Crossed over: Indian national detained at Chaman checkpoint
The Frontier Corps arrested an Indian national near the Chaman border on Friday. An official told The Express Tribune that security forces had detained a suspect near Chaman border, who had illegally entered Pakistani territory from Afghanistan. “He did not have valid traveling documents and has been taken into custody for interrogation,” sources revealed. It was confirmed later on that the man belonged to India.
Officials of the FIA asserted that 8-10,000 people cross the Pak-Afghan border daily from Chaman without proper documents, making it difficult to track their movement.
A judicial tribunal, while expressing serious concern over the deteriorating law and order situation, recommended installing CCTV cameras at all entry points of Quetta as well as along the Chaman border.
However, so far no steps have been taken to enforce strict monitoring of cross-border movement by the security agencies.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 6th, 2011.
COMMENTS (66)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
@Dr Priyanka: This is what exactly the guards on your side do.
@omar - Your Indian dreams of destabalising Pakistan are going down the drain real fast!! You Indians are trying so hard your terror techniques in Balochistan that we Balochis are sick of you. This is not Bangladesh and therefore will not work! Just keep that in mind.
@MARC: Katrina's mother is white British and she is not an Indian citizen, Kareena's father is originally from Peshawar and mother from Sindh! Make any sense now?
the security guy is acting as if he caught Bin Laden. Why is he so jumpy. Guess for the cameras. Bollywood can use him.
@My name is Khan - Nice try dude, you are a hard core Indian trolling around Pakistani ET news blowing hot air! One can easily detect an Indian when he gets into the etniicities of Pakistani people and makes a heck of an effort to pit one against the other, trying to pull a Bangladesh . . .eh. . . sorry dude, It wont work this time no matter how hard you try . . . its a waste of your time and energy. Go home.
@Kallu mama Its your Indian terror handlers doing all the killings in Balochistan and then framing Pakistan. This is an oldy moldy Indian terror game. One by one all your Indian terrorist and their terror masters will be caught and are being caught not only in Balochistan but other cities of Pakistan. Sorry dude, game is soon coming to an end . . . so enjoy it while you can!
He must have been hired by his handlers to actually do a dry run reconaisance mission in his loose clothes first, just in case he needs to hide something next tiime. The Indian handlers know how to pick and choose their terrorist to avoid suspicion.
Poor voiceless guy...Will he be allowed to reperesent himself before court of law?
As per establsihment logic - The 'Indian' was caught with Baluchistan in one pocket and Pak nuclear assets in anathor. Islam and Pakistan are in danger like in 1971.
It's surprising that THIS IS THE NEWS!!!! ....This has been happening snce past 65 years that Indian crosses to Pakstan side, Pakistani crosses to Indian side. What are these innocent people to do if they have families on both side of the border ? And thankfully due to the visa process we both have they don't even get any equal right to visit their beloved ones. Its a shame that borders have finally successfully become rgid enough to split the families apart. It is sad if you all think. It is sad that any one here glorifies the fact that he is caught and will now rott in prison. I am surprised that some people here are worried about his origins. We are talking about colors of skin and height. How low can we fall as a human? Where a human life is not more valuable then his citizenship, race, color, stature.....Can hatred be so deep so inhuman that we finally learn to celebrate a human suffering???? And seriously what is with this guy pointing a machine gun at this fellow? This is it? This is not the Pakistan I know. When did we become so timid that we have to worry about a prisoner in chains that we have to point gun at him. Anyways. Peace to all. Khuda Hafiz!!!!
@Dr Priyanka: Why did India not take in all the Afghan refugees? How many Indians went over to Afghanistan to help fight the Soviets? Whereas so many Pakistanis gave their lives to help their Muslim brothers in Afghanistan. Why do you take in only those Afghans that have money to invest in India?
@Rehan Baloch: You are not a Baloch, you are a Pakistani!!
He is a 4 feet tall man. Check up whether he is having a bag or a big pocket to take our nuclear assets to India. Even after three days, our police or ISI could not clarify what he was trying to do in Pakistan. Of course, time is required to create a story for public consumption.
We don't have electricity in our cities, how can we set up CCTV cameras on the borders ?
@Kamran:That poor fellow looks more like a beggar and not like some superman who can carry away your nuclear assets which must be weighing tons so relax brother.
