Nazia Nazar
ACCORDING to recent Indian media reports, Altaf Hussain, the self-exiled leader of MQM (London) has appealed to the US Congress to table a bill for the independence of Balochistan and Sindh claiming that the people of these provinces are facing the worst human rights crisis. He further deluded by adding that 90% of people of Balochistan and Sindh provinces want to have their own independent Balochistan and Sindhudesh. Since the news has been published in entire Indian media, it seems to be a continuation of Indian efforts to destabilize Balochistan/Sindh by forming governments in exile through exiled Baloch and Sindhi leaders. Exiled leaders fallaciously project a poor socio-economic situation and worst human rights situation in Balochistan and Sindh, using social and other media platforms. However, people of Balochistan and Sindh are aware of Indian conspiracies against CPEC to deprive the people of Balochistan and Sindh of the benefits accruing from CPEC. It is indeed an effort to divert attention of the international media and Indian domestic audience from prevailing situation in India with regard to ongoing protests, Islamophobia, IOJ&K and humiliation it suffered in a face-off with China and Nepal. On the behest of its masters, India is all out to offset or stall the benefits of CPEC including Gawader Port to Pakistan and China. India’s failure on this count has frustrated it, as the people of Balochistan and Sindh are satisfied with the positive government initiatives in Balochistan/Sindh. The common people ot those provinces are patriots and unswervingly loyal to the state of Pakistan. International community is also aware of BJP/RSS involvement in Islamophobia activities in international arena through Twitter handlers of some Pakistani political leaders, international media platforms and diplomatic missions abroad. Some so-called liberal democrats wittingly or unwittingly play in the hands of Pakistan’s enemies.
Leaders of PTM, which has liaison with alien agencies, are not weaning off their anti-state activities. Ali Wazir and company continue to spew venom and hatred against Pakistani patriots, and this time round Malala Yousufzai is their targe. Malala Yousufzai had talked ahout ongoing racism in the US, but PTM interconnected the issue at hand with Pakistan and Afghanistan. Many people including HR activists have realized that PTM is a xenophobic/racist organization and Ali Wazir should not talk about #BlackLivesMatter, when he himself passes racist remarks and derogatory statements against other ethnicities in Pakistan. Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir along with other PTM activists had blamed murder of Mashal Khan on so-called indoctrination of locals by agencies, whereas according to JIT report the perpetrators of his murder belonged to Awami National Party (ANP), which had wholeheartedly been supporting PTM. Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir however missed to raise this point. Would the PTM and other nationalists actually ask ANP as to how its students wing Pakhtun Students Union was involved in his murder? PTM has the habit of blaming the fault of a single individual on the entire organization. Will they do the same over the issue of Mashal Khan’s murder too? Mashal Khan, 23, a student of Mass Communications at Mardan’s Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKU), had been beaten and shot dead by an angry mob on April 13, 2017, after he was accused of blasphemy. The video of horrific lynching was circulated on social media, which had shocked the nation. India had been trying to get Pakistan declared as a state that sponsored terrorism; but having failed in its efforts it is allegedly planning another false flag operation, as pointed out by Prime Minister Imran Khan as well as military leadership.
German author Elias Davidsson associated with Global Research authored a book on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks titled ‘The Betrayal of India: Revisiting the 26/11 Evidence’ published by Pharos New Delhi. According to his investigation, India, the US and Israel were behind Mumbai attacks. The author wrote: “On the basis of Indian narrative how easy it was to get a bonanza of funds and equipment for the Mumbai police. Declaring the event as an act of war for India’s armed forces was meant to get an immediate 21 per cent hike in military spending with promises of continuing increases in subsequent years”. Anyhow, Balochistan, which is the resource-rich province of Pakistan, appears to have been attracting the attention of foreign predators, usurpers and imperialist powers who intend to expand their influence in the region to gain control of minerals and other economic resources. Unfortunately, Balochistan lacked technological prowess and economic resources to exploit its minerals and untapped resources. In this context, Pakistan had sought China’s help in building infrastructure and developing Gwadar into an international port with a future plan to link it with Kashgar (China). China had extended economic and technical cooperation in developing Gwadar into a deep sea port. This development created strategic irritations among certain powers including USA, India, Iran and Afghanistan. Chinese signatures in Gwadar are perceived as a threat to US influence in the region by monitoring the US in the Persian Gulf and CARS. No doubt, Gwadar deep sea port has great potential to boost Pakistan’s economy; and mineral resources of Balochistan could bring prosperity not only to the people of Balochistan but also people of other provinces. Of course CPEC projects have already improved the lives of people of Balochistan and Pakistan at large by creating job opportunities for them.
—The writer is freelance columnist, based in Finland.
