Rich Balochistan,poor Baloch.
 

THE main reason for the trust deficit that exists between the Baloch people and the powerful establishment in Islamabad is that the richest region in terms of natural resources has the highest rate of poverty, which is a matter of grave concern.
It pains me to mention that the share of Balochistan from the Saindak project is hardly two per cent. It is really saddening for the neglec ted Baloch who are tired of tolerating the injustices of successive governments.

Balochistan has the largest reserves of copper and gold in the world. Unfortunately the people living in the area where gold and copper are found are struggling for a piece of bread. The province is blessed with 19 billion barrels of off-shore oil too, whose revenue can bolster the weak economy.

Moreover, the standard of education in the region is poor as most students don’t even know how to write a proper application. Cheating is allowed during board exams, which is the sign of creating a gloomy future for the youth of this nation. The infant mortality rate in Balochistan is 120 per thousand, which speaks of scarce attention of the government towards healthcare in the province.

The gas discovered in 1953 has travelled from Balochistan to Punjab, but Sui, which is a few kilometres away, is still deprived of its own gas. The government’s income from the gas is Rs90 billion per year, out of which Balochistan’s share is Rs8 billion. This makes the people opt for resistance.

there is no textile , shoes , leather factory in Baluchistan. Even there is no CNG station :blink: there are only three CNG stations in Quetta and one in Hub and these are unable to cope with the demand.

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For three CNG stations in the city, refuelling is a gigantic task; hundreds of cars, rickshaws and other vehicles are seen queued up outside CNG stations on Zarghoon Road, Airport Road and Sabzal Road from early in the morning till late night.

This situation is deepening the sense of deprivation among the local people. They are critical of the government’s gas policy for Balochistan.

people’s frustration is compounded when they see 1,500 CNG stations in Punjab, 1,200 in Sindh and 900 in the NWFP. that “We are also citizen of this country

Baluchistan should be given more then it deserve but what about the Sardari system that dont allow any development work in their area ? What about the killing of poor "ABADKARS" and pushing them out of the province ?

@ Alizai
Being a Punjabi, May I second the opinion of Sociologist as he is right?
Same was the situation of Southern Punjab, where I live, and still in remote areas there is same situation. But, development is there where people took stand against Feudals. You are aware of the Feudals of Southern Punjab.
Lack of development is mainly due to the politics of these feudals, believe me. Even in my area, we deprived from gas till last year and still here is no connections of gas, and I know it was just politics of Foreign Minister, who has a permanent seat here. During last elections, a candidate promised the people here to grant gas and results are before us that just two months later, the has pipeline was there. It is just politics of these classical leaders who know that whenever they 'll solve these problems, they 'll be out of the scene.
Blochistan needs the new leaders and political movement, which seems difficult in the presence of tribal system.
The change in federal government can also play the vital role to change the fate of Balochs, Insha Allah.

i agree Baluchistan is richest in resource but ppl are poor but brother be realistic factories cngs wat u r mentioning in other provinces do u think are formed by govt? no they are owned by private sector faisalabad gujranwala lahore karachi all industrial cities n these cities how facotries are owned by govt? how many cng station are owned by govt? i can tell u abt my area before 71 it wz most backward area clean water wz a major problem but in 71 mostly ppl went out n go abroad to try their luck u know wat they earned n invested here all the development here is due to those who migrated to EU n earned n now its richest tehsil of pakistan y not baloch help themselves y they r waiting?n waiting for wat? if they can get latest weapons certainly they can get latest technology they money they r investing in weapons n killing of non balochs they can invest in schools technical institutes factories etc.
brother its very ez to point finger on other but reality is not always which is shown try to see the other side too.
for time being i accept balochs r so poor but tell me who sold all land of gawadar?
punjabi sindhi buyed poperty thier but tell me did they buy on gunpoint?
did punjabi went there in Baluchistan n stoped development work?
than why to create hatred why not talk abt solutions???????

Wash AAthke
 

thanks to all participants who vehemently participated in this gloomy topic.One of my fellows has pointed out that there are acute dearth of CNG stations for a gigantic populace,yeah i believe in the fact,but CNG's can not guarantee economical boost until peace and regional stability is assured.Having one of the biggest mineral resources across the world and being deprived of daily sustenance has heightened the despondency among baloch,who is nursing his boiling passions in his bosom.Their recognition as an owner of the said resources have long been denied together with continuous mass eliminating strategies.Arbitrary kidnappings,political target killings,willful valid hitting of tribal icons are fueling the fire.
Daniel of their rights have made them stand in the teeth of prevailing policies. Administrative strategies are defeating their own cause by pushing the local populace towards a place of no return.Besides,political economy is on the verge of destruction.People are scared of any investment due to the uncertain political and economical prevalence.
I admit that tribal chiefs and sardars have cause irreparable damage to the spontaneous cause of common baloch by exploiting their inalienable natural rights.On the contrary,the worse situation has been heightened by the perpetual avoidance on the part of government in all walks of life.
An upshot solution is possible,if the government takes real stakeholders on board prior to initiating any developmental project.The existence and the social influence of the sardars can not be negated,for their being an integral part of baloch culture.They must be considered before Marshalling any plan as regards betterment of the region.Revenue should be doled out equally nay the Baluchistan be given little extra in order to make it more advanced.
Education,health, sanitation.policing and other pre-requisites of social and natural life are crying for a radical overhaul.
If the government is sincere in its cause of putting the people of Baluchistan on the right line, it should expose its implicit faith in people of Baluchistan.Time and again they are regarded as rebells and self seekers.Such treatment must be put an end so that confidence gap could be bridged.

Riaz Ahmad Alizai !!


