The Lost Worlds

Some historic buildings in Larkana city

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Some historic places and building in Larkana city.

A glance on the map of Sindh reveals that Larkana, from location point of view enjoys a strategic position. After Karachi, it is largest city on the west bank of river Indus in Sindh. It lies on 27^o 33^' 40.4^" North latitude and 68^o 12^' 30.8^" East longitude at an elevation of about 167 ft from the sea level. The city is located in upper Sindh at a distance of about 85 km south west of Sukkur and about 400 km in north of Karachi. Important towns in the vicinity of Larkana include Dokri, Naudero, Ratodero, Qambar, Bakrani, Shahdadkot, Badah and Miro Khan.
'Hujaee nano ta ghum Larkano' if you have the money, then visit Larkana. That's one of the most popular sayings by which Larkana has been fampus right from its existence. Known to be a poetic city with a romantic aura in the air, Larkana projected a loving feeling despite the fact that it lacked the beauty or precision seen in Shikarpur or Karachi. Larkana has been famous for the Guawa fruit production. But above and all these descriptions, Larkana derives its historical importance from the fact that it is the actual cradle in Sindh to the mother of all civilisations, namely 'Moen-jo-Daro' or the mound of the Dead, which is located in the vicinity of Larkana.

Larkana was founded about 300y ago by a a tribe of Sindh called "Laraks" on the banks of the Ghaad Waah, which was dug at the behest of the kalhora rulers, it had fruit and flower garden along it and in time settlers lile the sailors from 'Laar' came and settled down here which got the place christened Larkana.

http://www.larkana.gov.pk/
http://www.oocities.org/siyal/larkana.htm

Old Court House- courtesy life in Larkana

Inside View- CMC- Chandka Medical College larkana

It was Friday, the 20^th April, 1973 when people of Larkana witnessed an inauguration ceremony of Chandka Medical College. It was the fourth Medical College of the Province. This was the earnest need of upper Sindh. At the time of independence, there was only one Medical College in the province of Sindh i.e. Dow Medical College, Karachi. In 1951,an other Medical Institution in the of Sindh Medical School came into existence, which later on was converted to Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro. As both the Medical Colleges were far from upper Sindh, Peoples Particularly the poor had difficulty to go a long way for treatment, so a need for a new college & hospital was long felt to provide the health facility to the area deprived off in the past. Now this college provides facilities not only to upper Sindh but a large adjoining area of Balochistan province and also a part of lower Punjab.

“Chandka” was the old name Larkana, that was derived from Chandio tribute which is the oldest tribe residing in this areas. The college was established in a building, which already existed as Government Polytechnic Institute & D.C. High School Larkana, which were converted in to Chandka Medical College, with Prof. Ali Mohammad Ansari as 1^st Principal & P.D. the building comprised of ground floor and 1^st floor. On the ground floor, in the center there was an Auditorium Hall, with a capacity of 00 persons. The left side block was given to Anatomy and on top of it Physiology was established. On the right of Auditorium Hall, Administration Block was setup with Biochemistry and Girls common room on the top.

Swimming Pool in Sambara Inn Larkana dating back to early 1972 built by then Prime Minister Pakistan
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto primarily for foreign dignitaries on tour to Larkana- courtesy Life in Larkana

Larkana Girls College- Inside View

High Court City Block

Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto (Grand father of Z.A.Bhutto) Library,

with my friends and foes spent unlimited hours thinking , planning and re-planning silly future plans.

This library was established in 1984 as a result of efforts made by (Late) Mohammad Hashim Memon, Deputy Commissioner Larkana. First phase of library was established in 1976 and 2nd phase in 1993-94. Salient features of this library are as under:

Reference Hall.... Auditorium. Children Section.C.S.S Section.P.C.S Section.Ladies Section.Newspaper & Periodical Section.Books Section / Stack Section – 1.Books Section / stack section – 2.Entry Test section.

About 600 students visit this library daily. Out of them about 5 readers qualify CSS examinations yearly and sufficient students qualify other competitive examinations. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Dso6T3cWrW0

later addition to sir shah nawaz bhutto library, reading section

City Court old Block

Moen jo Daro International Airport.. though least look like one a midst constant political imbroglio

Entrance to Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto Library

Sukarno Tower (presented by Turk President Mustaffa Kamal Atta Turk)

Larkana Railway Station

LINAR- Larkana Institue of Nuclear Medicine And Radiotherpay
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission established LINAR as its fifth Nuclear Medical Centerat Larkana in the year 1978 to provide diagnostic and treatment facilities for benign and malignant diseases to the patients belonging to Upper Sindh, lower Punjab and lower Balauchistan.According to 1998 Census, LINAR covered about 13391 sq km and offer the diagnostic and therapeutic facilities to 16 million population (approx} In 2008 the new cases were registered in nuclear medicine department were 6751 and follow-up patients were 2088 where as in radiotherapy department registration of new patients was 1491 and follow-up was 10453.Larkana Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (LINAR) is situated on the West Bank of Rice Canal adjacent to Shaikh Zaid Women Hospital. LINAR is spread over an area of9.5 Acres ofland. As it is located in hot zone of the country, the building is centrally Air-conditioned for the convenience of cancer patients. LINAR is equipped with modern instruments required for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients.

