A few days back, the office of Daily Mashriq was attacked by few 'unknown' gunmen. They threatened the editor, smashed a few tables, and such. That got the climate hot there in Quetta. Rallies were organized. Attack on Freedom of Press was denounced..etc.
Now, the word is out that those 'unknown' guys might have been our guys..i.e. Bugtis. Since that day, Daily Aasap has published stories about how the foreigner (Punjabi, panahgir) media in Balochistan has been working against Baloch and balochistan.
I totally agree with that. Dailies Mashriq, Jang, and Nawa-e-Waqt are agents of the Pakistan in Balochistan. Never had any good thing to say about Baloch, but are full of things derogatory to Baloch.
BUT...they should be countered appropriately...not by thrashing their offices, but by answering them. I cannot agree with sending armed men to newspaper offices. We should fight the Paki army with our rockets, and the pakis writers with the pen.
OK, we know these newspapers are supported by Govt. money. What is stopping us from supporting our newspapers?? Right now, we rely on borrowed support from a few balochophile writers in Paki media (Najam sethi, Rashid Rahman, Haqqani..ect).
Shouldn't we have our own media outlets?? when will our leaders start thinking about this front in the war of our freedom?
Posted by Gedroshian
at 2:51 PM EDT