Politicians of the provinces are mostly Nawabs and Sardars hence they are sure to be elected in elections regardless of party affiliations. They are not interested in the development and prosperity of the province. You said a village near Sui has not facility of natural gas but a Minister of JUI provided natural gas to his constituency in Pakhtun belt of Balochistan by his personal efforts. It is not the matter, even an MPA can provide such facility to his constituency.

See the role of CM Balochistan; he is non serious person ever in the province. He did nothing for the well being of the masses. He belongs to PPP and in center PPP has government but he has no concern about the problems of common men. Here people want infrastructure, educational and health facilities but he is not serious yet to solve the problems of the people.

Provincial Assembly of Balochistan consists of 65 MPAs, 2 from opposition and 63 are from Govt. and all of them are Ministers. Govt. has been formed on ministerial basis not on ideological and on the basis of party manifesto. I can surely claim that if CMship of Balochsitan is entrusted to a visionary and talented person like Shahbaz Sharif then he will bring drastic changes in the provicnial and can change the fate of the masses. Current set up is corrupt and lack vision.

u people r right.. but one thing i mention here..lets suppose sardari nizaam exists here and they wont let the govt make developments here..but lots of other things can b yet done over here most important .... lots of talented ppl MBAz MSCz MAz etc but still wandering in the search of jobs is this a justice..? cant government take some serious positive actions in this regard... Balochistan occupying area of 347190 Sqkm of pakistan yet the least developed, receiving least quota and even in this minor quota other settleres are occupying there seats and this is a real truth..... wat u comment in this regard...? do u have any answer???

Salamona
 

if the government can manage nuke tests without consulting provincial government,why then isnt it possible to build educational institutes,hospitals,communicational channels and install factories ?
my dear fellows,sardari system is not a barrier being confronted by our federal government,but it is the shifty policy of the later which does not want to cater to the needs of balochistan.

Gas is being extracted out from Balochistan still we are deprived of using it properly..... clearly a taste of favouritism can be sensed from this act...resources are being taken income is being taken away to federation and a very nominal around some 1% or so is being given back to Balochistan as an alms...y??

Salamona
 

@sumal
i see eye to eye with ur comments.:bow

well hold on think logically may b am wrong tell me gas is important for industrial use for domestic purpose its not that much important, industry n population is much more larger in sindh and punjab than Baluchistan so obviously they will take share according to their need i dunt say its justice to neglect Baluchistan but its again important baloch themselves could do something instead of blasting n destroying gas pipe line they should struggle in constructive way so that they can take sympathies of whole nation. sufferings of people in rural punjab n rural sindh r no way less than of balochs but we never heard anything like that blasts target killing etc frm those areas y in Baluchistan only?
change the attitude things would be changed instead of thinking of separate Baluchistan think for developed Baluchistan. youth should come with constructive approach not destructive.
we should realize now politicians establishment sardar no one will do anything for us its only youth who can change the destiny of Baluchistan.
i will like to quote very famous urdu verses Khuda nai aj tak us qaum ki halat nahi badli....Na ho aap khyal jis ko apni halat k badlney ka.

if u go destructive track nothing gud will b happen u r not serving Baluchistan in fact destroying it if u r not willing to change or bring by urself how come others will realize n why will they effort for you? as a nation we are with baochistan standing behind our balochs brothers n sisters but plz let us think we are one n we have to struggle togather not that we are outsiders stop target killing stop this plz we can not afford another fall of Dhaka this is not time to be seprate be united we all are with belive me our sufferings are not less than you but see we never did target killing we never said balochs are outsiders sindhi are not from us wake up plz

i have seen htis discussion on the topic o fBalochistan,ya it is correct that Balochistan is very backward regarding the other parts of the Punjab,
I love Balochistan and Balochis but some questions arises in my mind and i want to ask these questios to any Balochi brother who is here on this forum..
first of all,all the balochi sardars say that they r fighting for the rights of the balochi pple and other province like punjab is benefitted by their resourses,i want to ask from the educated Balochi brothers that if they consider these nawabs and sardars as their leader or representative?
if they think that they are their reprsentative, then i want to tell them that they are the worst enemies of Baloch pple.
education and health for example is a totally provincially administered ministries,and id sardars are very much worried about the rights of the pples of balochistan,then how many schools,colleges,universities and hospitals they have opened for the pple of balochistan,
Punjab can not stop them from opening the schools and hospitals in each and every area of Balochistan,all the sardars are very rich and have plenty of resources and if only one sardar want to do this he can do it in the whole Balochistan,
this is not the fight for the pple of balochistan but this is fight of their own and they use the name of pple of balochistan,
If any balochi brother want to answer about my questions,i will b very hapy..

Its a misery that balochistan being a naturally riched province remain under developed from past 6 decades since inception of pakistan. The sheer responsibility lies on the baloch leaders who are double standards, they strive for baloch rights to gain vote in elections only and later do nothing for their uplifment.

Quoting Sana, agar ap un ko schools nahi do gay tu wo kaisay taleem ki taraf raghib hongay, jab ap un ko social awareness nahi do gay tu wo kaisay agay aingay aur pakistan state ka sath khair sagali ka jazbat bharhingay.

Aghaz-e-Haqooq balochistan was taken at the moment when balochistan was at the verge of separation, the situation there is at par with 1971 as was in east bangal, pakistan is extracting much from this province and benefitting less in reward so social unrest is normal. Baloch infedals are also active, BLA assets are active as well. In order to bring back things on track I would second Dr. Abdul Qadeer suggestion to let allow people to earn education and this is the only way they will understand their right and can then defend it. This was the same suggestion put forward by Dr. Qadeer for FATA region militancy problem.

