must admit that the music of the region has not been recognized and respected well,” vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian had declared in a ceremony the Iranian Academy of Arts arranged to honor Kamal Khan in 2007.

Kamal Khan never went to school but was able to read and write and always carried a notebook with him. He used to write his own poetry and poems by others in his notebook. He had a very good memory that surprised many people.

Musician Mohammadreza Darvishi had also described Kamal Khan as a grand singer in the true sense of the term in the Baluchistan region. This is true Darvishi said, “Because not only is he a great singer, but also an eminent poet who helped preserve the intangible history and ancient culture of the region.”

“There are many musicians and singers in Baluchistan who are number one in technique, but I dare say the singing techniques of Kamal Khan are unique compared to other styles in several other regions. Kamal Khan has a close relationship with the literature of Baluchistan. He is actually important, since he is a narrator of culture and civilization through the music of Baluchistan,” Darvishi once mentioned.

Photo: Kamal Khan Hout performs during a ceremony held by the Iranian Academy of Arts in Tehran on October 17, 2007 to honor the veteran Iranian Baluchi vocalist with a lifetime achievement award. (Mehr/Mohsen Sajjadi)

Shuhadae Jewni

Saved ......to be killed (An article on recent happenings in Karachi)

By Baluch Qaumdost

Karachi, gets it's name from a Baluch woman called Mai Kolachi. The Baluch of Karachi had decisive political power in the affairs of the city ,making it a cultural and political hub of the Baluch. The current state of the Baluch in Karachi is because of the policies designed towards their systematic execution by the Pakistani State. The penetration of the Pakistan Peoples' Party in the Baluch Localities of Karachi,the creation of mobsters to help the Peoples' Party keep a hold on the Baluch areas ,the “dumping” of Narcotics to target the Baluch youth and intimidation tactics.

These policies proved fruitful for Pakistan when the deprived and vulnerable Baluch populace saw the PPP as a means towards prosperity and the mobsters as their saviors from external threats.

The Pakistani State is suppressing the recent surge in increased Baluch Nationalism through the use of non-state Actors. The establishment of the Baluch Alliance, a party designed to “infiltrate” the nationalistic sentiments run by the same mobsters responsible for the widespread addiction levels among the Baluch youth,and the Lyari Gang War.

The Baluch Nationalists that the Government is seeking to eliminate are a small but devoted ring of Activists. This new wave of violence against the Baluch population started when the Baluch National Movement(BNM) pressed against the Land Mafia backed by the Coalition partners of the PPP the Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) a racist terrorist Outfit.

The MQM has been encroaching into Baluch localities by demolishing Baluch settlements under the guise of Development Projects like the Lyari Expressway which resulted in the dislocation of thousands of Baluch homes and the grabbing of private and amenity plots like the Gutter Baghicha, a park that the MQM run City District Government of Karachi is allotting to it's party members. Further The Nationalists drive against the PPP backed Drug Mafia who are responsible for the death of more than three thousand Baluch youngsters in the bloody Lyari Gang War .


This latest wave of state sponsored violence against the Baluch is lead by Uzair Baluch aka Sardar Uzair. The group is also responsible for Nadir Baluch's Murder, a Baluch Rights activist and social worker involved in anti-narcotics and Gutter Baghicha encroachments. This group also “hijacked” the protests following the PPP-MQM lead target killings and the crackdown by Pakistani Paramilitary Forces in Lyari. The protesters were burning Pakistani,and PPP Flags but the Pakistani Media and the PPP backed gangsters made the protest seem as if it was organized by the PPP's Peoples' Amn Committee (PAC). The PAC has lately been issuing death threats to members of the Baluch Movement for opposing PPP and the Occupation. The threats issued said that anyone working against the PPP or Pakistan will be killed in a manner that their faces would be beyond recognition. The PAC also hijacked another Protest in Malir forcing Baluch Activists carrying the National Flag to leave the venue while raising pictures of the slain Rahman “Dakait” Karachi's Notorious Mob Boss. The latest offense of the PAC is the attempted assassination of Baluch Student Organization Azaad(BSO-A) central committee member Jawad Baluch at Restaurant in Lyari..

The Baluch of Karachi will have to realize that gangsters can never be their saviors, they will have to understand that it’s only they, themselves who can bring an end to the problems created by the occupation of Pakistan and that they’ll have to take a stand for themselves and their coming generations.

Jundullah threatens to resume attacks on Iran, as first ever talks with govt failed

UBAI (Saud al-Zahid) Iran‘s Sunni insurgent Jundullah group said on Monday it would resume armed operations against the Islamic Republic after the failure of negotiations with Tehran and called on other ethnic groups in country to join the fight.

Jundullah engaged in negotiations with Iranian authorities for the first time ever at the request of local tribal leaders, the group revealed in a statement obtained by Al Arabiya. But the talks failed because the government pursued a policy of procrastination in responding to the nationalist and doctrinal demands of the Baluch population in the southeastern province of Baluchistan, it added.

The talks came following a suicide bombing that claimed the lives of more than 40 people, including 15 commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards last October in Pishin district near the border with Pakistan, the group said.

The Iranian government did not confirm or deny talks with Jundullah. If confirmed, the talks would be the first of its kind, marking a significant shift in Tehran's policy toward ethnic and doctrinal armed groups in the country as it has consistently rejected any sort of engagement with opposition groups.

Undeclared truce

"The movement raised basic, legitimate, logical and reasonable demands in order to solve problems in the (Baluchistan) region and continued to negotiate in good faith and committed throughout this period to an undeclared truce and to the halt of all military operations," the group said in its statement.

The group added that it would give the government in Tehran a "last opportunity" to respond to its demands before it would resume its attacks in the Baluchistan region, stressing it would use suicide operations.

Tehran considers Jundallah a terrorist organization linked to U.S. and Pakistani intelligence, and accuses it of targeting Iranian civilians. But Jundullah says it attacks military and government targets only in defense of nationalist and religious rights of the Baluch people.

Jundallah called on other Iranian ethnic groups such as Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen to join the fight against the Iranian government by launching their attacks from Kurdistan, Khuzestan and Turkmen desert regions.

BLF denied threatening private co-education school in Gwader

wader: “We are not against co-education. Our struggle is for freedom, illegal trawler mafia and money extortionists mince their ways or prepare to face the music. The enemy after disgraceful defeat has started propaganda”.

According to details a spokesman of BLF (Baloch Liberation Front) Mr Doda Baloch has called news agencies and strongly denied threatening a private co-education school in Gwader Balochistan. He said that BLF was fighting for the freedom of Balochistan. “Our organisation believes that beside arm struggle the Baloch youth and Baloch sisters should increase their educational capacities”. Enemy propagandas against Baloch freedom seeking organisations are their (enemy’s) failure and obvious defeat.

Meanwhile Doda Baloch also warned the illegal trawler mafia and those money extortionists that if they do not mince their ways they will be treated as traitors against the Baloch Nation.

We are at war with Pakistan; Arab hunters should limit their activities: Basham Baloch

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.