Musharraf's Photo Op
Here we go. our tragedy gives Mushharraf a chance to gather his minions, and march to a few homeless maeds, and make them say Pakistan Zindabad.

Yah, Mushharraf saab, Pakistan is really going to be zindabad, if our misery is only a propaganda tool for you.

To me, that was one of the most pathetic show on TV. Musharraf throwing parcels among the crowds of children. His posture. His attitude. His speech. everything was in bad taste. And, it reduced my nation to a status of beggars.

Now, Musharraf would like us to trade our respect for a few blankets. I thank Mushrraf and his army for helping us in this hour of need. But i would have really loved it, if it was without conditions of listening to Musharraf's speeches about how good his army is.

UPDATE: 14th feb

Musharraf says that not many people died. It is just Media exaggerating things.

UPDATE: 15th Feb

Shaikh Rasheed - The Savior of Baloch

Mirani Dam
Just a thought!!!

You heard of rains, and dams busting in Makkoran. What would have happened if Mirani Dam was ready? My bet is that the destruction would have been tenfold.

God help us from those who want to 'develop' us.

Confused
Azad Baloch used to be the Representative of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). But today he accepted the responsibility of the blast in Barkhan on behalf of Balochistan People's Liberation Front (BPLF).

Now i am confused. So which organization is he in? BLA? BLF? BPLF? or is it that all these are the same with different names?

Nawab Marri!!!
You hear Akbar Bugti almost daily on this or that media. Ataullah is never off the radar. But where is Nawab Marri?

He is our silent warrior. He was the first who said, "no development without political rights", for which he has been thrashed by Paki as well as Baloch media. Nawab Bugti chose to have it both ways, he allowed the gas plants to be built, and he also keeps talking about Baloch rights. Nawab marri could had easily gone for a compromise, if he had chosen so, probably rewarded with a ministerial job like Jamali and Rind. There have been all kinds of attacks on him. There is a hazari fouj (led by Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani Marri) specially tailor-made against nawab Marri. The nawab himself was arrested a few years back. I think there still are a few cases/ warrants against him.

Nobody considers him a saint. Of course, he is a sardar. Probably, he has killed more men of his own tribe, than of paki army. But he has always kept the faith in Balochistan alive. He does not speak much, but when he does, it is always about a free Balochistan.

But what has got to him, now? Does he need an official invitation to join the fight? What is holding him from openly doing what he always has talked about; freedom fight?

Some say, that BLA is actually run by Balach Marri, nawab's son. It is very possible. But i also do not consider Balach, or Hayrbeyar (his other son) to be worthy of being leader of Baloch. My utopia about BLA does not include Balach.

Nawab sahib, please die fighting, and not coughing in a hospital bed. Let us tell our kids of a warrior who died for our cause, and not as a cynic whose ego didn't permit him to act when he was needed the most.

UPDATE: 8th feb.

Nawab Marri again said today that; Armed struggle only way out. Yes!!! Nawab Sahib, We Know. Now please stop talking, and do just that.

Daily Aasap says that nawab marri isn't feeling very well, and might have to leave the country for medical reasons. Nawab Sahib, go where ever you want to, but please fight the last battle.

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, where people can add and edit anything written by other users.

Look at what has happened at the Baloch page. Currently it says;

"Balochi people are not struggling for freedom from Pakistan or Iran.The present Prime Ministor of Pakistan is a Balochi.They are ruling Pakistan."

Yeah, right!!!

Kalpars & Semi-Kalpars
Looks like that Kalpars have decided not to be Baloch any more. In their private battle with Sardar Bugti, they have taken the sides with Pakistan, against the Baloch.

Kalpar is a subtribe, of a subtribe of Bugti tribe. They used to live in Dera Bugti area, before they got into a fight with nawab Bugti. There were fights, deaths on both sides. Kalpars even managed to kill a few member of nawab's family. In early 90s, they were given state protection, and were taken to areas of Sindh, and Punjab as refugees. The Government still pays them. For their survival they are totally dependent on state, and the enemity still goes on.

But this is the latest twist where they can be used as a counter-force against Baloch fighters. They are paraded on TV, as the witness to nawab's cruelties and corruption, and as the good 'Bugties'.

Kalpar cheif now says Pakistan is our mother. Ahmadan Bugti says that Akbar Bugti Wants To Keep People Backward. Also, Ahamdan meets Corps Commander, and another Khan Mohammad Kalpar says the land is ours, please pay us.

Seems like, the government has got enough Mir Sadiqs and Mir Jaffars to unleash on baloch. In the marri areas, there is Hazari fouj. In Bugti areas, it is the kalpars and mazaris. In the Mengal area, they have Zehries and Khan of Kalat. In Makkoran, they have druglords mascarading as politicians. In Lasbela, they have Jams.