@Proud-Paki: Keep imagining things and live in your own paradise! I think it is time you woke up. For us relations with Afghans go a very long time in history and come on man I have Afghan friends who have a very different story to tell. We donot abuse and use Afghans. And for your info Mr Karzai etc etc were educated in India. And he is as Afghan as I am Indian. So why did he not study in your country? Many important Afghans have homes in India and for purposes of security we can't divulge this info to people who are not well wishers of Afghans. And donot dare talk about my religious feeling of Hinduism as as nationalistic? We are not out to convert anyone. I have lived in Saudi Arabia for 10 years and Bahrain for 3 years and I and the Arabs are mutual admiration society. And I would not like to elaborate here about what they think about people with your mentality. And as I said all religions are treated equally well in India. Otherwise I would not be gallivanting around the middle-east. I have spent more time there than in any other country and I am their bint [daughter].And about Afghans again even if they hate us we will feel devastated,but accept it yet continue to love them and do everything for them. We shall say and do whatever they want. Like there is a Hindi song which says 'Tum din ko agar raat kaho raat kahengey. Jo tumko ho pasand wohi baat kahengey'!
This guy obviously is Mullah Omar in deep disguise!
Oh dear, why are you guys fighting over his arrest? Many indians are working on big projects in afghanistan. There are many workers working on roads connecting to Iran and kabul. Workers don't keep documents only company owners have their documents. This is the case of missing worker. He is not terrorist. Contact his company owner.
@American: Ha ha ha, you really have good sense of humour.
@My Name is Khan: Perhaps you forget that there are more Pashtun in Pakistan than Afghanistan? So what if the Tajiks, Pashtuns and Hazara of Afghanistan are anti Pakistan after all the propaganda they are fed by their government. And yes so much of the terror in Pakistan comes from across the border in Afghanistan where India has so many agents and consulates. I don't care whether the Indian guy is little like some above are saying- even a little criminal can do a lot of damage!
@My Name is Khan
You are as much a Pakistani as much I am a Somali. But then, if this is what you have to do for a living, I empathize with you.
I am a Baloch and I am sick of all these foreign terrorists, including Afghans, Indians, Iranians, Americans etc running amok in our land. There should be a shoot at sight policy for any suspicious foreign national who comes and tries to wreak havoc in our land. I am fully in support of the border police in detaining this terrorist. One by one, all Indian and other terrorist infrastructure should be disintegrated in Afghanistan and Baluchistan completely.
We Pakistanis should stop kidding ourselves that Afghanistan likes us. Most Pashtuns will tell you they have a very negative view of Pakistan and they are the only people in Pakistan with any mildly positive views towards Pakistan.
Surveys have shown that over 70% of Afghans have a positive view of India while under 10% have a positive view of Pakistan. We have ruined that country with our ISI's support for terrorism and our support for the Taliban which allowed them to wreak havoc in Afghanistan.
Furthermore, Pakistan has just as many consulates as India does and India donates billions of dollars to build infrastructure.
The sooner we stop kidding ourselves, the sooner we can fix our own internal issues.
The ISI has a "perfect" and fool-proof technique to prove that he is Indian!! In the past, they have declared that the Taliban terrorists that the Pak army killed in FATA were Indian by declaring that they were uncircumcised!! I am sure the ISI will doe the needful "investigation" and soon announce this poor chap surely is an Indian since he has an uncircumcised manhood! LOL!
I love how Indians are resorting to bashing Pakistan at all angles instead of talking about the article in hand. Man oh man, I love seeing children act as adults, but seeing adults act as children (on the internet) is just sad...
Most likely he was a construction worker sent by India to Afghanistan - there are a lot of these involved in reconstruction of Afghanistan. He probably decided to do some travelling on his spare time and lost his way. I'm guessing between the ages of 19 and 24.
RAW MAN CAUGHT IN ACTION
@ Dr Priyanka... Afghans dont indentify with religious values of Budhism or your jingositic Hindu nationalism.
Frankly, when Soviets were butchering people of Afghanistan, Indian government didnt have even common decency to protest Soviet invasion let alone help their resistance. So much for your heart ache.India is only interested because Afghanistan with its weak fractured government is perfect staging area to destabilise Pakistan. Yankees are interested so that they can destablise Iran and control central asia. Sooner or later Afghans alongwith other neighbors are going to wake up to this Indo-US expansionism. When that time comes you Indians and Yankees like Soviets would have no choice but to run for your lives.
Guys Are you illitrate? ET states: "He did not have valid traveling documents and has been taken into custody for interrogation". Papers? Papers? Do you know how many people are in FATA without "papers" but working for the Army?
As long as Pakistani guards keep on busting these Indian terrorist trolling on Pakistani land, Pakistan will come out victorious against terrorism. Indian terrorist will no longer be able to exploit Balochistan and other cities of Pakistan. Go get em brave Pakistan and wipe out these dirty seeds of terrorism seeping into Pakistani lands.
@Sarcastic: Grow up!