Analyzed from every angle insurgency in Balochistan has always been for the vested interests of selected few feudal lords and chieftains supported by Indian RAW and safe heavens provided by pro Indian governments. The general masses are kept in dark. Education and every kind of development is strongly opposed by local Nawabs because with development and mass awareness their control will die its death as it happened in Pushton belt of Balochistan where education and development is rampant.

Need is to apprise the peace loving and law abiding baloch masses of their fundamental rights of liberty and freedom. Freedom from the crafty and cruel clutches of land lords, feudal lords and chieftains who are anti state elements and are acting on the whims of those who have always been hostile to the existence of Pakistan. The province of Balochistan and all its resources belong to the law abiding Pakistani baloch citizens. Through education and provision of open fields of healthy competition they can excel like any other developed nation. Through land reform, extensive development projects and government sponsored free education only; the fate of baloch people can be changed.

Baloochistan is my heart, my soul,a cure for all conceivable pains of life and da fatherland is worth anything.So much to do in Baloochistan n so little is done so far..juz want to quote dis stanza to all da exploiters of Baloochistan out der whether frm inside or outside…….
We do not want your buildings,do not set our huts on fire;
We do not require your forts,do not surround our hills;
We do not need your stores,do not ravage our fields;
We do not demand your ships,do not destroy our boats;
We do not desire your crafts,do not snatch our camels;
We do not aspire to your armours,do not break our arms;

Do not oppose us lest you may be oppressed by a superior spirit.

Faiqa Anam has analyzed the situation very beautifully. :clap
The beautiful land and peace loving people of Baluchistan are hostage in the hands of few lords with vested interests. Can you believe that they all joined ML(Q) when they were offered ministries in the last regime and the same lot have now joined PPP as every MPA was made a minister. :laughing and believe me the same lot will be in PML(N) if it wins next election.
If this is the charecter of the leadership of a province, how can you except that development will ever come to that area ? They make a lot of money by blackmailing the federal gov. but what they do for their people ? These are hard questions that need unbiased answers.
We are with our baluch brothers and sisters in struggle of their rights, but we are not with blackmailers who are befooling their voters and killing innocent people on the name of greater baluchistan with the help of foregin powers.

Salamona
 

salman baloch has magnificently spelled out the quintessence of feelings of a common baloch..:bow

Wash AAthke
 

Among the many grievances expressed by the Baloch nationalists, the most persistent and long-standing has been that the resources, including coal as well as gas, have been exploited by the central government without adequate compensation to the province. Poor handling of Balochistan issue by the past governments fed a sense of alienation in the minds of the Baloch.

Balochistan is a transit site for major proposed natural gas pipelines that would carry gas from either Iran or Turkmenistan to Pakistan and from there potentially to India. One of many obstacles to the implementation of these pipeline projects has been the threat of Baloch militant attacks to disrupt gas supplies.

Balochistan is the site of a major port facility and energy hub at Gwadar on the province’s coast. Gwadar is the terminus of a projected interstate transport corridor that is to link Pakistan by road, rail, air, and, to some extent, pipeline with both China’s Xinjiang province and, via Afghanistan, with the energy-rich Central Asian Republics (CARs).

Baloch nationalists have complained that the government has developed the port and corridor without consultation with, involvement of, or benefit to the Baloch people. The anger of Baloch nationalists has sometimes been directed against China, whose investment in the Gwadar project and in other Balochistan-based ventures has been substantial.

A number of Chinese nationals have been the target of five violent attacks in Pakistan in recent years, with three of these attacks taking place in Balochistan, two of which resulted in fatalities. And recently, the Baloch nationalists abducted UN official John Solecki asking the government to fulfill their demands in return of his release. But later, Mr Solecki was released with the help of the three deceased leaders. These acts of belligerence cannot be stopped unless the grievances of the Baloch are addressed completely and surely.

Baloch nationalist leaders insist they are not opposed to development but are against the exploitation of natural resources that do not benefit local communities. They also insist that the province, not the sardars or the centre, should be the main beneficiary of the income from Balochistan’s natural gas and other mineral resources.

Distribution of resources remains another matter of conflict between Balochistan and the centre. The National Finance Commission (NFC), the mechanism used by the centre to distribute federal grants to the provinces, is contentious because it is controlled by the federal government, and in the Balochistan context, because the main criterion for NFC awards is population. The award should be determined through consensus among the provinces and on an equitable basis. By revising the criteria to account for backwardness, level of development, geographic size and revenue levels of the provinces, the centre would remove at least one major bone of contention.

In a province that already has an excessive security presence, the government’s decision to establish new military cantonments has reinforced local perceptions of the Pakistani army as a ‘colonising force’.

The Baloch opposition has called for the removal of the Frontier Corps (FC) and its checkposts, an end to military operations, the return of the army to the barracks, the withdrawal of politically motivated cases and the release of political prisoners if peace is to be restored. The insurgency is unlikely to subside as long as the military relies on repression, killings, imprisonment, disappearances and torture to bend the Baloch to its will.

Many Baloch ruling provincial parliamentarians also support local ownership of development projects and agree with the opposition that military force will not solve the conflict.

To solve the Balochistan conflict, the federal government should review the checkposts manned by the Frontier Corps and the Coast Guards in interior Balochistan, removing those not needed; redirect the focus of both security agencies on border patrol and interdiction of arms and narcotics; train levies on the police pattern and provide the requisite logistics.

The federal government should halt construction of military cantonments until all major issues are resolved, increase royalties to the gas-producing districts of Balochistan, with the government paying arrears. It must ensure maximum provincial representation immediately on the boards of PPL, OGDC, and Sui Southern.