We, baloch, might not be that strong that we think we are.

UPDATE: 8th Feb.

An ex-official in Balochistan said today that the policy to use Kalpars against Nawab Bugti was first devised in 1993 by Benazir Government.

These guys are paranoid

The Israelis are coming :)

Bush for Baloch?
Bush said in his State of the Union Address on 3rd Feb:

"And to the Iranian people, I say tonight: As you stand for your own liberty, America stands with you."

Really? America will support Baloch? When will that day come? When America is busy lending a few more years to countries like Pakistan to exist, liberty for Baloch doesn't seem that high on her list of To-Dos.

But then Condi already said that Iran isn't on the agenda. Huh?

Che a Chaare (what do u seek?)
Che a Chaare o bangulein warna (what do u seek O handsome lad)
O watan maat e asirat o umaet (O motherland's hope and wish)

Thaee Watan Burta Sillein Houn waraan (Your country has been snatched by blood thirsty barbarians)
Handey Maa Aasman a dast nabeeth (even open skies have no place for you)

Ae nahanth jammrani grand o girok (these thunders and lightening are not from clouds)
Chamm thaee sabzein kohsaran sakk anth (why do u look at these mountaintops)

Bamb o toup e golo laganth ke kapanth (These are the bombs and tanks that fire)
Koh o dashtan mey pad ma pad tarak anth (which fall on our lands, one after another)

Suhr anth hounan cha mey yalaani, talar (these mountains are red from our comrades' blood)
Siyahein haak o purr anth gulein hankein (the land is black and the greenery ashen)

Guzn o luchi a nijeinta dantaan (misery has set its teeth upon us)
Bastaganth dung o zung aan raah tankein (and the dacoits have blocked our way)

Seth o boutar o samraaj e dallal (the sellers of our nation)
Hakim o kardaar o Khan o wazir (the ruler, leader, and the chief)

Samraaj e panah e chaer a kannanth (they are being supported by the oppressor)
Loutt o pull, kusht o kosh, band o begir (they kill, plunder, and gag us)

Paisla che inth, bangulein warna (what is your decision, o lad?)
Was wasaan nei dil a cha darr bikan (take out all hesitances from your heart now)

Zind pa muhtaaji o pa chamm jahli (life in misery and with dishonor?)
Mout sobaani ya pa qoum o watan (or a glorious for your nation, and country)

Mir Gul Khan Naseer
Central Jail, Sahiwaal, Punjab
7th July 1968

Paki Army a sissy?
What is keeping paki Army from openly going after the 'miscreants' in Balochistan? Why not an all-out operation?

Even, after all those sabotage acts on rail tracks, power towers, police stations, Quetta cant, Gas pipelines, have the Hussains (Shujaat & Mushahid) managed to keep the faujis calm?

We are not talking about a thinking, and compassionate army here. It is pak Army. It has killed people before for lesser reasons. so why not this time?

Today, there was a bomb blast at an exhibition centre at Karachi, which the Musharraf Pasha had inaugurated. I do not know for sure yet, but if it was from us (i mean BLA) this definitely was one of the most provocative ones. And Army has still not started the killings in large numbers. Strange, isn't it?

Perhaps, the army cares about the Baloch now? No way
Maybe, the army has stopped producing General Guls & Begs? doesn't look like so.
Or, the army is working for a polictial solution? why is it making the cant at Sui then?
And, will the army let go of BLA for a reconciliation with Baloch people? no chance.

So, it probably is the time frame and intensity of a military operation in Balochistan that we look towards, and not the probability whether it is going to happen or not.

We await.

The Mysterious Arms Saleman
So, where are those Baloch fighters getting those rockets from, to pour at Quetta Cantt?
After all, who is this saleman?

Paki Foreign Office: It's Iran.
Paki Interior Minister: It's Afganistan.
Balochistan Cheif Minsiter: It's India. (may be Iran)
Paki Urdu Press: It's US (may be Israel)

My Opinion: You really do not need to be supplied weapons from any foreign country. There is enough stock of it present inside Balochistan to sustain the war for at least a few years.

And if there is demand, there will always be suppliers.

Hurting Pakistan
In those few days of early January at Sui, about 1000 rockets were fired. This week, there wasn't a single day when Balochistan wasn't rocked by blasts. Quetta, Khuzadar, Mastung, Kohlu, Turbat, Kalat, Sibi, Sui, etc. Almost any town in Balochistan, that can be called so, has been attacked.

Is this a good strategy?

Well, to an extent, Yes.