City Court old block

Szabist Larkana campus.

The new campus of SZABIST at Larkana opened in August 2004. It has a covered area of over 86,000 sq. feet and has an air-conditioned custom built auditorium, library, laboratories, classrooms, and cafeteria with separate hostel facilities for girls & boys. Current offering at SZABIST Larkana Campus includes BBA (Day), BS(Day), MBA (Evening) and EMBA.he Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology is a non-profit, publicly and privately funded, Independently chartered, graduate institute of science and technology. It has been established with the objectives of producing highly qualified scientific and technical personnel to meet the country’s requirements; of conducting state-of- the-art scientific and technological research and development in support of the private and public sector; of providing high-tech scientific and technological assistance to the Pakistan industry to enable it to compete with the world industries in global trading; of providing highly trained scientific and technological personnel to be able to attract the growth of high-tech industries and foreign and Pakistani investment; and of providing a sound socio-economic and scientific base and infrastructure to Pakistan to be able to meet the economic and technological challenges of the 21st century.

Larkana-Khairpur Bridge.

The bridge is another story of long delayed project completed after generations.

It is said that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had planned to construct five bridges on Indus River to boost economic activities in Sindh Province. The UAE had gifted Naudero Sugar Mills to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and he wanted to connect the east and west bank of the Indus to provide logistic support to sugarcane growers, sugar mills, and other commodity traders.

Benazir Bhutto took initiative to fulfil the idea of ZA Bhutto and even allocated funds for the project, but it was again delayed due to change of government.

Finally General Pervez Mushrraf realised that the project will connect Sindh Province to Gwadar and boost the trade activities in upper Sindh. Though design of the project was changed, Pervez Musharaff got the bridge project rolling.

President Asif Ali Zardari performed the inauguration of Larkana-Khairpur Bridge project on River Indus, near Puranaabad Village in Larkana District.The total cost of the project is Rs 1,444.928 million and has been completed in 30 months’ time.The total length of the bridge is 1.222 kms and it will reduce the distance between Larkana and Khairpur from 128 km to 55 km.

Rice cultivation in Larkana- one among the richest sources

One of the oldest civilization of the world about 5000 years old- Moen-jo-Daro ( the mound of the Dead)

Moen Jo dare or Mohan Jo Daro, is the site of the great Indus civilizationwhich flourished as the earliest Urban culture in 3000 - 1700 BC. Known as Harrappan Culture. We have a large No. of detailed sites well laid by the expert archaeologists. Indus civilization was probably the most advanced urban culture in the past , From the sites we can see the complete planning of the city, a separate area for Administration/ state, a rich residential area, Industrial area and an area for poor or workers. All the streets present an excellent grid system and were maintained with covered drainage , Dustbins and Market places. It is also proved that they had binary system of weights.

The state was very strict. We don't see any difference in weights found from different sites. Taxes were collected in form of wheat, Barley 0r same, and mud pots were sealed to prove the clearance of dues. The used a language with 300 Different semi pictographic characters, which are not read yet. Further details can be read or had from us at any time.

Bullets and Bullies

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BULLET’S and BULLIE’S

Under courtesy; Mr. Johar Bugtti and Prof. Zaffar Bugtti – London

British and Baloches - Murder of The Khan of Kalat

“I can not leave my country at this grave hour. My ancestors have ruled over this country under the most adverse conditions.’ Allah the All Mighty is my witness that I am offering my head purely and sincerely in His way.’ Come what may I earnestly hope and pray to him to bestow martyrdom upon me.”

Mir Mehrab Khan - 1839

Baloches did not want the English forces to pass through Balochistan when Lord Keane and his army passed through Kathi en-route to

Afghanistan

. The Baloches generally, and Bugtis, Marris, Dombkis and Jakharani’s in particularly, fought many furious battles against the British Army from Shikarpur to the mouth of Bolan Pass; and from Larkana, Jacobabad and Dirjat in Punjab causing heavy losses of life and baggage to the British forces. In 1839 whilst on their way to

Afghanistan

the British authorities alleged that Mir Mehrab Khan was responsible for such losses caused by the Baloch tribes and decided to ‘sort him out.’

