‘Pak army attacking Baloch population to sanitise CPEC’
placed. The forces also attempted to rape a Baloch woman during an operation in the Jat village of Kolwah on 10 August 2017,” Johar added.
Most of the armed Baloch insurgents who fight against the Pakistan army on the ground are part of the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF). According to these insurgents’ updates on social media, the Pakistan army has cut internet connection in the area for over two weeks now. According to the BLF, earlier this week, BLF insurgents had ambushed a senior Pakistan army official’s vehicle and killed five Pakistani soldiers, including the Lieutenant General. A video of the ambush is doing rounds of social media.
Dr Sarang Ansari, organiser, JSQM ( Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz) North America, said, “We strongly condemn Pakistani state policy of repressing the voice of political dissent in Balochistan and Sindh, resulting in mass enforced disappearances, targeted killings, forced conversion to Islam of Hindu girls and brutal sectarian violence deliberately targeting shrines of Sufi saints and places of worship of religious minorities in Sindh.” Ansari demanded immediate action by the UN to stop Pakistan from using terrorist jihadist outfits in Sindh and Balochistan against secular, nationalist organisations. “The UN should send a peace and human rights mission to Islamabad to find ways to end all military operations in Sindh and Balochistan,” Ansari added.
Nabi Bakhsh Baloch said, “This scenario is not about Myanmar or Rohingya Muslims, but Balochistan where Pakistan’s own army is committing genocide against its own Muslim population.”