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| 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. |
Tribal leaders say at least 76 people, mostly children, have died in the settlements in the past three months.
Forgotten
The conflict in Balochistan, Pakistan's biggest and poorest province, is a largely forgotten one. Western nations
are more concerned over Taliban militants believed to be launching attacks from border regions of Baluchistan
into Afghanistan where Nato forces operate.
Pakistan's government wants to develop the resource-rich region for their own interests and has alienated the
local Baloch population by its use of military force, and there is growing evidence the fighting has had a grave
impact on displaced civilians.
Bugti, who according to custom, takes the name of his tribe, said his baby boy died of cold earlier this month. Now,
his one-year-old daughter is seriously ill for lack of food, medicine and proper shelter.
"It gets extremely cold at night," Bugti said at the camp he has shared with thousands of other refugees for the
past year. "We will all die without aid."
A survey by Unicef, has counted 84,000 displaced people, including 26,000 women and 33,000 children, and
recommended a US$1 million (Dh3.68 million) emergency relief package. The government gave the plan the
green light last week, but only after months of stalling.
The survey, conducted in August, found that 28 per cent of the children were suffering acute malnutrition and about
6 per cent could die without immediate help. Ronald Van Dijk, a senior program officer with Unicef, said last week
it was likely some of those children had since died. Unicef plans to set up 57 feeding stations with local health
workers in three districts.
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Forgotten
The conflict in Balochistan, Pakistan's biggest and poorest province, is a largely forgotten one. Western nations
are more concerned over Taliban militants believed to be launching attacks from border regions of Baluchistan
into Afghanistan where Nato forces operate.
Pakistan's government wants to develop the resource-rich region for their own interests and has alienated the
local Baloch population by its use of military force, and there is growing evidence the fighting has had a grave
impact on displaced civilians.
Bugti, who according to custom, takes the name of his tribe, said his baby boy died of cold earlier this month. Now,
his one-year-old daughter is seriously ill for lack of food, medicine and proper shelter.
"It gets extremely cold at night," Bugti said at the camp he has shared with thousands of other refugees for the
past year. "We will all die without aid."
A survey by Unicef, has counted 84,000 displaced people, including 26,000 women and 33,000 children, and
recommended a US$1 million (Dh3.68 million) emergency relief package. The government gave the plan the
green light last week, but only after months of stalling.
The survey, conducted in August, found that 28 per cent of the children were suffering acute malnutrition and about
6 per cent could die without immediate help. Ronald Van Dijk, a senior program officer with Unicef, said last week
it was likely some of those children had since died. Unicef plans to set up 57 feeding stations with local health
workers in three districts.
Related Links:
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Baloch refugees need immediate humanitarian help!
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Headline: New aid crisis in Pakistani Occupied Balochistan
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UN help sought to save IDPs from starvation: Balochistan instability displaces 84,000
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Pakistan belatedly approves relief effort for children displaced by tribal conflict
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003488237_baluchistan21.html?syndication=rss
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Pakistan denies report about starving Baloch children
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Priority in Balochistan
People displaced by conflict in
Balochistan appeal for help
AP Published: 30/12/2006
The 22-year-old is one the neglected refugees uprooted
by fighting this year between government forces and
ethnic Baloch rebels in the vast desert of Baluchistan
province, the scene of long-running unrest over political
rights and royalties from rich natural gas fields.
Speaking in a fetid, sprawling camp of huts and flimsy
tents in a roadside field where dozens of barefoot and
thin children scurry about in dusty lanes, Bugti said, "It
seems that we have been living in hell for the past one
year."
Balochistan appeal for help
AP Published: 30/12/2006
The 22-year-old is one the neglected refugees uprooted
by fighting this year between government forces and
ethnic Baloch rebels in the vast desert of Baluchistan
province, the scene of long-running unrest over political
rights and royalties from rich natural gas fields.
Speaking in a fetid, sprawling camp of huts and flimsy
tents in a roadside field where dozens of barefoot and
thin children scurry about in dusty lanes, Bugti said, "It
seems that we have been living in hell for the past one
year."
Baloch Refugees:
A survey by Unicef, has counted 84,000 displaced Baloch people,
including 26,000 women and 33,000 children, and recommended
a US$1 million (Dh3.68 million) emergency relief package.
A survey by Unicef, has counted 84,000 displaced Baloch people,
including 26,000 women and 33,000 children, and recommended
a US$1 million (Dh3.68 million) emergency relief package.
| Shah Mohammad Bugti says his nine-month-old son has died and his daughter may soon follow if humanitarian aid does not reach tens of thousands of desperate tribesmen fleeing a civil conflict in Pakistan's tense southwest Balochistan |