It is required that oil and gas companies invest 5 percent of total expenditures on social sector projects in consultation with public representatives; distribution companies should provide gas on a priority basis to the areas where it is produced.

The central government should allocate 7 per cent of the GPA’s gross revenue, other than federal levies, for Balochistan’s development, while giving locals employment preference, followed by people from Makran and then the rest of Balochistan; fishermen, displaced by the Gwadar project, must be reimbursed and relocated near the East or West Bays; address under-development in Gwadar, Quetta and Sui, facilitate social sector development province-wide, especially in health, housing and education, and make a one-time grant to improve the province’s medical infrastructure.

The federal government should make the development level and degree of backwardness the first criteria for NFC awards; strictly implement the 5.4 per cent employment quota for Baloch workers in all federal ministries, divisions, corporations and departments and consider special measures to compensate for the lack of recruitment of the Baloch into the armed forces and civil security forces; and create parity between the Baloch and Pashtuns in Balochistan in all spheres of life.

Among the many grievances expressed by the Baloch nationalists, the most persistent and long-standing has been that the resources, including coal as well as gas, have been exploited by the central government without adequate compensation to the province. Poor handling of Balochistan issue by the past governments fed a sense of alienation in the minds of the Baloch.

Balochistan is a transit site for major proposed natural gas pipelines that would carry gas from either Iran or Turkmenistan to Pakistan and from there potentially to India. One of many obstacles to the implementation of these pipeline projects has been the threat of Baloch militant attacks to disrupt gas supplies.

Balochistan is the site of a major port facility and energy hub at Gwadar on the province’s coast. Gwadar is the terminus of a projected interstate transport corridor that is to link Pakistan by road, rail, air, and, to some extent, pipeline with both China’s Xinjiang province and, via Afghanistan, with the energy-rich Central Asian Republics (CARs).

Baloch nationalists have complained that the government has developed the port and corridor without consultation with, involvement of, or benefit to the Baloch people. The anger of Baloch nationalists has sometimes been directed against China, whose investment in the Gwadar project and in other Balochistan-based ventures has been substantial.

A number of Chinese nationals have been the target of five violent attacks in Pakistan in recent years, with three of these attacks taking place in Balochistan, two of which resulted in fatalities. And recently, the Baloch nationalists abducted UN official John Solecki asking the government to fulfill their demands in return of his release. But later, Mr Solecki was released with the help of the three deceased leaders. These acts of belligerence cannot be stopped unless the grievances of the Baloch are addressed completely and surely.

Baloch nationalist leaders insist they are not opposed to development but are against the exploitation of natural resources that do not benefit local communities. They also insist that the province, not the sardars or the centre, should be the main beneficiary of the income from Balochistan’s natural gas and other mineral resources.

Distribution of resources remains another matter of conflict between Balochistan and the centre. The National Finance Commission (NFC), the mechanism used by the centre to distribute federal grants to the provinces, is contentious because it is controlled by the federal government, and in the Balochistan context, because the main criterion for NFC awards is population. The award should be determined through consensus among the provinces and on an equitable basis. By revising the criteria to account for backwardness, level of development, geographic size and revenue levels of the provinces, the centre would remove at least one major bone of contention.

In a province that already has an excessive security presence, the government’s decision to establish new military cantonments has reinforced local perceptions of the Pakistani army as a ‘colonising force’.

The Baloch opposition has called for the removal of the Frontier Corps (FC) and its checkposts, an end to military operations, the return of the army to the barracks, the withdrawal of politically motivated cases and the release of political prisoners if peace is to be restored. The insurgency is unlikely to subside as long as the military relies on repression, killings, imprisonment, disappearances and torture to bend the Baloch to its will.

Many Baloch ruling provincial parliamentarians also support local ownership of development projects and agree with the opposition that military force will not solve the conflict.

To solve the Balochistan conflict, the federal government should review the checkposts manned by the Frontier Corps and the Coast Guards in interior Balochistan, removing those not needed; redirect the focus of both security agencies on border patrol and interdiction of arms and narcotics; train levies on the police pattern and provide the requisite logistics.

The federal government should halt construction of military cantonments until all major issues are resolved, increase royalties to the gas-producing districts of Balochistan, with the government paying arrears. It must ensure maximum provincial representation immediately on the boards of PPL, OGDC, and Sui Southern.

It is required that oil and gas companies invest 5 percent of total expenditures on social sector projects in consultation with public representatives; distribution companies should provide gas on a priority basis to the areas where it is produced.

The central government should allocate 7 per cent of the GPA’s gross revenue, other than federal levies, for Balochistan’s development, while giving locals employment preference, followed by people from Makran and then the rest of Balochistan; fishermen, displaced by the Gwadar project, must be reimbursed and relocated near the East or West Bays; address under-development in Gwadar, Quetta and Sui, facilitate social sector development province-wide, especially in health, housing and education, and make a one-time grant to improve the province’s medical infrastructure.

The federal government should make the development level and degree of backwardness the first criteria for NFC awards; strictly implement the 5.4 per cent employment quota for Baloch workers in all federal ministries, divisions, corporations and departments and consider special measures to compensate for the lack of recruitment of the Baloch into the armed forces and civil security forces; and create parity between the Baloch and Pashtuns in Balochistan in all spheres of life.

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@Riaz ahmad alizai

"Khuda nai aj tak us qaum ki halat nahi badli
Na ho aap khyal jis ko apni halat k badlney ka"

Dear i agree that Balochistan has been deprived its share but people of balochistan are v lethargic like their leadership.they need spoon feeding on the head of natural resources.i believe that much share must be spent on their social n educational uplift.