Thus in April 1839 a well-equipped army under Sir John Keen attacked Kalat and murdered Mir Mehrab Khan with his 300 followers. It was believed he had 13 bullet wounds and many sword cuts all over his body. The Baloch militants all over Balochistan, right from Jahalawan to Sarawan and from the frontier of Sind including the Hill tribes, mobilised themselves for battle against British forces and declared an open war against the British. From 1839 till 1947 many battles were fought against the British where thousands and thousands of men were killed including heavy loss of properties of both parties. The railway lines of Jacobabad-Bolan-Quetta, Harnai-Sibi and Loralai-Sibi-Bolan were attacked and damaged. Battles that ensued include, inter alia;

1) The 1^st Hill Campaign, under Major Billamore’ in 1839-40, against Bugtis, Marris, Jakharanis and Dombakis.

2) The battles of Nafusk and Sartaf Passes.

3) The 2^nd Hill Campaign, under Sir Charles Napier in 1845 against Bugtis.

4) The Battle of Zammini River in 1847 between Bugtis and British forces.

5) The settlements of Bugtis in Larkana in 1847.

6) The raid of Harrand in 1867.

7) The Expedition against Marris in 1857, with 8000 British soldiers supported by Field guns and Forces of khan of Kalat.

8) Kuchali Raid in 1880.

9) Battle of Gunbaz during 1918, in Duki and Harap near Mawaud where the army first used bomber aircrafts.

. Suffice it to say that neither Major Biltmore, John Jacob, Sir Charles Napier nor Fort Sandmen ever solved the problems of Balochistan by either the bullet or bullying the Baloch. Finally the British left the Sub-Continent of

India

leaving Baloches as victor’s in Balochistan.

Pakistan and Balochistan.

(a) Merger of Kalat with Pakistan.

As per Mir Ghous Bux Bizengo in December1947 wherefore he stated “We have a distant culture like Afghanistan and Iran, and if the mere fact that we are Muslims requires to amalgate with Pakistan, then, Iran and Afghanistan should also be amalgate with Pakistan”.

He then demanded “The newly independent Pakistan should treat us as Sovereign people; we are ready to extend friendship. But if Pakistan did not do so, they would be forced to accept this fate, some thing that would fly in the face of democratic principle.” He further warned, “Every Baloch will fight for freedom”.

Beside the above declaration of Mir Sahib on the floor of the assembly of Kalat State in 1947, the

Pakistan

authorities kept on bullying and causing panic and fear to the people of Balochistan. Under uncompromising and unending circumstances Mir Ahmed Yar Khan, then the Khan of Kalat, in his own personal capacity signed the documents of merger of Kalat with the

Pakistan

on 30^th of March 1948 without the consent of the people of Balochistan. Just after two weeks, on 14^th 0f April 1948, the Pakistan Army entered into Kalat. The next day, the Agent to the Governor-General informed the Khan that it has been decided to maintain as ‘Status Quo Ante’ in Kalat, in the meantime a political Agent was appointed to look after the administration of Kalat. On the same day the Kalat Assembly was dissolved. Thus the legal positing of Khan of Kalat came to an end after about 430 years rule.

On 15^th April 1948 Prince Abdul Karim, the younger brother of Khan of Kalat, revolted and crossed the border of Afghanistan along with about 700 Baloch militants and declared war against the government of Pakistan.

“The showdown between Kalat and Pakistan came on April 1^st 1948 when the Pakistan Army ordered its Garrison Commander in Balochistan to march on Kalat and arrest the Khan unless he signed an agreement of accession. The Khan capitulated, but his younger brother Prince Abdul Karim, who was governor of the newly annexed Baloch principality of Makaran, gathered the arms, ammunition and treasury funds under his control and declared a revolt against Pakistan. After leading some 700 followers across the border into Afghanistan, Abdul Karim issued a manifesto in the name of Baloch National Liberation Committee.”

As per Seling. S. Harison; The Afghanistan Shadow. pg. 25

Many people were killed and arrested during the clashes between the followers of the Prince and

Pakistan

forces. However, the Prince returned on 6^th July 1948 from Afghanistan after a peaceful negotiation between him and the

Pakistan

authorities. But soon after his arrival he was arrested by the

Pakistan

military officials in Kalat and tried in Special Military Court. He was sentenced to a lengthy imprisonment with heavy fines along with some of his followers.

This was the first round of battles which was fought between the Baloch warriors and the Pakistan Army in 1948.

