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Will Balochistan Becomeanother Bangladesh?

Muhammad Amir 081220119

Syed Humza Shah 081220118

Ahmed Furqan 081120060

Sameer Aqib 081120057

Waqas Malik 081120027Mohsin Ali Arif 081120023

Taimoor Nafees 081120067

Pakistan Studies Spring 2009 Section B

Instructor: Ms. Nighat Noreen

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The Image of Balochistan

When Balochistan is mentioned, oneof two things comes to mind

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The Natural Beauty

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Or The Crazy Terrorists

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Why do they do it?

Why of course, because theyre crazy!

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How can we solve it?

Relax politics always resolves itself.

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Now Rewind Yourself 40+ Years

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Years Close to 1971

Poverty has lessened jobopportunities in an area alreadysuffering from a very high population

density. West Pakistan hears news of

atrocities and human rights violationsbeing committed in East Pakistan.

Mass killings and rapes of non-Bengalis are underway and take placeeach day.

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Evidence Reaches WestPakistan

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Why do they do it?

Why of course, because theyre crazy!

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How can we solve it?

Relax politics always resolves itself.

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The Purpose of this Presentation

To explain why the Balochistan crisisis a vital part of our future and howclose we are to losing the province

with the largest area.

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Political Underrepresentation

East Pakistan was in a higher majorityand was supposed to get more seats inthe national assembly with this in mind.

West Pakistan came up with the OneUnit scheme which meant the provincesof Balochistan, NWFP, Sindh, andPunjab will comprise of one unit.

This policy concentrated the politicalpower in West Pakistan.

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One Unit Dissolved

When Bangladesh was formed, theOne Unit system disfavored Punjabwhich was in a higher population.

To safeguard Punjabs politicalinterests, the Government of Pakistanreverted to the system of seats bypopulation.

This was clearly a hypocritical actionand angered other provincesespecially Balochistan.

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Economic Grievances of EastPakistan The majority of Pakistans exports

were jute prepared in East Pakistan.

More money was spent on West

Pakistan. During the years 1950-1970 the total

percentage of Pakistans expenseswhich can be attributed to East

Pakistan were 28%. East Pakistan had more people than

West Pakistan.

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Economic Grievances ofBalochistan 1 Money is not spent on Balochistan

according to its area.

Natural Gas is extracted from Sui but

before trying to provide it to areas inBalochistan, other areas in Pakistanare provided natural gas.

The profit from the gas sales goes tothe national treasury.

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Economic Grievances ofBalochistan 2 Gwadar port is a warm-water port

situated in Balochistan and has a veryhigh geostrategic importance.

The Balochistan government sees this

as a golden opportunity for economicadvancement of the region and demandsthat the federal government involveBalochistan more in the project.

The federal government want therevenues from the port to end up directlyin the national treasury without passingthrough any Baloch hands.

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Worsening the Situation

Balochistan never wanted to joinPakistan in the first place.

Baloch nationalist ideas were alive

then and are alive now. Such mistreatment from the Pakistani

government gave birth to newfound

resentment of Pakistan in someBaloch circles.

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Liberation Parties / Armies /Militias The Balochistan Liberation Army

(BLA) states the liberation of

Balochistan as its objective and kills

all non-Balochis. The Mukti Bahini (MB) was a

nationalist group in East Pakistan

which carried out public rape andkillings in large numbers.

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MB versus BLA 1

After the liberation of Bangladesh,author Qutubuddin Aziz collected 170eyewitness accounts and published

them in Blood and Tears whichdescribes the human rights violationson West Pakistanis, Biharis, and all

non-Bengalis.

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MB versus BLA 2

BLA abducts Punjabis and kills themafter torturing them.

An example is the rape of Dr. Shazia

Khalid in 2005 at Sui. She eventually had to flee the country

due to lack of justice.

Human rights violations andkidnappings happen everyday inBalochistan on a large scale.

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MB versus BLA 3

In both cases, Bangladesh andBalochistan, the natives found it hard toopen their eyes and blame their fellow

citizens for their wicked criminal activities. With such a public attitude, it became

easier for the MB and BLA to make

people side with them. These organizations convince the general

public that they are working for their goodand everyone else is against them.

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Anti Government Sentiments

The BLA has been quite successful atinfluencing people.

Public is increasingly siding towards the

BLA.

On 14th August 2007, Baloch womenmarched the streets of Quetta, burned the

national flag and cheered the BLA.

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14th August 2007 Black Day?

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Black Day Video

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The Hypothetical Separation ofBalochistan

Pakistans gas supply from Sui will be cutoff.

Pakistan will no longer share a border

with Iran. Pakistan will never have access to the

minerals of Balochistan.

Pakistan will now have two enemies as

neighbors, India and Balochistan. Therefore separation of Balochistan will

be much worse than the separation of

Bangladesh.

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What to do?

The government of Pakistan needs to givethe Baloch people hope and earn their trust.

One major step would be to give the BLApolitical power since fighting them will onlygain them public sympathy and breed moreBLA members.

The law and order situation should be highlyimproved to prevent human rights violations.

An economic balance should be createdwhere Balochistan is able to realize its fullpotential.