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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

ٹارگٹ کلنگ: پوری کی پوری کمیونٹی محصور ہے


صحافی اور تجزیہ نگار صدیق نے بلوچستان میں ہزارہ برادری اور شیعہ برادری کے حالات پر بی بی سی اردو کی عنبر خیری سے بات کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ حالات ایسے ہو گئے ہیں کہ آئے دن ہونے والے فرقہ وارانہ حملوں کی وجہ سے پوری کی پوری ہزارہ کمیونٹی محصور ہو کر رہ گئی ہے۔

Pakistan's Other Taliban

Editor in Chief, 'The Baloch Hal'; Author; Contributing Writer


...........LeJ's dramatic rise is perturbing for the following reasons.
All top LeJ commanders in Balochistan come from lower-middle class Baloch families. The Balochs have historically remained a secular people with rare connections with forces that fought in the name of religion. Hundreds of Muslim religious schools established across Balochistan with the covert funding of Saudi Arabia and Pakistani government to counter the ongoing Baloch separatist movement richly provide manpower to Muslim extremist groups.
Left-wing Baloch nationalists admit that self- Jihadist groups are actively engaged in employing young Balochs from religious schools for their unholy battles. The regional nationalists describethis phenomenon as a "deliberate policy" of the Pakistani intelligence agencies to undermine their movement. Radical Islam, they say, is used as an antidote to address mounting anti-Pakistan sentiments in Balochistan.
At present, there are no overt tensions between Baloch nationalists and neo-Jihadists in the Baloch-populated districts. The nationalists say they are already engaged in a full-fledged battle against the Pakistani government and cannot afford to open another front against extremist Islamic groups. But the current non-interference policy in each other's operations may not last long. Tensions have been brewing, although slowly.
According to LeJ accounts, all of the organization's key leaders come from Baloch families....Continue Reading......

Tuesday, September 25, 2012


Gunmen kill Survey of Pakistan’s Deputy Director in Quetta


DAWN.COM | اسے اُردو میں پڑھیں

QUETTA: The Deputy Director of Survey of Pakistan was killed by unknown gunmen on Quetta’s Sariab Road on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.

The official was on his way to his office, from his residence, when he was ambushed as his car slowed down near a turning.

Police identified the deceased as the Deputy Director of the Survey of Pakistan.

The unknown gunmen, riding on motorcycles, sprayed the car with bullets critically injuring the official before fleeing from the scene.

The official succumbed to his wounds while being shifted to a hospital.