tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post113784525348264032..comments2024-03-26T03:03:42.414-07:00Comments on The Glasshouse: Balochistan Crisis (contd.)A Different Drumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350929185765118924noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-71490428181181356282011-11-24T10:21:20.511-08:002011-11-24T10:21:20.511-08:00The post is very nicely written and it contains ma...The post is very nicely written and it contains many useful facts. I am happy to find your distinguished way of writing the post. Now you make it easy for me to understand and implement. Thanks for sharing with us.hcghttp://www.cheaphcgdiet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-16186743546753114082008-06-23T16:30:00.000-07:002008-06-23T16:30:00.000-07:00No matter what the Punjabi Pakistani exploiters sa...No matter what the Punjabi Pakistani exploiters say. Balochs are brave people and not cowards like Punjabi Muslims. Baluchistan has nothing in common with Pakistan, neither language, nor ethnicity, except for Islam, which was forced upon us. But, Ba lochs are not Muslim in the same sense as the Punjabi or Arab Muslims. We follow our ancestral traditions still.<BR/><BR/>Remember what our leader said "I have been a Baloch for 5000 years, a Muslim for 1400 years and a Pakistani for only 58 years.". We no longer want to be a Pakistani. The only moral right Pakistan has over us is because of Islam. If Punjabis don't let us be Independen Balochistanis, then we are willing to forego the only common factor with Punjabis i.e' Islam. We are willing to abandon everything in common with Punjabis, including Islam , to remain Baloch for the coming generations. <BR/><BR/>Baluchistan is a fight for saving our identity from Punjabi domination and not an issue of development. No matter how much Punjabis allocate for development of Baluchistan, we will continue to fight for Baluchistan, even if the International community ignores us. Long Live Independent BaluchistanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-69621852136738877892008-05-27T04:46:00.000-07:002008-05-27T04:46:00.000-07:00http://ale-xpressed.blogspot.com/2008/05/baluchist...http://ale-xpressed.blogspot.com/2008/05/baluchistan-as-i-saw-it.htmlALE-Xpressed has been migratedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014099752195473049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-1138107517151697392006-01-24T04:58:00.000-08:002006-01-24T04:58:00.000-08:00Why is that only when things reach a 'boiling poin...Why is that only when things reach a 'boiling point' that we pay attention to them? The problem in Balochistan is very old, a legacy from the pre-Independence era. Countries with multi-ethnic identities need to understand that all these identities need to be given space to flourish and grow. And that this growth does not mean being 'subversive' or 'unpatriotic'. As one of the Baloch leaders has been quoted as saying - 'I have been a Baloch for 5000 years, a Muslim for 1400 years and a Pakistani for only 58 years.' <BR/><BR/>Why do we - the leaders, politicians, military and technocratic establishment, the elite - presume that just because a Baloch or a Pashtu or a Sindhi prefers to call or refer to himself/herself as that, he or she is less of a Pakistani? We all have multiple identities - if I can be a son, a husband, a father, an investment banker, an Asian, a South Asian, a Pakistani - why cannot I be a Muhajir, a Muslim and a Pakistani! <BR/><BR/>Since Independence, the intense sense of insecurity vis-a-vis India and the fragility of the state itself led to an extreme centralization and a view that any demand/s for autonomy or decentralization or ethnic identification was coterminous with treason and subversion.Why? <BR/><BR/>Isn't it time we did something about this? Isn't it time that we moved ahead with our 'multi-identities' towards a more secure and stable Pakistan and a more encompassing Pakistani nationalism!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-1138040258748116682006-01-23T10:17:00.000-08:002006-01-23T10:17:00.000-08:00For those of you who are interested there is a ver...For those of you who are interested there is a very good report on the Baluchistan insurgency titled "Pakistan: Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency"<BR/><BR/>http://www.newscentralasia.com/modules.php? name=News&file=print&sid=1189<BR/><BR/>It has been taken from former KGB sources and tries to explain what is happening in Baluchistan, how things became as bad as they are....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-1137997296847854442006-01-22T22:21:00.000-08:002006-01-22T22:21:00.000-08:00It's Balochistan today, then it will be the Sufis ...It's Balochistan today, then it will be the Sufis of Sindh, then the Shias of Northern Areas and Kashmir. And the 'Sunnification' of the northwestern subscontinent would have completed.<BR/><BR/>Raise your voice now, or you will be next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-1137901693671778602006-01-21T19:48:00.000-08:002006-01-21T19:48:00.000-08:00It is heartening to see that at least one Pakistan...It is heartening to see that at least one Pakistani outside Balochistan_ it's a presumption_ is alarmed at the deteriorating situation in Balochistan. For the majority of non-Baloch Pakistanis, esp. in Punjab, it appears to be business as usual. All one can hear from Punjab is a deafening silence punctuated by the usual kow-tow of the government's minions. For the majority of Baloch people this silence translates into an endorsement of General Musharraf's approach towards the Balochistan situation by the people in Punjab. I hope our fellow Pakistanis wake up to the reality in their country before it's too late, if it already isn't.<BR/><BR/>http://balochistan-forum.blogspot.com/Hafeez Jamalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863191435075156330noreply@blogger.com