Afghan-Indian Relationship - Pakistan’s Jealousy!

By Archen Baloch

Balochistan - Today is Ramadan in many parts of Muslim world and all Muslims are supposed to be fasting including Pakistani Muslim. In Islamic teaching fasting doesn’t mean only abstaining from taking food and drinking water, but one has also to be as pious as a new born infant baby while fasting. By God decree he must also not tell a lie! But things in Pakistan are quite different. 

A top trending hashtag, #ProsperousBalochistan, is currently under way in Pakistani social media, in which everybody assumed it as a golden opportunity to excel in lying largely reflective of Pakistani state narratives with keywords, like #Gwadar, #CPEC #RAW #China #India #Balochi, #Afghan etc.

So what is the urge of launching such a diversionary campaign in social media against Baloch freedom struggle with a ridiculous hashtag of #ProsperousBalochistan in the first day of holy month Ramadan?

World knows how much Balochistan is prosperous but the fact is that Salma Dam project in Afghanistan has hit the nail on the head perfectly and gave a new impetus to Afghan-India relationship beyond Pakistan’s imaginations.

One of the tweets is extremely interesting: “#ProsperousBalochistan but enemies are not able to digest”. The poster in Urdu reads: “Pakistani army has started building 100 dams in Balochistan. That is why India has become Jealous”. “Baharat ko Merchen Kaese Nalagen. 

Reactionary to the core, Pakistan regards Indian and Afghan friendship as a nexus webbed around Balochistan freedom movement to destabilize Pakistan and the $290-million Salma Dam project’s inauguration on Saturday by Narendera Modi and Ashraf Gani has added fuel to Pakistani Jealousy all the more.

Balochistan freedom struggle is an indigenous movement. To Pakistani rulers especially Pujabi army, it is an insurgency incited by RAW to counterweight Kashmiri separatist movement. Ultra nationalistic whim of Punjabi domination never allowed Pakistan to become a true democratic state with devolved power bases. Baloch leadership on many occasions resigned to false hope that Pakistan one day may become a viable state that respects democracy. But alas, it never materialized! Rather, it adopted a Baloch Containment Policy that rendered Baloch to abject poverty.

finally, gauging Pakistani prosperous Balochistan let us seek help from somewhere else. Since Pakistan does not allow International media enter Balochistan and assess Pakistani brutalities and its Baloch Containment Policy to abject poverty, therefore, Baloch do not have any option other than to request #NASA to help them photograph entire Balochistan's landscape through powerful telescopes and find out that how many Californian skyscrapers, villas, commercial building, factories, universities, colleges, hotels or hospitals Pakistan has built in Balochistan since its occupation in 1948!   

                                                     

Irresponsible Pakistan! the Dirty Tactical Nuclear Bombs and its Hostility towards Afghanistan and India!

By Archen Baloch

It is extremely concerning that Pakistan is engaged in an impervious program of making portable tactical dirty Bomb for possible wars against its adversaries. Given Pakistan’s track record of broken promises to external and internal obligations, and above all, its nuclear know-how proliferation to maverick rogue states such as Iran, Libya and North Korea, anything sort of dirty can be expected of it when it comes to Punjab interests.  What is more, IS with billions of dollars as a potential client has already expressed its clear intention to buy nukes from Pakistani army officers.

As a victim of Pakistan’s belligerence, Afghan nation has every reason to be concerned for its security regarding Pakistan’s irresponsible nuclear program which is now a permanent danger to regional and  international peace, given the IS presence in the region.

If Pakistani drug smugglers can get their drugs across Europe and America without being detected than providing courier to small tactical and dirty nuclear bombs across continents isn’t a big issue for Pakistan’s crafty secret agency, ISI.

On 28th May 1998 Pakistan carried nuclear tests on Baloch soil without the consent of Baloch people. 17 years have passed since then, but Pakistan never allowed any independent international environmental organization to visit the test site and assess the radioactive level in the Chagai Mountain where people are suffering from different types of radioactive related diseases. That test site of Chaig is very close to Afghan border. As a signatory of NPT and a responsible member nation of UN, Afghanistan has an obligation to play its national role against nuclear race in South Asia!