(b) One-Unit.

The Baloch have a history within the geography known as Balochistan of nearly 500 years, which is now incorporated into

Pakistan

as the largest province. The Baloch never believed that Balochistan was merely a State, as in their hearts and mind it was, is and shall always remain as an institution of Balochi culture and ideology.

Since the very first day of the formation of ‘One-Unit’ in 1954 the Baloch people opposed it for many reasons, however the strongest burning issue for the Baloch nation was the reduction in their autonomy. This is evident from subsequent legislation and particularly by virtue of Section 2 (i)(III) of the establishment of West Pakistan Act, 1955 ‘the territory of Balochistan States Union with the leased areas were incorporated into the province of West Pakistan effective from 14.10. 1955’.

No doubt One-Unit was conceived, implemented and enforced illegally against the wishes of the people of Balochistan. During the period of One-Unit, Balochistan had been treated very savagely and cruelly irrespective of class; they were detained in different jails and thousands were tortured. It was for the first time that the Baloches were hanged to death and millions in value of property were destroyed and incalculable tribesmen endured great hardships and loss of life.

On 6^th October 1958, the Pakistan Army entered into Kalat and arrested Mir Ahmad Yar Khan, then the Khan of Kalat, and paraded him on the roads and streets of Kalat. His palace was looted and the innocent people of Kalat were killed and arrested

by the ‘Army Jawans’. Khan was imprisoned in jail in Lahore and his family exiled in Punjab. The next day on 7^th October 1958 Martial Law was imposed throughout

Pakistan

. The following day General Ayub Khan took power declaring himself as the Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan.

Soon after the arrest of the Khan the Martial authorities warned ‘not to take a part in any sort of activity against the government’ and ordered ‘to deposit all sorts of their weapons in the nearest police stations, failing which they would be dealt with severity’. Naturally, the proud Baloches refused to comply with these orders. On the 8^th October 1948 the Pakistan Army marched on Jhalawan. On the 10^th a furious battle took place near Wad between the

Pakistan

army and Baloch fighters.

Meanwhile the ninety year old Nawab Nauroz Khan along with his hard-liner fighters went on top of the hill called Mir Gat and challenged the army and vowed to continue to fight throughout every inch of Balochistan unless;

1) Khan of Kalat is released,

2) Restoration of the traditional Baloch customary law.

3) Exemption from the Land Reform.

The

Pakistan

government did not accept the above demands and battles continued for a long time, in which, thousands of Baloch were killed and many villages were bombed. It is interesting to note that when the army operation failed against Nawab Nauroz Khan, the Martial Law Authorities in order to cover-up the failure of military operation then changed their tactics and finally invited him for a peaceful solution through dialogue. It was said that at one stage the negotiating Sardars backed out on the grounds that they were not trustful of the government. However, it was believed that all his demands were agreed to and the guarantee was given on oath on the name of the Holy Qur’an. As soon as he came down the hill the army officials arrested him, his son and others on 19^th of May 1959. All of them were detained in Kuli Camp in Quetta.

The version that the Nawab Nauroz Khan’s surrendered on ‘Oath’, ‘Etabar’ or ‘Trust’ has always remained under dispute. In support of the claim of the Baloch people it would not be out of place to quote;

“In my search for truth I have talked to many people who should know something about this unhappy incident. All civilian officials concerned with it in one way or other were men of great experience in dealing ‘politically’ with tribesmen, Baluch as well as Pathan. Only recently, and by accident, did I hear from a senior official that although he was not himself concerned, he had met a man who, on all evidence, was the man who had actually negotiated the surrender of Nauroz Khan. According to this man, Nauroz Khan surrendered on etabar and nothing else. Whether the ‘etabar’ was promised by the Government or by a negotiator on his own is immaterial as once given, the terms ought to have been strictly adhered to. It is also immaterial whether the etabar was given on oath or merely by word of mouth. Both carry equal weight.”

Baluchistan-Historical & Political Processes; A. B. Awan.’ pg. 30

The total inmates of the camp numbering about 1200 comprised of Sardars and people from all classes, from highest to lowest. They were all tortured beyond toleration. Many of them died and some of them were mentally and bodily paralysed. By the end of March 1960 the Military Court sentenced some of the comrades of Nawab Nauroz Khan for life. He and his son and another five followers were sentenced to death. Among who hanged in Hyderabad and Sukkur jails were his son and Mir Nichari, Mir Wali Mohammad Khan Zarakzai, Mir Ghulam Rasool Khan and Mir Subzal Khan Zehri. In view of his old age his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment where he died in 1964 still in jail.