@Proud-Paki: Baby proud Pakistani [I like it this way, not Paki]. Our relationship with Afghanistan is dil ka rishta because remember long long time ago we were all one. Otherwise there would not be so many temples and the Bamiyan Buddhas[which unfortunately the one eyed Jack and his cronies destroyed]. My heart aches for Afghanistan and the Afghans. I don't know about you. So there you are! If I was the PM of India I would have one consulate in every street of Afghanistan[provided the Afghans give permission] and they are welcome to India anytime. This feeling and ache for the Afghans nobody nobody but we can understand! Rocket science is too scientific a term for a dumb person like me. You reflect on it and come to your own conclusions. I feel I have been insulted!
The situation reminds me of birth of Bangladesh, similar bogey was raised by Pakistan that India is interfering and is out to snatch East Pakistan,
The way you re treating fellow Balochs, the daily extra judicial killings in balochistan .....I am sure the birth of independent Balochistan is not far...
Best of Luck Pakistan!
@Sarcastic: I thought Pakistanis are trying to take their society (and if possible, the whole world) back to 7th century... If you are already in Stone age, you are going too fast...and have to apply the brakes brother...otherwise you will end up in Dinosaur Age....and get eaten by Brontosaurus, otherwise known as USA.
@Sarcastic: "that fellow Indian of yours is going to be treated in stone age justice for sure. " We have not forgottenr how Pakistanis treated Saurabh Kalia under the Geneva Convention. We have no illusions how this poor man is going to be treated. If you can treat your own "in stone age justice" we can hardly expect you to step out of that stone age ever! You seem to be proud of that. Shame on you! With what face then do you object to how you are treated by the world?
India is only country in Afghanistan who has consulates our border with Afghanistan. One wonders why so many needed and that too only on Pakistan border. Are they issuing tourist visas to Afghans? I dont think it is a rocket science to figure out what is the puprose of these consulates. India has been using Afghanistan as strategic high ground to put squeeze on Pakistan. But unfortunately, in order to please uncle SAM we have decided to bury our heads under the sand and decided not speak out while Indians keep runing around the world and raising the bogey of Pakistani interference.
The outfit he is wearing looks Pakistani !!
@Dr Priyanka...I am not sure about us going into the stone ages but that fellow Indian of yours is going to be treated in stone age justice for sure. Better get your govt to act and save him...you wouldnt want the terrorist back by the time we've already "dealt" with him.
The guy doesnt appear to be an Indian and since Pak authorities have neither disclosed his name nor city he belongs to, it is surely a propaganda stunt.
@Reality Bite
No you have cooked it up...this pic just tells you that how much we LOATHE Indians...plain and simple
the last time I saw a map India was on our East side and not the West one...
Hey may have come to take away our nuclear assets. We very well know how smart these Indians are. Good that we have caught him. But i am still very scared if they successfuly take away our nuclear assets, the Indians will eat us totally raw.
Parvati! I am not here to offend anyone but the darker shade is mostly in Southern Region and believe me I have many friends from India and their color is fair.
The two security guards look like India's RAW agents and the short person look like real Pakistani. Why Indians enter Pakistan when there are already lot of terrorists to do all type of criminal acts in the country. This will cause more unemployment to our mullah trained flocks.
@parvati: So u mean...Katrina, Kareena, and all Bollywood lot are from pakistan actually???
Why is the security guard pointing his gun at a man who is unarmed ? Defies logic. May be he is trying to prove he is boss! Jungle justice! Going back to stone age!! Keep it up !You will be there soon!!
@parvati.
Well yes I agree with u that indians are dark . but u also have alot of foriegners visiting your country. As far as gaurds are concerned even a child wod know that they hav to perform their duty under SUN.
@Parvati...nice try. Apparently, he belongs to Amritsar. I assume he's an Indian Punjabi, and he looks like one too. Probably a Sikh who shaved or a Hindu
Greatest conspiracy by RAW, USA and ISRAEL: Indians as security guards at Pakistani borders !
who knows the truth
He dont look indian infact he looks pakistani.Indians are black but this guy is fair.Infact security guards looks more darker than him may be security guards are indians?????Food for thought......
@Reality bites: They are afraid because he might enter into a hole and it will be difficult for them to pull him out of that hole. Look at his size.......
Dont be fooled by the looks. Terrorist comes in all shapes and sizes.
Sneeking into Pakistan. Do not be fooled by looks. A litle guy can be a very effective terrorist. Afghanistan is the back door for the Indian terrorist handlers.
@Reality bites: Troll alert........................
If he did not have proper documents how could the authorities declare that he's an Indian?
India is an enemy state. And Plz see Indian Movies and media to know how much India loves Pakistan. No body is afraid of Indians its Indians who are afraid of every neighbor, LTTE , Mukti Bahni and I suggest you to see Indian movies and media to decide ur self
and what he was doin in our border??