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March 2007 Headlines |
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Gas pipeline blown up in Kalat, rockets fired on FC in Awaran
Supply of gas to Kalat was suspended on Friday night after a main
pipeline was blown up, three rockets were fired on the FC (Frontier
Corps) fort in Mashkey area of Awaran district. BLA (Baloch Liberation
Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 31.3.07 |
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Eighteen Baloch women and children killed, 28 Punjabi army soldiers
killed 37 injured
Pakistani army bombard a Bugti Baloch village near Sui. Pakistani air
force and army bombard Bugti Baloch village of Lanju and Sagari killing
at least 18 of women, children and elderly, in retaliation the Baloch
Freedom Fighters attack the ground forces killing at least 28 Punjabi
soldiers and injuring 37 on Friday. 30.3.07 |
Landmine blast in Dera Bugti area
A man was injured in a landmine explosion near Dear Bugti, on Thursday.
29.3.07 |
The exact date of Kalat's occupation by Paki army in 1948
That Kalat is an independent and sovereign state its status is different
from other princely states of British India, its relations with the
British government being based on various mutual agreements and
treaties. By Hussain Bux Thebo 30.3.07 |
Who took the ‘disappeared’ people?
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, which went to the Supreme Court
with its list of ‘disappeared’ people, says that over 70 percent of the
list comprises people who could not be labelled jihadi, meaning that
they were not wedded to the aggressive Islamism or Talibanisation that
General Musharraf talked about. They were Baloch and belong to the
obviously secular local Baloch nationalist politics of the province.
EDITORIAL: Daily times 29.3.07 |
Ten soldiers killed and more then a dozen injured in Marri area
At least seven army personnel killed and more then ten in an attack on
army camp in the Kahan area of Mehi, mean while a army patrol ambushed
Bhombor area killing at least three and several injured. Bebrag Baloch a
spokesman for the BLA called from unknown location and claimed
responsibility for the attacks. 28.3.07 |
Six blasts in Quetta, Sibi and Lakpass, train and gas service suspended
Quetta’s rail link with the rest of the country was disrupted after a
blast on the main track in Sariab area on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile a
powerful blast near a mobile phone compan and gas pipeline blown up in
Lakpass. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the.
28.3.07 |
Insurgents bomb major power pylon in Balochistan
Baloch nationalist militants blew up a major power pylon in Balochistan,
cutting supply to nearly a million consumers in a dozen of districts on
Wednesday. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the.
28.3.07 |
If Baloch activists are extradited of western countries to Pakistan,
then what the future holds for the Baloch Nation
It is come to the notice of Balochvoice that Pakistan is making a secret
deal with the UK government to extradite Baloch political activists
living in UK. Let’s take a look at the Human Rights track record of
Pakistan in general and especially these last few years. Balochvoice
Press Release 28.3.07 |
Pakistan seeks swap deal to extradite Baloch dissidents living in
Britain, Secret talks to get airline bomb suspect back to UK
In increasingly tense discussions, the British government is demanding
the return of Rashid Rauf, a 26-year-old who is held in a high security
prison in Pakistan. But ministers in Pakistan have responded by asking
for something in return. In a proposed swap, they are calling for the
extradition of up to eight people living in the UK who they claim are
involved in an uprising in the western oil-rich province of Baluchistan.