But i point out that i belong to southern punjab region wich z the best agricultural region in pakistan but deprived of all facilities.we people inspite of shouting and blaming upper punjab started to rise in every field.in every filed we ve been deprived our share but we have developed competence in our seraiki people n we r competing with highly developed punjab in every field.

so i request the baloch brothers to develop competence rather than blaming establishment.we ppl r genuine example 4 u that how we ve competed without any resources.nobody z cuming to save u.

Rich baluchistan,poor baloch
 

The feudal lords that are raising voices are the true and real culprits for the situation in balochistan.These sardars would never like to see Balochistan getting developed, as it will deprive them from the royalty that they enjoy for their own families in the name of tribal heads. [B]These tribal leader shall be eleminated if the goverment makes direct investments in the province.[/B]

[QUOTE=Riaz Ahmed Alizai;205391]Among the many grievances expressed by the Baloch nationalists, the most persistent and long-standing has been that the resources, including coal as well as gas, have been exploited by the central government without adequate compensation to the province. Poor handling of Balochistan issue by the past governments fed a sense of alienation in the minds of the Baloch.

Balochistan is a transit site for major proposed natural gas pipelines that would carry gas from either Iran or Turkmenistan to Pakistan and from there potentially to India. One of many obstacles to the implementation of these pipeline projects has been the threat of Baloch militant attacks to disrupt gas supplies.

Balochistan is the site of a major port facility and energy hub at Gwadar on the province’s coast. Gwadar is the terminus of a projected interstate transport corridor that is to link Pakistan by road, rail, air, and, to some extent, pipeline with both China’s Xinjiang province and, via Afghanistan, with the energy-rich Central Asian Republics (CARs).

Baloch nationalists have complained that the government has developed the port and corridor without consultation with, involvement of, or benefit to the Baloch people. The anger of Baloch nationalists has sometimes been directed against China, whose investment in the Gwadar project and in other Balochistan-based ventures has been substantial.

A number of Chinese nationals have been the target of five violent attacks in Pakistan in recent years, with three of these attacks taking place in Balochistan, two of which resulted in fatalities. And recently, the Baloch nationalists abducted UN official John Solecki asking the government to fulfill their demands in return of his release. But later, Mr Solecki was released with the help of the three deceased leaders. These acts of belligerence cannot be stopped unless the grievances of the Baloch are addressed completely and surely.

Baloch nationalist leaders insist they are not opposed to development but are against the exploitation of natural resources that do not benefit local communities. They also insist that the province, not the sardars or the centre, should be the main beneficiary of the income from Balochistan’s natural gas and other mineral resources.

Distribution of resources remains another matter of conflict between Balochistan and the centre. The National Finance Commission (NFC), the mechanism used by the centre to distribute federal grants to the provinces, is contentious because it is controlled by the federal government, and in the Balochistan context, because the main criterion for NFC awards is population. The award should be determined through consensus among the provinces and on an equitable basis. By revising the criteria to account for backwardness, level of development, geographic size and revenue levels of the provinces, the centre would remove at least one major bone of contention.

In a province that already has an excessive security presence, the government’s decision to establish new military cantonments has reinforced local perceptions of the Pakistani army as a ‘colonising force’.

The Baloch opposition has called for the removal of the Frontier Corps (FC) and its checkposts, an end to military operations, the return of the army to the barracks, the withdrawal of politically motivated cases and the release of political prisoners if peace is to be restored. The insurgency is unlikely to subside as long as the military relies on repression, killings, imprisonment, disappearances and torture to bend the Baloch to its will.

Many Baloch ruling provincial parliamentarians also support local ownership of development projects and agree with the opposition that military force will not solve the conflict.

To solve the Balochistan conflict, the federal government should review the checkposts manned by the Frontier Corps and the Coast Guards in interior Balochistan, removing those not needed; redirect the focus of both security agencies on border patrol and interdiction of arms and narcotics; train levies on the police pattern and provide the requisite logistics.

The federal government should halt construction of military cantonments until all major issues are resolved, increase royalties to the gas-producing districts of Balochistan, with the government paying arrears. It must ensure maximum provincial representation immediately on the boards of PPL, OGDC, and Sui Southern.

It is required that oil and gas companies invest 5 percent of total expenditures on social sector projects in consultation with public representatives; distribution companies should provide gas on a priority basis to the areas where it is produced.

The central government should allocate 7 per cent of the GPA’s gross revenue, other than federal levies, for Balochistan’s development, while giving locals employment preference, followed by people from Makran and then the rest of Balochistan; fishermen, displaced by the Gwadar project, must be reimbursed and relocated near the East or West Bays; address under-development in Gwadar, Quetta and Sui, facilitate social sector development province-wide, especially in health, housing and education, and make a one-time grant to improve the province’s medical infrastructure.

The federal government should make the development level and degree of backwardness the first criteria for NFC awards; strictly implement the 5.4 per cent employment quota for Baloch workers in all federal ministries, divisions, corporations and departments and consider special measures to compensate for the lack of recruitment of the Baloch into the armed forces and civil security forces; and create parity between the Baloch and Pashtuns in Balochistan in all spheres of life.

Among the many grievances expressed by the Baloch nationalists, the most persistent and long-standing has been that the resources, including coal as well as gas, have been exploited by the central government without adequate compensation to the province. Poor handling of Balochistan issue by the past governments fed a sense of alienation in the minds of the Baloch.

Balochistan is a transit site for major proposed natural gas pipelines that would carry gas from either Iran or Turkmenistan to Pakistan and from there potentially to India. One of many obstacles to the implementation of these pipeline projects has been the threat of Baloch militant attacks to disrupt gas supplies.

