Balochistan

Rift between Baloch militant groups fueled by American CIA, Indian RAW and Israeli Mossad

April 8, 2013

Source: PO Although some foreign elements have been maintaining unanimity among various Baloch militant groups to continue subversive acts in the province of Balochistan in order to dismember Pakistan, yet besides other insurgent outfits, rift has especially been widened between the leaders of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and United Balochistan Army (UBA) due to personal rivalries and jealousies. Harbiyar Marri’s [...]

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Is it a plan to destabilise Balochistan?CIA, Britain’s MI-6, India’s RAW, Israel’s Mossad and NDS of Afghanistan are active in Balochistan

March 26, 2013

Source: Nation PK There is a widespread perception that America’s CIA, Britain’s MI-6, India’s RAW, Israel’s Mossad and NDS of Afghanistan are active in Balochistan. AT a moment when election commission is all geared up to hold elections, former president Pervez Musharraf and Sardar Akhtar Mengal have arrived in Pakistan arguably under an insidious London [...]

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Inside Balochistan’s dirty war

March 18, 2013

Source: Hindu Late last month, Zamur Domki and her 12-year-old daughter were driving back to their home in an upmarket Karachi neighbourhood when a black car swerved across the road, blocking their route. Thinking she was a target of an armed robbery, Ms Domki offered the masked men who surrounded the car her jewellery and [...]

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Pak-Iran gas pipeline to raise ‘serious concerns’: US

March 2, 2013

Source: Nation The United States has warned Islamabad that Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, if finalised, would raise serious concerns under the US Iran Sanctions Act, saying that has been made ‘absolutely clear’ to Pakistan. “If a deal were finalised for the proposed Pakistan-Iran pipeline, it would raise serious concerns under the Iran Sanctions Act,” State [...]

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Gwadar: A Port For China, A Tinderbox For Balochistan?

February 27, 2013

Source: RFERL Pakistan and China say developing the Arabian Sea port of Gwadar, in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, will promote trade throughout Central Asia. But Baluch nationalists warn that Beijing’s interest in the port could spark more violence in the restive province. Amir Ahmed Suleman Daud is one of the most influential Baluch tribal [...]

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Pak inducts China into Balochistan to counter India

February 1, 2013

Source: Northlines Despite its continuing concerns over the freedom struggle of the Balochs which shows no signs of letting up, China, which originally constructed the languishing commercial port of Gwadar on the Mekran Coast of Balochistan, is reported to have agreed in principle to take over the responsibility for the operation of the port. The 40-year-old [...]

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Resource Wars: Pakistan’s Balochistan: Minerals, militants, and meddling

January 31, 2013

Source: Yahoo Balochistan is a key province in Pakistan that is filled with natural resources as well as a volatile mix of Afghan Taliban leaders, anti-Shiite militants, and ethnic separatists. WHY IS BALOCHISTAN IMPORTANT? Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province in terms of size, and its smallest in terms of population. The province has always been seen as occupying a geo-strategic position. It has the country’s [...]

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Germany keen in Balochistan Gold and Copper Project

January 10, 2013

Source: Business Recorder QUETTA: The German government has evinced keen interest to investment in the Balochistan Gold and Copper Project. Talking to reporters here on Thursday the German Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Cyrill Nunn during his maiden visit to Quetta, said “Being the trading nation, we intended to invest in the Balochistan Gold and Copper [...]

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Briton led US-backed private paramilitary army to hunt Taliban

November 28, 2012

Source: Telegraph Lieutenant Commander Howard Leedham, an ex-Royal Navy pilot, led a 25-strong force of specially-recruited Pakistani soldiers raiding Taliban camps, hunting down kidnap victims and detaining suspected al-Qaeda militants. Eight years after leaving the country, Lt Cdr Leeham has broken his silence to describe a programme he believes offers a model for securing Pakistan’s [...]

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Baloch militancy resurfaces in Iran

November 20, 2012

Source: Asia Times The Islamic Republic of Iran sits in the crosshairs of the United States, Israel, and the Gulf Arab monarchies led by Saudi Arabia. The array of geopolitical threats that face Iran is daunting; Iran is surrounded by states that are threatened by the revolutionary Islamist principles that define its domestic affairs and [...]

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RAW’s footprints: Indian Makaars are at it again!

September 3, 2012

Source: Pakistan Think Tank In the recent attack on PAF’s Kamra Airbase, the militants’ obvious target was the AWAC (Airborne warning and control) aircraft. The PAF had recently acquired three from Sweden. These aircrafts are expensive, very sophisticated and highly effective for air surveillance, looking deep into the enemy’s territory and for guiding own fighters [...]

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Pakistan allows transfer of strategic port to China

August 31, 2012

Source: Gulf News Islamabad: Pakistan will allow Singapore’s PSA International Pte to transfer control of a strategically important port to a Chinese company, a switch that may spark concerns in the US over China’s naval expansion plans. The Gwadar port in Pakistan’s western province of Baluchistan was built in 2007 with funding from the government [...]

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Conspiracy to ‘Denuclearise’ Pakistan

August 26, 2012

Source: Kashmir Watch Brave personnel of Pakistan Air Force and Pak Army’s Special Service Group (SSG) of Commandoes foiled the assault on Kamra Base on August 16 by killing all the terrorists who were disguised in security forces’ uniform, equipped with latest guns and rocket launchers. Unlike the past wars between two state actors, in [...]

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Balochistan- Crossroads of Another US Proxy War?

July 5, 2012

Source: k4kashmir The current unrest in Balochistan centers around forced disappearances, kidnappings, targeted killings, assassinations and terrorism. However, these are merely the tactics of a much broader, more geopolitically complex war in which the United States and its Western allies are engaged. Though seemingly insignificant against the backdrop of all the regional and international crises [...]

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What if they get Stingers?

April 22, 2012

Source: The Nation LAHORE – With the resource-rich Balochistan province fast turning into a battlefield for international players, the country’s top leadership as well as security agencies are extremely worried over the possibility of insurgents getting Stingers from outside and repeating the history of Mujahideen who forced the world’s second greatest military power, the USSR, [...]

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