Pakis have been so far concentrating on the economic benefits and schemes that they have started in Balochistan. Shujahat Hussain says that he has created a package for Baloch that is beyond any Baloch's thought. It is the time to tell them, that roads, electricity, royalties, etc. are not all that we are fighting for. We want sovereignty. We want freedom.

I know the people in Quetta might not be feeling very nice when they aren't able to switch on their electric heaters in this cold, but freedom never comes cheap. We should know that we will have to let go of some luxuries that we enjoy so much, for a greater cause.

What Should be our next step?

Attacking Lahore???

That can wait for the time being.

Dr. Abul Maali is a Baloch!!!
No, he might not be. But i would like him to be.

Dr. Abul Maali Syed has been quoted many times in the last few days. Read him on SAT.

A free, modern, tolerant, and prosperous Balochistan!!! Isn't it a dream of every baloch? shouldn't it be the destiny of Baloch? aren't we entitled to such a dream?

Nah, we are not. We can only live in the misery that has so penetrated our every thought. We are supposed to dream about better royalty from Sui gas, not respect and honour as a nation. We aren't even supposed to live as a nation (good or bad, who cares?), but as a minority. Our 'problems' are going to be solved by people of caliber of Chaudary Shujahat and Sheikh Rasheed. Our freedom movement has to be launched by a mysterious foreign power, and not us, after all, we are not expected to know of things like freedom, self-determination, etc.

Dr. Syed, thanks for dreaming a dream that we Baloch hold so dear.

Baloch VS Pathan
By chance i got into this afghan site. Read these posts 1, 2 where this totally immature baloch Vs Pashtoon thing is going on.

This is really amazing. Two nations, which are almost natural allies, can't see eye to eye. Our enemies are same. Our forefathers have been allies (at times enemies too). We have been living together on these lands for thousand of years. Our cultures have similarities. There were pashtoon tribes which are Baloch now, and vice versa. But we can't tolerate each other???

Just imagine for an instance that baloch and Pashtoon stand up for each other!! No punjabi or farsi will ever be able to play with our destinies again. But alas, this seems like only wishful thinking. Emerging from our mutual insecurities and mistrust seems like such a big ask.

Maa Chukkein Balochaani
We are the sons of the Baloch,
Free and sovereign,
Masters of our own destiny;

The earth panics from our wrath,
Castles shake in fear,
We are tigers,
Fearless defenders (of those who seek our help);

We are an encouragement to our fathers,
The pride and honour of our mothers and sisters,
Support to our brothers;

Our blood one day,
will be required by our nation,
We will prove true to the lullabies given by mothers;

We have sucked the milk of honour,
In the shadow of swords,
Red blood in our eyes shows descent from martyrs;

We are defenders of the helpless, and the poor,
We have destroyed the castle of terror,
the days of oppression have gone forever.

Bugti's last stand
So, Nawab Bugti is still 'negotiating'.

He should know that this is his last chance to redeem himself. If he sells the Baloch out this time, he does not have any reason to live. He should be tolerated as long as he is needed, and disposed off immediately after use.

But if he fights, all his sin, of past and future, are forgiven.

Keeping the dream alive
Who is this Hassan Mujtaba?

This is his second article on BBC Urdu site( first one is here) , which has strenghthened my pride in being a Baloch.

He knows us. He beleives in us fighting for a cause, and not as agents of whatever country. He writes with passion. He quotes Habib Jalib. He writes anecdotes about 70s.

I thank you Mr. Mujtaba on behalf of my poor and beleaguered nation.

Sardar Mengal and a free Balochistan
Hamid Mir, in his column in daily Jang a few days ago, said that Sardar Mengal does not beleive in a free Balochistan. He feels that it will be sandwiched between hostile countries of Iran and Pakistan, and will be inviable.

What a pity, Mengal sahib. So, we are worse than the lowest people in the world? We are not 'good' enough to rule ourselves? Looks like the years in London have managed to get some imperial air implanted in our sardar Mengal. Remember? The 'native' are not capable to rule themselves?

Sardar Mengal was never very high on my list of the people i respect. He just managed to drop a few positions on that list.

To the arms

Well, finally SAT reports that army operation has been started in Sui, also Paki Army came out clear that they will be building the cantonments.

Sardars and Nawabs sahibans, what are you waiting for?

Stand up, and be counted.

BLA Representatives
Today's bomb blast in the second floor of Balochistan secretariat brought in a new nom de guerre;

"Major Naukaf"

Earlier, we had Mir Azad baloch, and Col. Doda Khan Baloch usually speaking on belhaf of BLA.
i think it is time that we get some picture, videos, etc of BLA operations.

BLA, show us our heroes.