Balochistan is the site of a major port facility and energy hub at Gwadar on the province’s coast. Gwadar is the terminus of a projected interstate transport corridor that is to link Pakistan by road, rail, air, and, to some extent, pipeline with both China’s Xinjiang province and, via Afghanistan, with the energy-rich Central Asian Republics (CARs).

Baloch nationalists have complained that the government has developed the port and corridor without consultation with, involvement of, or benefit to the Baloch people. The anger of Baloch nationalists has sometimes been directed against China, whose investment in the Gwadar project and in other Balochistan-based ventures has been substantial.

A number of Chinese nationals have been the target of five violent attacks in Pakistan in recent years, with three of these attacks taking place in Balochistan, two of which resulted in fatalities. And recently, the Baloch nationalists abducted UN official John Solecki asking the government to fulfill their demands in return of his release. But later, Mr Solecki was released with the help of the three deceased leaders. These acts of belligerence cannot be stopped unless the grievances of the Baloch are addressed completely and surely.

Baloch nationalist leaders insist they are not opposed to development but are against the exploitation of natural resources that do not benefit local communities. They also insist that the province, not the sardars or the centre, should be the main beneficiary of the income from Balochistan’s natural gas and other mineral resources.

Distribution of resources remains another matter of conflict between Balochistan and the centre. The National Finance Commission (NFC), the mechanism used by the centre to distribute federal grants to the provinces, is contentious because it is controlled by the federal government, and in the Balochistan context, because the main criterion for NFC awards is population. The award should be determined through consensus among the provinces and on an equitable basis. By revising the criteria to account for backwardness, level of development, geographic size and revenue levels of the provinces, the centre would remove at least one major bone of contention.

In a province that already has an excessive security presence, the government’s decision to establish new military cantonments has reinforced local perceptions of the Pakistani army as a ‘colonising force’.

The Baloch opposition has called for the removal of the Frontier Corps (FC) and its checkposts, an end to military operations, the return of the army to the barracks, the withdrawal of politically motivated cases and the release of political prisoners if peace is to be restored. The insurgency is unlikely to subside as long as the military relies on repression, killings, imprisonment, disappearances and torture to bend the Baloch to its will.

Many Baloch ruling provincial parliamentarians also support local ownership of development projects and agree with the opposition that military force will not solve the conflict.

To solve the Balochistan conflict, the federal government should review the checkposts manned by the Frontier Corps and the Coast Guards in interior Balochistan, removing those not needed; redirect the focus of both security agencies on border patrol and interdiction of arms and narcotics; train levies on the police pattern and provide the requisite logistics.

The federal government should halt construction of military cantonments until all major issues are resolved, increase royalties to the gas-producing districts of Balochistan, with the government paying arrears. It must ensure maximum provincial representation immediately on the boards of PPL, OGDC, and Sui Southern.

It is required that oil and gas companies invest 5 percent of total expenditures on social sector projects in consultation with public representatives; distribution companies should provide gas on a priority basis to the areas where it is produced.

The central government should allocate 7 per cent of the GPA’s gross revenue, other than federal levies, for Balochistan’s development, while giving locals employment preference, followed by people from Makran and then the rest of Balochistan; fishermen, displaced by the Gwadar project, must be reimbursed and relocated near the East or West Bays; address under-development in Gwadar, Quetta and Sui, facilitate social sector development province-wide, especially in health, housing and education, and make a one-time grant to improve the province’s medical infrastructure.

The federal government should make the development level and degree of backwardness the first criteria for NFC awards; strictly implement the 5.4 per cent employment quota for Baloch workers in all federal ministries, divisions, corporations and departments and consider special measures to compensate for the lack of recruitment of the Baloch into the armed forces and civil security forces; and create parity between the Baloch and Pashtuns in Balochistan in all spheres of life.

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Brother alizai,
the points ur aised are all correct,
but ur leaders who raise these points for the pple of Balochistan are sincere with common balochis?
they say that Federal Govt is exploiting them,it is true we admitt but what these sardars has giving to the commmon men of balochistan?
sardar is like a father to pple of his area but this father i think has looted or damaged much much more the common balochi than federal govt.

y shud sardars give us and y they have to do with us.... we need government to support us and let us get good jobs..

u r saying all this coz u havnt seen and faced the real situation going on here.... we live here and we know how wrong its going over here

[QUOTE=Sociologist PU;205050]Baluchistan should be given more then it deserve but what about the Sardari system that dont allow any development work in their area ? What about the killing of poor "ABADKARS" and pushing them out of the province ?[/QUOTE]

Sardari system is not stoping the development in balochistan i my self passed my life in sardari system and till to day i havent seen our sardar igonre us and become a rare in development , and about abadcars i ask you a question where are our 8000 thousand sister,s mother's, brother's father's who are escaped by agencies and what about our da dae balochistan shaheed nawab akbar khan bugti who killed by forces and till two his dead body is shot. ask the mother , father, or relatevs of those family member;s who are escaped always they are shouting for there relatives. ........????????

[QUOTE=Crown Prince;205207]Riaz Ahmad Alizai !!


Politicians of the provinces are mostly Nawabs and Sardars hence they are sure to be elected in elections regardless of party affiliations. They are not interested in the development and prosperity of the province. You said a village near Sui has not facility of natural gas but a Minister of JUI provided natural gas to his constituency in Pakhtun belt of Balochistan by his personal efforts. It is not the matter, even an MPA can provide such facility to his constituency.

See the role of CM Balochistan; he is non serious person ever in the province. He did nothing for the well being of the masses. He belongs to PPP and in center PPP has government but he has no concern about the problems of common men. Here people want infrastructure, educational and health facilities but he is not serious yet to solve the problems of the people.