Sandra Laville and Declan Walsh in Islamabad The Guardian Wednesday
March 28, 2007 |
Mehran Baloch an activist who has lived in UK for 20 years is one of
eight men wanted by Musharraf
Briton drawn into delicate diplomacy of swaps as Pakistan insists on
reciprocal deal for terror suspect
Sandra Laville, Declan Walsh in Islamabad and Richard Norton Taylor The
Guardian Wednesday March 28, 2007 |
Police post blown up in Sibi, gas lines in Mastung
A police post was blown up in Sibi the second largest city of
Balochistan, some 160km from Quetta, two gas pipelines damaged by
explosions near Mastung late Saturday night. BLA (Baloch Liberation
Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 26.3.07 |
Oil pipeline blown up in Rojhan Mazari
An oil pipeline of Parco was blown up near Rojhan in Rajanpur district
Balochistan- Punjab border area, on Sunday morning. The blast ripped a
three metre portion of the pipeline spilling all the oil flowing in the
pipeline and suspending supply to the refinery. 26.3.07 |
Rockets fired on FC camp in Khuzdar, Train line blown up in Noshki
Three rockets hit FC camp in Khuzdar, main train line from Quetta to the
Iranian border town of Taftan blown up near the town of Noshki. A
spokesman of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the
attacks. 26.3.07 |
I urge the Baloch nation to remember March 27th as a black day in Baloch
history
Statement in Urdu By Balach Marri 25.3.07 |
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UN Intervention by Mehran Baluch 4th
session of the Human Rights Council: 12 to 30 March 2007
I would like
to take this opportunity to inform the international community about the
barbaric crimes and gross violations of human rights that Pakistan’s
military regime has been carrying out against the Baluch people. |
Several Insurgent attacks and bomb blasts in Balochistan
Powerful bomb explosions in Hub Town, Kharan and Sui, Pakistani army
attacked in Tratani Marri area 12 Killed and at least 18 injured. A
spokesman of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) Bevrak Baloch calling from a
satellite phone gave details and clamed responsibility for the attacks.
24.3.07 |
Two informers for Pakistani army killed in Jaffarabad
Two Bugti tribesmen Jagusin Bugti and Bagu Bugti working for MI
(Military Intelligence) were travelling from Sui to Jaffarabad in a
local Van when they were killed on Saturday. A spokesman of Baloch
freedom fighters Wadera Alam Khan clamed responsibility for the
killings. 24.3.07 |
Discussion Forum on 23rd March 1940, Pakistan Resolution Day Organized
by The World Sindhi Institute (WSI)
“OPPRESSED NATIONS OF PAKISTAN: SELF DETERMINATION, AUTONOMY AND
SOVEREIGNTY’’ March 23, 2007 at National Press Club, Washington, DC |
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The First Nuclear Terrorist Power
An Islamist insurgency is afoot in Pakistan, posing a dire threat of
overthrowing Musharraf. And this may happen sooner rather than later. If
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is created, it means Islamists get
their hands on Pakistan's nuclear weapons. This, in turn, means that
such weapons will then be passed to the new regime's allies -- which
will include, among others, the Iranian mullahs, Al-Qaeda and the
Taliban.
A discussion
on this nightmare scenario arranged by Jamie Glazov
FrontPageMagazine.com has assembled a distinguished panel comprise of B.
Raman, Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, Steve Schippert, Daveed Gartenstein Ross and
Thomas Joscelyn. source Assyrian International News Agency 23.3.07 |
Rockets hit Quetta and main rail track blown up
Rockets exploded in different areas of the city on Thursday night while
the Quetta-Sibi train link was severed after insurgents blew up the main
railway line near Quetta. BLA claimed responsibility for these attacks.
It is important not to forget since the start of the Punjabi army
operation in Balochistan the popularity of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army)
has increased and it has emerged as a vanguard of Baloch resistance.
While BLA fighters are waging an active war against the Punjabi army in
the mountains of Balochistan the intensity and frequency of the attacks
in the urban areas of Balochistan and other parts of Pakistan have
increased many folds. 23.3.07 |
URGENT ACTION Fear of imminent execution/ torture
Sa’id Qanbar Zahi (m), aged 17, Javad Naroui (m), Ma’soud Nosrat Zahi (m),
Houshang Shahnavazi (m), Yahya Sohrab Zahi (m), Ali Reza Brahoui (m),
Abdalbek Kahra Zahi (also known as Abdalmalek) (m) All members of Iran’s
Baluchi minority. The seven people named above, including a boy aged 17,
are at risk of imminent execution. Amnesty International fears that at
least five of the group may have been tortured into "confessing" to
involvement in a number of violent crimes carried out in the town of
Tasuki, in Sistan-Baluchistan province, southern Iran, in March 2006.
Amnesty International 22.3.07 |
Insurgent attacks in Naukundi, Wadh and Noshki, five Pakistani soldiers
killed, four injured
Baloch insurgents ambushed Frontier Constabulary (FC) convoy in Naukundi
killing five Pakistani soldiers including a Lieutenant Cornel and
wounding at least four on Wednesday. Mean while rockets fired at FC camp
in Whad and railway track blown up in Noshki Sherjan area. BLA (Baloch
Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 22.3.07 |
Warning to Baloch militants
In his speech on the occasion of the inauguration of Gwadar port,
President Musharraf launched his usual tirade against the Baloch
‘militants’. In a thundering tone, he warned them to ‘surrender’ or face
‘elimination’ for opposing the development of Balochistan. The
president’s fist-waving is reminiscent of his similar posturing after a
missile attack on him in Kohlu, which led to an incessant military
operation against putative Baloch militants, culminating in the killing
of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. Bugti’s death however, could not end the
so-called Baloch militancy.
