Gwadar will remain a Baloch majority area: Raisani

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister, Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani, has said he would resist every move aimed at converting the Baloch majority population into minority in the port city of Gwadar.
'I will not allow anyone to convert the majority Baloch population into minority in Gwadar at any cost,' he told Dawn while talking from Gwadar on Saturday.
The Balochistan Chief Minister said only the indeginious people of Gwadar have the right to vote here as the people coming from other parts of the country would have no right of vote. He said the Gwadar Deep Sea Port Project should not be politicised rather it should be used for business purposes.
Nawab Aslam Raisani stated that the sensitive political situation of Balochistan calls for a political solution of the issues. He said the Baloch people have to be given the assurance that they are part of the federation and their rights on their resources should be accepted.
The Chief Minister observed that the area can only get developed if locals are given their rights. He said the delay in making the Port functional is giving rise to the doubts among the Baloch masses and the provincial government. He said the people fear that there are some elements who are deliberately applying the delaying tactics in terms of making the Port functional.
Raisani said the future of province is linked with the development of Gwadar, adding that the province is bestowed with rich mineral and natural resources. He, however, made it clear that all attempts of making the Gwadar Port a failed project will be foiled.
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Seven injured in two Balochistan bomb blasts

QUETTA: At least seven people, including a female police constable, were injured in two separate bomb blasts in the Dera Murad Jamali and Dera Bugti districts of Balochistan on Tuesday.According to details, six people were injured in Dera Murad Jamali when a powerful bomb that had been fixed to a motorcycle, exploded outside the main gate of the local Session Court. Consequently, a female police constable Aysha Bibi and five others were injured. Two of the victims were critically injured and immediately shifted to Larkana for treatment. In a remote-controlled bomb blast in the Sui area of Dera Bugti district, Baloch militants tried to kill a former aide of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and his son. Though the father, Wadera Lal Mandarani, escaped the attack, his son, Shaukat Lal Mandarani, was hurt in the blast. Police said the blast had taken place in Mohammad Colony of Sui tehsil. The injured man was taken to a local hospital administered by Pakistan Petroleum Limited.
Baloch Republican Army spokesman Sarbaz Baloch claimed responsibility for the blast.
According to sources, two rockets exploded near the Dera Allahyar residence of Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, a grandson of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti.Two rockets were fired on a police team chasing a vehicle of suspected people in Loralai. One rocket exploded in a dairy farm and the other in a field. Police found a large quantity of arms and ammunition in the abandoned vehicle

Pakistani army began a massive operation in Dera Bugti. 500 Baloch huts torched 5 innocent martyred. 35 injured.

Dera Bugti: Paksitani brutal army backed with latest american aid weapons and helicopters began a massive Operation in Dera bugti on monday. More than 500 huts were set on fire. 70 farmers and shepherds were arrested and taken to army garrison. According to Mr. Sher Mohammed district president of BRP. 5 innocent Baloch martyred early hours of monday when they were offering monring Salah in Mosque. The martyred are Sori S/O Marzian, Gul Mohmmad S/o Peer mohammed, Molavi Bari S/o Peer mohammed, Duro and Aouran. More than 35 innocnet baloch were injured. Said Sher mohammad.The wheat and valuable of innocent and poor farmers were torched and looted in Rasal, Khanodor, ganja Matt, Meerag and Nelagh areas of Dera Bugti. Thousands Baloch women and children are left without shelter in this cold weather in the area after there houses were torched by brutal pakistani army. He said while talking to the media. The operatin still continues in Dera Bugti and surrounding areas. More reports are awaiting

Senator accuses US, India, Afghanistan of creating trouble in Balochistan

Talha says countries want disintegration of Pakistan to create ‘Greater Balochistan’QUETTA: Senate Standing Committee on Interior Chairman Senator Talha Mehmood has accused the United States, India and Afghanistan of conspiring to carve out a ‘Greater Balochistan’ by causing the disintegration of Pakistan.Mehmood was addressing a news conference on Monday in the Officers’ Club along with several other members of the Senate.He reacted angrily to a recent map published in an American newspaper, the New York Times, which showed Balochistan as a ‘free state’ and parts of the NWFP joining Afghanistan. He said it was a part of the conspiracy the three countries had hatched against Pakistan. The countries want to create trouble in Balochistan and extend support to the cause of a ‘Greater Balochistan’, he said, adding the Pakistani government and people, however, would never allow such plans to materialise. He said Pakistanis should demonstrate unity in their ranks and foil all attempts to break up the country.“We want the government to negotiate with the Baloch brothers who have gone in the mountains and waged a war against the state,” he said, adding the government was sincerely trying to reach a political settlement to the Balochistan issue. The government has issued the reinstatement orders of 177 personnel of the Levies force in order to build the trust of the Baloch people, he said. “We do not care what happened to the previous committees formed to settle the Balochistan issue. We believe in constant engagement of the federal government with Balochistan. We will continue to deal with the Baloch issue until it is resolved. The government should agree first to grant autonomy to the provinces so that their complaints are addressed,” he said.Disappearances: Mehmood said the Balochistan chief secretary (CS) had been instructed to update the Senate Standing Committee about the state of the missing persons in Balochistan.He said according to the information provided to him, the government had a list of 900 missing people from Balochistan. “We have recovered 52 people while 32 of them are still in various jails. Yet, we do not know anything about the whereabouts of the remaining missing persons,” he confessed, hoping the Balochistan CS would provide details about the remaining missing persons. He said the government had provided licences to 22 national and international companies to explore oil and gas in Balochistan, adding these companies, however, had not initiated work due to security reasons. Mehmood rejected reports about the presence of Taliban in Quetta and elsewhere in Balochistan, saying such reports were false and incorrect.