Provincial Assembly of Balochistan consists of 65 MPAs, 2 from opposition and 63 are from Govt. and all of them are Ministers. Govt. has been formed on ministerial basis not on ideological and on the basis of party manifesto. I can surely claim that if CMship of Balochsitan is entrusted to a visionary and talented person like Shahbaz Sharif then he will bring drastic changes in the provicnial and can change the fate of the masses. Current set up is corrupt and lack vision.[/QUOTE]


i agree with u are respective points but which things u are saying i m not satisfied with them even as one said till u not seen dont throw stones i want to say the real suitation of balochistan but soon i will show u are about balochistan. in the time our governer nawab zulfiqar magsi said my foot and hands are tied from fedrel government what pakistan has given to balochistan with out dead bodies and escaping balochs froms there homes as you people are discussing you people have lissned from other's come to visit i my self visit you all about balochistan how establishmenters ignoring balochs in punjab in all areas all villages you found gas but in balochistan instead of 30 disst you people found just in 4 disst gas is available what is this ??????

[QUOTE=sillent.killer;205555]Sardari system is not stoping the development in balochistan i my self passed my life in sardari system and till to day i havent seen our sardar igonre us and become a rare in development , and about abadcars i ask you a question where are our 8000 thousand sister,s mother's, brother's father's who are escaped by agencies and what about our da dae balochistan shaheed nawab akbar khan bugti who killed by forces and till two his dead body is shot. ask the mother , father, or relatevs of those family member;s who are escaped always they are shouting for there relatives. ........????????[/QUOTE]
my dear brother issue of missing persons is not issue of balochs only its issue of all provinces akber bugti martyerd we all feel ashamed on it but u forget LAL MASJID? U forget suicide attacks? how can u say only balochs are suffering?
her aik utni he takleef mai hai jitni main baloch
ab yea btao punjab ka wazir e alla flood effected areas 7 days spend kr k ata hai apney hatho sey rescue kerta hai baki kha hian? baki sab so ray hian?
Army n punjab govt. k ilawa kon nzr a ra hai govts main? yea b hmra qasoor hia kha hai baki sab? Khuda k liey in syasto sey nikal aye werna hath ksi k b kuch ni aye ga.
hm mulk torna afford ni ker saktey kb jagoo app ??? jb kuch b ni bachey ga tb?

who said all villages of punjab are blessed by gas????????????????? come n visit here n see sufferings here n the area which hv gas is dua to thier MPAs MNAs, how come MPAs n MNA of Baluchistan are helpless? tell me constitution of pakistan has some spl article for baloch mpa n mna's that thier powers are less thn punjabi sindhi n pushtoon mna's?
had hai badgumani apni ankhai kholo bhai khud dekho dosrey jo dikhatey hian us ki aink utaroooo apni ankho sey dekho apney kano sey suno
waha ki bat kertey ho yaha ao tumhai yha k halat dikhati ho phr bt kerna

The main reason behind the deprivation of balouchi people,is education.
Have you all forgotten the scenario in which 6 alive women were buried?
who most of the time blow gas links up?
how many times chinese engineers were killed in balouchistan?
who will invest in such province which is damned risky?
will u invest your money in ghanna or in somalia? never.
Educate the people and ask them to give votes to deserving politicians.
as far natural resources are concerned,bhai it is the duty of the province to dilever justice to the people ,federation ka koi kaam nahi usko buss kuch % milta hay.
Ask all these questions to balouchi leaders?
why khan of kalat claimed that accession of balouchistan was done forcibly?
why nawabs and nationalist are still claiming that balouchistan is not a part of pakistan?
pyar se bat karo tub bhi naraz,koi action lo tab bi naraz.
ese liye kehta hon,education k store kholo,education phelany waly doctors recruit karo aur sab ko education k dozes do,sab sahi hojayega per afsoos kuch arsa pehly teachers,principals ,VC ko bhi shaheed kya gaya? why?
where is home minister? is he sindhi or punjabi?
think over it.
Regards,

F.C is operating in the Balochistan against the people in their own province and degrading them, teasing them......Natural gas taken no royality paid yet....Innocent people those who have not had any single crime committed, taken away later found dead, eye witnesses saw people wid covered faces throwing the dead bodies and after a few mins F.C coming 2 collect those bodies even no one informed them..how they came 2 know..?
Nawab Akber Bugti did not commit any crime was not at all involved in any illegal activity and he did not go to have fight with the Govt but the army attacked his home so he had to resist.. u tell me if someone attacks u at ur home wat would be ur reply then...?
Nawabi system reference is not at all not at all and not at all correct..absolutely concocted story... Baluchistan is being completely administered by the feadral government eveything lies in there hand, they are running the whole province and they are delebrately doing all this nonsense..
Another point,, the educated people of Balohistan, the balochs are unemployed eventhough very talented and well qualfied and they are compelled to such extent that they sell melons, do peon jobs..just bcoz there seats have been occupied by others outsiders and all the job handling decision s lie in their hands u can even chek in order to comply to this statement of mine....
MOst important ..Government itself is confessing that justice has not been adopted in case of balochistan and the claims of balochistani people are absolutely correct... then how could u people favor the government and still considering balochs and balochistan wrong.........?