The Post Editorial 22.3.07 |
Bomb blast in Gwadar, Khuzdar, Mastung and a police van attacked in
Quetta
Two policemen were injured in a hand-grenade attack in Quetta, gas line
blown up Mastung, explosion in FC camp area in Khuzdar on Tuesday,
despite of the extensive security measures taken in Gwadar, a day before
the inauguration of the Gwadar port by General Musharraf a powerful
explosion shook the port city. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed
responsibility for the attacks. 21.3.07 |
New port gives Beijing strategic foothold in Middle East
Beijing has gained a new strategic foothold in the Middle East with the
opening of a Chinese-backed deep water port in southern Pakistan. ABC
news By Peter Lloyd 21.3.07 |
Pakistan steps up security ahead of port opening
Pakistan tightened security around a coastal town in Balochistan
province on Monday, a day before the opening of a port authorities hope
will bring prosperity to the remote and troubled region. Thousands of
soldiers and policemen guarded the coast and roads to the port on Monday
while fishermen were told to stay well clear. Source: Reuters By
Faisal Aziz 19.3.07 |
Train and gas services suspended in Balochistan
Train service between Quetta city and the rest of the country was
suspended after a "powerful blast" blew up railway tracks near Spizend
in Balochistan. In a similar act of intended sabotage, a gas pipeline in
the Pir Koh gas field area in the province was also blown up yesterday.
Meanwhile, blasts in Quetta and Sibi. Baloch Freedom Fighters also fired
rockets near Kohlu. Bebarg also claimed that the BLA had carried out
attacks and bomb blasts on the eve of the March 17, 2005, massacre in
Dera Bugti in which the Frontier Corp bombarded the town of Dera Bugti
killing 83 people including women and children.18.3.07 |
Thirteen soldiers killed and several others injured in Kahan area, blast
in Sibi & Mastung
Thirteen Pakistani soldiers killed and at least two dozen injured in two
different attacks by Baloch freedom fighters on Punjabi army in Marri
area of Tratani and Pishi and bomb blast in Sibi and Mastung on
Saturday. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the
attacks. 17.3.07 |
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Without a trace
Seven-year-old Saud Bugti's father was picked up by secret police on a
street corner in Karachi last November. No one has heard from him since.
He has joined the ranks of Pakistan's 'disappeared' - victims of the
country's brutal attempts to wage war on both al-Qaida and those who
fail to support the government. But how many innocent people are being
caught up in this? And what is America's connection to the barbaric
torture of suspects? The Guardian Declan Walsh reports Friday March 16,
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Three bomb explosions rock Quetta
Three loud explosions were heard in different parts of Quetta. The first
explosion was heard in Ghulistan Town, another bomb exploded in Smungali
housing scheme and third powerful explosive device went off near central
train station Quetta. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed
responsibility. 16.3.07 |
Three killed, nine injured, rockets hit a grid station in Whad
Baloch Freedom Fighters targeting the newly built grid station in Wadh
area of Khuzdar killing one guard and injuring three on Wednesday night.
Mean while two people killed and six injured including policemen in
riots Khuzdar area. 15.3.07 |
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Army operation against innocent Baloch people in Mand area will be
avenged, Marri Ittehad
Urdu News source Daily Tawar 15.3.07 |
PAF fighter Jet plunged to the ground in Balochistan, pilot killed
A Pakistan Air Force fighter F-7 aircraft crashed in Balochistan
Tuesday, killing the pilot. According to Baloch Freedom Fighters the
fighter jet was on a bombardment mission in the Marri area of Bambore
when it came under heavy anti aircraft fire, and the fighter jet must
have got hit because it quickly retreated and on its way back to airbase
it crashed to the ground killing the pilot. 13.3.07 |
'Divide Pak' ads came from cable company, says CNN
WASHINGTON: CNN has disowned an advertisement that calls for
disintegration of Pakistan into several smaller countries being shown in
the Washington DC area saying ''some local cable operators may have
accepted the advert to run in their own airtime.'' Times of India
13.3.07 |
Gas pipeline blown up in Quetta
A gas pipeline was blown up in Quetta on Monday, disrupting supply to
many areas. Water supply to parts of the city was also affected as a
water pipeline was also damaged in the explosion. BLA (Baloch Liberation
Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 13.3.07 |
Five injured in remote controlled bomb in Dera Bugti
Five pro government tribesmen and Punjabi army personnel were injured in
a remote controlled bomb blast in Dera Bugti on Monday. Wadera Alam Khan
of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack.
