The silence of the international
community to the ethnic cleansing of
the Baloch people is unacceptable. Mohammed Ali Baloch,
Press release
WASHINGTON DC --- In the first-ever speech in Balochi in the
U.S. capital, a representative of the World Baloch Jewish
Alliance called for international and U.N. intervention in
Pakistan's rebel province of Balochistan to end the genocide of
the Baloch people.
. Mohammed Ali Baloch, former president of Pakistan People's Party in the city of Panjgur and executive council
member of Balochistan provincial PPP, said the silence of the international community to the ethnic cleansing of the
Baloch people is unacceptable.
At a rally at the Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. , on Friday afternoon, in an emotionally charged Balochi speech,
Baloch said the military atrocities began right after Balochistan's forced annexation with Pakistan in April 1948. The
rally was addressed by prominent Baloch and Sindhi human rights leaders based in the U.S. Those who
addressed the rally included World Sindhi Institute chief Munawar Laghari, Baloch Society of North America chair Dr
Abdul Wahid Baloch, former speaker of Balochistan state assembly Abdul Waheed Baloch, and chair of the Baloch
Human Rights International Dr Malek Towghi.
Baloch said Nawab Akbar Khan Bugit, former governor and chief minister of Balochistan, was killed in August 26 in
the newest military operation under coup leader general Pervez Musharraf direct instructions. "The barbarity is
unparalleled in world history as even his body was not returned to the next of kin," he said.
Baloch thought the killing may not be the last, amid reports the Pakistan army has intensified its operation against
Baloch tribes after Bugti's assassination. The Baloch people are protesting Islamabad 's building of army
cantonments and handing over their territory to the Chinese.
Baloch narrated Balochistan's blood-written history. "The Kalat State National Party leaders and activists were
arrested en masse soon after Pakistan’s creation," he said, adding the national ordeal of the Baloch people began
six month's after Pakistan was carved out of India by the British.
A prominent activist from Mekran, Baloch who had in the past worked closely with the legendary Father of
Balochistan Mir Ghous Bakhsh Bizenjo, said, "The question arises why is an army operation carried out in
Balochistan every now and then? The answer is that Balochistan was coerced into annexation with Pakistan and
never mentally accepted it."
Baloch recalled that the thousands of Baloch people were killed and tens of thousands were arrested during a
previous army operation. "Son of another prominent Baloch leader Sardar Ataullah Mengal was abducted and where
is body disappeared is still a mystery."
Baloch blamed the "Butcher of Balochistan" General Tikka Khan for the army operation in Balochistan 1973-77.
The WBJA representative recalled the attack on the Baloch soveriegn Khan of Kalat Mir Ahmedyar Khan at the time of
the first martial law in Pakistan in 1958. The sons of Nawab Nauroze Khan, the chief of Jhalawan, were hanged after
a ceasefire agreement under oath of the Holy Quran, he said. Nauroze Khan later died in prison in 1964 and the
army operation continued until 1967.
Meanwhile, WBJA convener Ahmar Mustikhan and Board Member Mir Maqbool Aliani have congratulated the Baloch
and Sindhi human rights activists for the successful rally.
The WBJA is an alliance grouping Baloch and Jewish individuals and organizations. It's aim is to replace hate with
love and mistrust with understanding. It is committed to fighting anti-semitism in all its forms and forming
everlasting bonds between the Baloch and Jewish people of the world.
Baloch Society Of North America (BSO_NA) Baloch Society Of North America (BSO_NA) is Non-Profit Organization, working to unite and Organize
all Baloch in North America, to expose the Occupation of our land (Balochistan) and exploitations of
our resources by Pakistani and Iranian Governments, and to bring their Human Rights Violations in
Balochistan into the world’s Notice.
