Nobody is safe - Mohammed Ali Jinnah's Shia Ismailis, Balochis, and minorities
Even alternate media is reporting on attrocities
https://news.vice.com/article/we-are-suffering-genocide-at-the-hands-of-pakistan-an-interview-with-blf-commander-allah-nazar
In August 1947, the Baloch declared independence, but nine months later the Pakistani army marched into Balochistan and annexed it, sparking an insurgency that has lasted, intermittently, until today.
On Friday, Pakistani sources reported that 20 construction workers were gunned down by the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) in Baluchistan, Pakistan's southernmost province. Attackers reportedly overpowered the security guards at a labor camp near the construction site for a dam, entered the sleeping quarters, and shot the victims at point-blank range.
All of the targeted workers were reportedly from provinces other than Baluchistan, with 16 hailing from Punjab and four from Sindh. The eight security guards are all from Baluchistan, and were unharmed. A BLF spokesman reportedly said the target was the Pakistani army and workers at government construction projects.
However, BLF Chief Commander Allah Nazar on Tuesday labeled the version submitted by the Pakistan media as "complete and utter propaganda aimed against the Baloch freedom movement." Nazar insists that their targets had been workers of the Frontier Works Organization (FWO), a body linked to the Pakistani Army.
"If [the construction workers] were just ordinary civilians, why would they be protected by the Frontier Corps [a paramilitary group], and other armed units?" he asked during an interview with VICE News this week.
The Baloch inhabit a troubled area, which crosses the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It is a vast swathe of land the size of France, which boasts enormous deposits of gas, gold, and copper, untapped sources of oil and uranium, as well as a highly strategic coastline that spreads over 600 miles near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
In August 1947, the Baloch declared independence, but nine months later the Pakistani army marched into Balochistan and annexed it, sparking an insurgency that has lasted, intermittently, until today.
There are between six and seven Baloch insurgent groups conducting guerrilla warfare in southern Pakistan today. All are markedly secular, and share a common agenda for an independent Balochistan.
Even alternate media is reporting on attrocities
https://news.vice.com/article/we-are-suffering-genocide-at-the-hands-of-pakistan-an-interview-with-blf-commander-allah-nazar
In August 1947, the Baloch declared independence, but nine months later the Pakistani army marched into Balochistan and annexed it, sparking an insurgency that has lasted, intermittently, until today.
On Friday, Pakistani sources reported that 20 construction workers were gunned down by the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) in Baluchistan, Pakistan's southernmost province. Attackers reportedly overpowered the security guards at a labor camp near the construction site for a dam, entered the sleeping quarters, and shot the victims at point-blank range.
All of the targeted workers were reportedly from provinces other than Baluchistan, with 16 hailing from Punjab and four from Sindh. The eight security guards are all from Baluchistan, and were unharmed. A BLF spokesman reportedly said the target was the Pakistani army and workers at government construction projects.
However, BLF Chief Commander Allah Nazar on Tuesday labeled the version submitted by the Pakistan media as "complete and utter propaganda aimed against the Baloch freedom movement." Nazar insists that their targets had been workers of the Frontier Works Organization (FWO), a body linked to the Pakistani Army.
"If [the construction workers] were just ordinary civilians, why would they be protected by the Frontier Corps [a paramilitary group], and other armed units?" he asked during an interview with VICE News this week.
The Baloch inhabit a troubled area, which crosses the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It is a vast swathe of land the size of France, which boasts enormous deposits of gas, gold, and copper, untapped sources of oil and uranium, as well as a highly strategic coastline that spreads over 600 miles near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
In August 1947, the Baloch declared independence, but nine months later the Pakistani army marched into Balochistan and annexed it, sparking an insurgency that has lasted, intermittently, until today.
There are between six and seven Baloch insurgent groups conducting guerrilla warfare in southern Pakistan today. All are markedly secular, and share a common agenda for an independent Balochistan.
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