13.3.07 |
The Balochistan story
Balochistan seems to be in the news for all the right or wrong reasons.
Is it because it straddles Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, borders the
Arabian Sea, and is a vast and sparsely populated province occupying 43
per cent of Pakistani territory? Article by Chiranjib Haldar From
Dnaindia.com Daily News & Analysis 12.3.07 |
United States intelligence believes Mush's removal not to help
extremists
American intelligence now believes that even if Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf is removed from power or falls prey to an assassin's
bullet it would not lead to rise in power of extremist elements, a media
report said today. 12.3.07 |
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CNN airs Mysterious "Divide Pakistan" advertisements
Washington:
While Pakistan has charged India with stoking fires in its troubled
provinces and produced articles in a Sindhi journal published from New
Delhi as "evidence"' it can drum up far more serious charges against its
patron United States. By Chidanand Rajghatta
Times of India 11.3 07 |
Train line blown up in Quetta
A portion of the railway track between Quetta and Chaman, near the Killi
Alamo suburb of the city, was damaged in a bomb blast on Friday night.
It is worth reminding that several government installations are targeted
daily in Balochistan and other provinces. Just the train service has
suffered a dozen attacks during this week only in Balochistan. BLA
(Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 10.3.07 |
Blast injures nine in Hub, including three officers
A powerful remote controlled device went off late last night on Sakran
Road in Hub injured nine people including three high ranking officials
of Attock cement factory damaged an electricity pylon, causing
suspension of power supply to several parts of Hub town and surrounding
areas on late Friday evening. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed
responsibility for the attack. 10.3.07 |
Baloch sons of the soil, today whatever has to be done for your mother
land Balochistan do it your self
Urdu News source: Balochvoice Statement by Balach Marri 8.3.07 |
BLA blows up train line in Balochistan
Quetta Express escaped disaster when a bomb exploded under a it but a
portion of the railway track was blown up but the train managed to stay
on the track. The blast happened on 8:15pm near the Speezend station
some 30 km from Quetta capital of Balochistan on Wednesday evening. BLA
(Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 8.3.07 |
Liberated Balochistan is Baloch destiny, war of independence will
continue till the tyrant Punjabi army is not driven out
Urdu News source: Balochvoice Statement by Nawabzada Hairbair Marri
7.3.07 |
Roadside bomb kills one, wounds sixteen in Sui Balochistan
A road side bomb exploded cascade of vehicles near carrying
pro-government tribal elders in Sui Balochistan, killing one of them on
the spot and wounding sixteen. Baloch Freedom Fighters claimed
responsibility for the attack and warned any informer of the Punjabi
army awaits the same fate and wowed to continue till Punjabi occupying
army in not driven out of Balochistan. 7.3.07 |
Us
State Department Report on Pakistan
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 6,
2007 |
Us
State Department Report on Pakistan
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 8,
2006 |
Railway track blown up in Mach, bomb blasts in Sibi and Hub
Parts of a railway track near the Mach railway station were blown up on
Monday by a bomb blast. Mean while a bomb blast in Sibi and gas pipeline
blown up in the industrial town of Hub 25Km from Karachi. BLA (Baloch
Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for all the attacks. 6.3.07 |
Rocket hits Quetta cantonment, casualties suspected
Army headquarters hit by a powerful rocket, several casualties and
damage to property suspected. Several army personnel are believed to be
killed and severe damage to property was reported. There are also
rumours that a high ranking officer has also been killed in the blast.
But the authorities are keeping a lid on the situation and denying of
any such incidence. Meanwhile, Mr. Azad Baloch spokesman of BLA (Baloch
Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the attack. 1.3.07 |
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