Afghanistan’s geostrategic position is highly tempting for negative forces such as ISIS and Taliban currently active in some of the rogue countries of South Asia and the Middle East.  Given the violence of the geopolitics of the region and Pakistan’s tilt towards Iran under Chinese leadership, it is highly likely that Pakistan once again would resume the dirty work of nuclear proliferation – this time around not just the technology of centrifuges, but the ready-made portable small tactical bombs to Iran under the carpet.

Afghanistan as a signatory of NPT has an obligation to urge the international community to register Pakistan into Security Council’s bad book for nuclear proliferation crimes it has committed in flagrant breach of international laws on different accounts. Firstly, Pakistan carried out nuclear tests in Balochistan against the will of Baloch people, despite the vehement protest of Baloch leadership against the tests and Baloch became the first victims of Pakistani nuclear tests.  Secondly, Pakistan, itself a rogue country, has committed the crime of nuclear proliferation to rogue nations, like Iran, Libya, and N. Korea. Thirdly, Pakistan has sheltered international terrorist organizations and their leaders in utter violation of Security Council’s resolutions.  Fourthly, Pakistan is involved in proxy wars against India and Afghanistan with ample evidences enough to qualify Pakistan for international economic sanctions.

The International community must not be taken in by the notion that if Pakistan disintegrated, its WMD would fall into the hands of religious extremist forces. Pakistan’s nuclear weapons aren’t heirless; they solely belong to Punjab, as entire Pakistan is micromanaged by her politicians and generals.  And the WMD and Jihadi forces together are Punjab’s strategic assets.

It must be reminded that world community didn’t bother to bail out Soviet Union when it was near to collapse, though, in terms of WMD possession, it had the largest stockpile of nukes at that time. Punjab must be held responsible for any mishaps to these weapons. All screws of nuke responsibilities around Punjab must be tightened.

Pakistan is anything but a state, it is a smokescreen of Punjab where everything is sold, from fake degrees to nuclear weapons, from Jihad to opium drug; you just name it.

The International community should not treat Pakistan as a holistic state entity; rather, it should be looked upon as a bunch of contrasting elements. As all its components are centrifugal, compressed into an entity called Pakistan by ultra-nationalist Punjabi generals serving their own national interests at the cost of peace and integrity of other nations under its domination.

Finally, Pakistan as an irresponsible state must be forced to surrender its nuclear weapons to international custody as it has forfeited its right to be regarded as a viable member state of United States.

Pakistan should be forced to surrender its nuclear weapons

Friday, April 29th, 2016 05:22 pm

By Archen Baloch

It is extremely concerning that Pakistan is engaged in an impervious program of making portable tactical dirty Bomb for possible wars against its adversaries. Given Pakistan’s track record of broken promises to external and internal obligations, and above all, its nuclear know-how proliferation to maverick rogue states such as Iran, Libya and North Korea, anything sort of dirty can be expected of it when it comes to Punjab interests.  What is more, IS with billions of dollars as a potential client has already expressed its clear intention to buy nukes from Pakistani army officers.

As a victim of Pakistan’s belligerence, Afghan nation has every reason to be concerned for its security regarding Pakistan’s irresponsible nuclear program which is now a permanent danger to regional and international peace, given the IS presence in the region.

If Pakistani drug smugglers can get their drugs across Europe and American without being detected than providing courier to small tactical and dirty nuclear bombs across continents isn’t a big issue for Pakistan’s crafty secret agency, ISI.

On 28th May 1998 Pakistan carried nuclear tests on Baloch soil without the consent of Baloch people. 17 years have passed since then, but Pakistan never allowed any independent international environmental organization to visit the test site and assess the radioactive level in the Chagai Mountain where people are suffering from different types of radioactive related diseases. That test site of Chaig is very close to Afghan border. As a signatory of NPT and a responsible member nation of UN, Afghanistan has an obligation to play its national role against nuclear race in South Asia!

Afghanistan’s geostrategic position is highly tempting for negative forces such as ISIS and Taliban currently active in some of the rogue countries of South Asia and the Middle East.  Given the violence of the geopolitics of the region and Pakistan’s tilt towards Iran under Chinese leadership, it is highly likely that Pakistan once again would resume the dirty work of nuclear proliferation – this time around not just the technology of centrifuges, but the ready-made portable small tactical bombs to Iran under the carpet.

Afghanistan as a signatory of NPT has an obligation to urge the international community to register Pakistan into Security Council’s bad book for nuclear proliferation crimes it has committed in flagrant breach of international laws on different accounts. Firstly, Pakistan carried out nuclear tests in Balochistan against the will of Baloch people, despite the vehement protest of Baloch leadership against the tests and Baloch became the first victims of Pakistani nuclear tests.  Secondly, Pakistan, itself a rogue country, has committed the crime of nuclear proliferation to rogue nations, like Iran, Libya, and N. Korea. Thirdly, Pakistan has sheltered international terrorist organizations and their leaders in utter violation of Security Council’s resolutions.  Fourthly, Pakistan is involved in proxy wars against India and Afghanistan with ample evidences enough to qualify Pakistan for international economic sanctions.

The International community must not be taken in by the notion that if Pakistan disintegrated, its WMD would fall into the hands of religious extremist forces. Pakistan’s nuclear weapons aren’t heirless; they solely belong to Punjab, as entire Pakistan is micromanaged by her politicians and generals.  And the WMD and Jihadi forces together are Punjab’s strategic assets.

It must be reminded that world community didn’t bother to bail out Soviet Union when it was near to collapse, though, in terms of WMD possession, it had the largest stockpile of nukes at that time. Punjab must be held responsible for any mishaps to these weapons. All screws of nuke responsibilities around Punjab must be tightened.

Pakistan is anything but a state, it is a smokescreen of Punjab where everything is sold, from fake degrees to nuclear weapons, from Jihad to opium drug; you just name it.

The International community should not treat Pakistan as a holistic state entity; rather, it should be looked upon as a bunch of contrasting elements. As all its components are centrifugal, compressed into an entity called Pakistan by ultra-nationalist Punjabi generals serving their own national interests at the cost of peace and integrity of other nations under its domination.

Finally, Pakistan as an irresponsible state must be forced to surrender its nuclear weapons to international custody as it has forfeited its right to be regarded as a viable member state of United States.

The writer is a freelance Balochistan journalist who writes in English, Balochi and Urdu languages.  He regularly contributes articles to balochwarna.com on Balochistan issue besides reporting the daily events taking place in volatile Balochistan. He tweets at: https://twitter.com/ArchenBaloch, and his Facebook account is: https://www.facebook.com/archen.baloch . He blog is: http://archenspeaks.blogspot.com/. He translates from Urdu and Balochi languages into English language.

Balochistan: Baloch mother dies of delivery complication as military didn’t allow her for treatment

ZARREN BUG – A young Baloch mother died of maternal complications after the Pakistan army did not let her pass a military check post to go for treatment in Turbat town of Balochistan Tuesday last week.

According to detail 18-year-old pregnant Moona Assa died a tragic death at her home on early hours of Tuesday last week as result of delivery complication when Pakistan Army at Zarren Bug check post didn’t allow her and other members of her family to go to Turbat city to seek maternal Clinic care.

The unfortunate Moona was to travel 120 km to reach to Turbat city from her village Dasht Hor to seek medical care in a private hospital because she was suffering from a premature membranes rupture.

The family member contacted by this ascribe said they pleaded with Pakistan army at Zarren Bug check-post for tow hours that they be allowed to seek medical care but the army adamantly did not allow them to pass through check post and the delivery complication worsened.

Ms Moona and her family was forced to returned back to their village, Dasht Hor, which lacks medical facilities. She died shortly after reaching home.

On the morning of 6, January, 2005 women from different villages of Dasht sub district gathered at Zarren Bug check post and demanded that Pakistan army must remove its check posts from Dasht areas.

One protester on condition of anonymity said, “This check post has already cost us life of two innocent souls and it is creating further complications for people of the area. We demand from the military to immediately left this official embargo around Zarren Bug.”

It is worth mentioning here that within 120km vicinity of sub-district Dasht, Kech, there is no maternity clinical facility to help ease the birth complications.