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Balochistan And Missing Persons
Posted on23. Oct, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
Issues of missing persons and death squads in Balochistan By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Amidst the murky environment in strife-torn Baluchistan, sudden appearance of Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader Akhtar Mengal from his self-imposed exile since 2009 was a surprise for many. He is relatively moderate and wants to settle grievances remaining within the [...]
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Pakistan: Akhtar Mengal Visit
Posted on21. Oct, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
What Motivations were behind Akhtar Mengal’s Visit By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Balochistan continues to simmer and has reached a boiling point because of breakdown of law and order and absence of governance by the provincial government and has the portent of turning catastrophic. Spree of target killings continues; in Khuzdar from where Akhtar [...]
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Need to arouse patriotic fervor
Posted on20. Oct, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Balochistan despite being the richest province of Pakistan in terms of natural resources has remained backward and neglected. There have been sporadic spurts of violence unleashed by the Baloch nationalists who are convinced that their resources are being plundered by other provinces and resource-rich Balochistan would be better off [...]
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Hasil Khan Bizenjo Speaks His Heart
Posted on15. Oct, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo’s impressions on Balochistan By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo son of Ghaus Bux Bizenjo, an old politician and President National Party (NP) is currently a senator. He was invited by ‘Thinkers Forum Pakistan’ chaired by former Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat on October 2012 to deliver a [...]
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Reflections on Balochistan
Posted on20. Sep, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja The reason why foreign powers get attracted towards Balochistan is because of its strategic importance and wealth. It has Makran coastline in the south, which connects it with Iran in the southwest and Afghanistan in the northwest. It has a seaport at Gawadar that was built by China. Gawadar along Makran coastline lies at [...]
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Painting Jinnah as Communalist
Posted on16. Sep, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
Indians project Quaid-e-Azam as a communalist "ZAB in his lifetime had started to present himself as a much taller leader than Jinnah; in the quest for the same, subsequent PPP leadership has never missed an opportunity to demonise Jinnah. But, ZAB is taken to be the destroyer of a country that Jinnah had acquired." Raja Mujtaba [...]
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India-Pakistan Comparison at a Glance
Posted on05. Sep, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja On the eve of Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrated on 14 August 2012, Sabir Shah instead of writing something good about his country befitting the occasion, he chose to eulogize India in his article published in ‘The News’, ‘In 65 years India excels Pakistan in many fields’. Not for an instance [...]
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North Waziristan require thorough preparations
Posted on02. Sep, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja After two years and seven months of sustained pressure, the US seems to have finally succeeded in cornering Pakistan and making it agree to launch an operation in North Waziristan (NW). Pak Army has been reluctant to do so because of its genuine constraints. Notwithstanding the numerous disadvantages of [...]
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Is the situation conducive for an operation
Posted on29. Aug, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja The US had mounted extreme pressure on the newly formed democratic government to annul peace treaty with Maulanas Sufi and Fazlullah in Swat after the militants had penetrated Dir and Buner in April 2009. Alarm bells were sounded that the militants were at the verge of capturing Islamabad [...]
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North Waziristan On Hold
Posted on26. Aug, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
No decision as yet on North Waziristan By Asif Haroon Raja George W Bush administration restored friendly relations with Pakistan after 9/11 with gusto and gave an impression that the US would make every effort to remove the grievances of Pakistan and would not let it down again. His and his successor’s promises proved [...]
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