Yes this is true quaid-e-azam made an agreement with khan of kalat, and balochistan was combined with pakistan on contract,,, balochistan is not at all the part of pakistan and balochistan is existing far before the independance of pakistan..balochistan existed when there was no pakistan

Government itself is saying that balochistan's gas royality is pending and has not been paid...how r u saying that some of the percentage is received by the federal govt...? First improve ur knowledge then take part in this discussion

I wonder that lot of gas is being pumped out in KP, sindh and punjab, but people and politicans of these provinces have never demaned any royality or undue favour from the fed. gov. So why some nawabs demand money against the gas pumped out in Baluchistan ? I wonder what is the justification of keeping private armies by some nawabs ? Is it is lawless province ?
And somebody saying above that education is low in baluchistan, so how it will improve when every student want to get degree without reading anything ? When teachers are killed mercilessly, who will stay there to teach you ? I remember whenever some development workers went into far-flung areas, they were beaten and killed. Who will go to develop your area in this dangerous situation ?
I think the baluchi posters in this thread should prove themselevs with unbiased thinking instead of playing second fiddle to the blackmailer politicans. We will raise our voice with them.

royality is the right of province and it is supposed 2 b invested on the development of the people living in the province... and Balochistan was not the part of pakistan it existed before the independance of pakistan, Balochistan was existing when there was no pakistan QUAID-E-AZAM made a contract wid khan of kalaat to assamble balochistan with pakistan for time being it was simply a contract....

@sumal,

You live in Balochistan and well aware of the ground realities. Can you enlighten us about notions of common Baloch people what they demand? and please share your view point, what is the best possible peaceful solution of Balochistan issue?

first conflict started b/w the central government and Balochs in 1948, Prince Karim Khan's brother was compelled to retreat kalaat but prince karim khan denied and started war against the Govt and there have been five conflicts b/w Balochs and the Govt since 1948 till 2010 and conflict still goin on even zulfikaar ali bhuto was not in favor of balochis he also did his job against balochs, u just go thru the history of balochistan u vl come 2 know abt all...

[B]But what is the solution of this issue ?[/B]

100 saal larhaai end may solution muzaakraat....the only possible and best solution to every war.

[QUOTE=sumal;205602]100 saal larhaai end may solution muzaakraat....the only possible and best solution to every war.[/QUOTE]

If dialogue is the best solution of this lingering issue then why it was not started so long before.

How many times federation had a dialogue process with bugti,do u know?

Salamona
 

[QUOTE]The main reason behind the deprivation of balouchi people,is education.[/QUOTE]
i totally disagree with your statement my fellow,because baloch has come out of age and became mature enough to take insight into the good and evil.Besides,the word is not balochi,infact it is baloch.
[QUOTE]Have you all forgotten the scenario in which 6 alive women were buried?[/QUOTE]
no we have not forgotten the said incident together with the savage incident happened with mukhtara maai.:mad:
[QUOTE]who most of the time blow gas links up?[/QUOTE]
who has denied to pay 800 million in respect of royalty?Is not it injustice to a class whose resources have been looted apparently and whose rights are being trampled down by emphatic denial.
[QUOTE]how many times chinese engineers were killed in balouchistan?[/QUOTE]
how many youngsters have been killed here?Do have any calculation of the same?:joker
[QUOTE]who will invest in such province which is damned risky?[/QUOTE]
ponder over the causes which led the circumstances to a situation of no return.
[QUOTE]as far natural resources are concerned,bhai it is the duty of the province to dilever justice to the people ,federation ka koi kaam nahi usko buss kuch % milta hay.[/QUOTE]
mere bhai,,yaha qissa ulta hai,,hame loot kar hame e beek me wapis ki jati hai,,aur wo bi taane de k.maaale ghaneeemat samj k:joker
[QUOTE]Ask all these questions to balouchi leaders?[/QUOTE]
yeah you are correct to some extent that baloch has been bereaved of his rights by their own representatives,mostly sardars and mullahs.:bow
[QUOTE]why nawabs and nationalist are still claiming that balouchistan is not a part of pakistan?[/QUOTE]
which nawab has demanded a separate state escluding nawab khair bakhsh marri?
[QUOTE]pyar se bat karo tub bhi naraz,koi action lo tab bi naraz.[/QUOTE]
hame piyar nai,bul k suffering baloch ko us ka haq chaiyeh,jise constitution ne use diya hai.
Mat pooch mere dost mere karobar ka
andhoon k shehr me aaeena bechta hooon.
:cry
[QUOTE]ese liye kehta hon,education k store kholo,education phelany waly doctors recruit karo aur sab ko education k dozes do,sab sahi hojayega per afsoos kuch arsa pehly teachers,principals ,VC ko bhi shaheed kya gaya? why?[/QUOTE]
nice piece of advice:bow

but u first tell me why they started operation???

Nice work riaz 2 gud answers... and y they all putting the sardars etc again and again in the scene we know this isn't true at all they are trying 2 hide the facts behind this characterization....

sumal dear no one is trying to hide anything
do read my 1st reply y not help ur self? dear bandook k liey paisey hain sarak bananey k liey nahi? hand grenade khirdney k quat hai skool bnaney ki nahi wah kia bat hai hats of tabah kero sab kuch jala do phr aisey rights mil jain gay?

Wash AAthke
 

@sana-krn
baut ache janab....
at the risk of offending you i m impelled to qoute this example with a view that u will take the matter objectively.
farz kijiyeh aik shakhs k 4 bete hon,,aik ki hight 7 feet aur baqiyoon ki 5 to 4 feets o..wo father baqi sons k bearings sirf is pretext pe justify nai karsakta k wo hight me 4th one se chote hain,,aur bare bete ko ignore karne ka use qathan koi haq nai is gunah pe k uska qad lamba hai,,aur use clothing and fostering pe bara kharcha ayega.....it does not make sense:roll
All the classes must be treated on equal footings with others.We should not find any reason to any discrimination.:wacko: