Unsafe track
But the blast, claimed by the Balochistan Republican Army, a banned nationalist outfit, is also a reminder of just how many different strains of terrorism we face and how easily these groups can strike. Amidst the various other kinds of turmoil we have been facing, the problems of Balochistan indeed seem to have been almost forgotten; placed on the back burner to simmer quietly. This is a mistake. It could prove to be a disastrous one. It is true the complex issues of Balochistan are not easy to solve and no one seems to have any solutions. We are not even sure what efforts are on or if the Balochistan chief minister’s plans to try and build a bridge with nationalist groups got anywhere at all. Certainly there seems to be no evidence of this. The crucial thing is to try and continue to work towards a solution. Leaving the province in a state of unrest and uncertainty will only weaken our country as a whole. The perceptions of injustice and rage which exist within Balochistan are well established. They need to be addressed by both the provincial and federal governments working together so that people can face safer lives and escape the constant sense of danger they live with. The repeated incidents of terrorism that hit the province are taking this away from them. The situation has continued for far too long. It needs to be brought under control before greater damage is inflicted on people who have already suffered far too much.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2014.
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@Salil Chowdhary: yes that why indian have 456 million people below the poverty line and 7 separtist moment
Within days both Balochistan and FATA will seperate from Pakistan if India involves fully. But India is a democratic country with robust judiciary, media, opposition and statesmanship. Kashmir was made a complex issue by Pakistan and no other country support it on this issue.
“The perceptions of injustice and rage which exist within Balochistan are well established” because of excesses committed by Punjab dominated security forces targeting Baloch origin people such as enforced disappearances, extra judicial executions, torture, custodial rape, sponsoring death squad militia’s and the like will inevitably be have inevitably created “perceptions of injustice and rage” among the freedom yearning people of Balochistan. The 700,000 Punjabi dominated occupation forces will not succeed in dousing the fire of this “injustice and rage” and liberation in Balochistan as indeed was the case with the erstwhile East Pakistan which forms todays Bangladesh, will happen.
Meanwhile India needs to address this well established perception of injustice and rage and must provide fullest diplomatic and moral support to the Baloch freedom struggle. Consulates in Iran and Afghanistan must provide all necessary help. Pakistani protests if any even can be ignored by pointing out recent meeting of Pakistan’s New Delhi Embassy with Kashmiri Muslim separatists.