After the arrest of the Khan of Kalat, particularly the death sentences and the imprisonments of Nawab Nauroz Khan and his comrades was the beginning of intense disquiet and anti-government sentiment moved at a dangerous pace; There was great turmoil in Balochistan and much death and destruction on both sides, that is to say, losses for the Baloch as well as the army jawans. The situation was dire in both East and West Pakistan, to which the addition of Balochistan tensions concluded in mass demonstrations, thus Central government collapsing in 1969.

This was the second round of battles fought between Baloches and the Government of Pakistan which came to an end with a general amnesty in 1967.

From 1973 to 1977 the Government of Pakistan carried out numerous military operations in Balochistan resulting in many casualties; the official figure being more than 3,000 Baloch. Approximately 80,000 army troops and 55,000 Baloches were involved in a full-fledged battle. There were many who were hounded, arrested and even tortured including Mir Ghaus Bux Bizengo, Nawab Khair Bux khan Marri, Sardar Atta-u-allah Khan Mengal and other notable Baloch politicians and political workers.

“Largely un-noticed by the out side world, the struggle between Islamabad and the tribesmen grew in ferocity over the next years. More than 80,000 Pakistani troops roamed the province at the height of the war.”

Selg. S. Harrison. pg. 36

“At the height of the fighting in late 1974 the U.S. supplied Iranian combat helicopters, some manned by Iranian pilots, joined the Pakistan Air Force in raids on Baloch camps.”

ibid. pg. 37

“ Army accounts claim that 125 guerrillas were killed 900 captured and independent estimates suggest that at least 50,000 sheep and 550 camels were captured at ‘Chamalung’ and auctioned off by the army at bargain prices to non Baloch in Punjab.”

ibid. pg. 37

“One usually dramatic example of Baloch heroism in the face of army excesses occurred in August 1973 soon after the fighting started and immediately became as well known to Baloch as the ‘Nathan Hale’ story is to America…. men and women alike were roughly lined up in the village square. Shoot outs occurred with those who resisted.”

Ibid. pg. 39

“There was much fighting, much damage and unfortunately much bitterness.” He added, “This understandably did not find any mention in Pakistani press but many foreign journalists have described it in all its sordid details.”

A. B. Awan; Balochistan-Historical and Political Processes. pg. 302

This was the third round of battles fought between the Baloches and the Government of Pakistan.

Issue of Gwadar and Sui Gas

Gwadar

In 1984, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said that “Gwadar is a no go area for Pakistani’s due to a U.S. base there to fight ‘Infidel U.S.S.R.’ while helping General Zia and Afghan Rogues:”

The above claim about a U.S. Base came to be true in 2005. According to the Late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, “Gwadar was being developed by Pakistan to give facilities to the biggest American Naval Fleet. For this the entire coastal land stretching 40 miles inland would be separated from Balochistan and given to Americans who will control oil trade in the region and keep Iran under challenge.” He added “His party would co-operate with any other that planned to fight for the return of the Baloch territory from the United States”.

Through a base in Balochistan, the United States was to establish its contacts with the Central Asian States struggling to shrug off the oppressive foreign policy yoke of Russia. From here the Americans would control the movement of oil and international shipping and ‘all other trade’ in addition to challenge

Iran

. Furthermore he stated that,

“China whose company has been given ‘out-of-turn’ contracts by Pakistan to develop a deep-sea port at Gwadar”…..“China is merely a ‘contractor’ and will collect its money and quietly step aside after the port is complete to allow the Americans to take over. China is not in a position to take, ‘takkar’ (clash) with the United States; it could not even liberate next-door Taiwan from the Americans. It was merely interested in strengthening itself economically and had no stomach for war.”

“We will like to engage the best experts to construct the Gwadar port and to run it and manage it and give them the best salary packages” ........ “We will certainly not allow outsiders to purchase property in Gwadar or in any part of Balochistan.”

As per Sardar Aslam Khan Raisani; 1994.

It begs the question of what shall become of the billions spent by private investors and the government on the port city of Gwadar if the unrest in Balochistan is not settled to the satisfaction of the Baloch? However, as a Baloch I must ask if we as a people, known as the Baloch which hail from Balochistan, shall mind if such an event occurs (as no doubt it shall); the answer is quite simple as the Baloch have never really benefited from Gwadar, thus shall not lose anything either if the whole project sinks into the sea.

The Baloch do have a legitimate fear as seen in their history that Gwadar will of course draw many settlers from other provinces (especially from Punjab), and as a consequence the Baloch will one day become an underclass minority in their own lands. As per a western diplomat whom said, “right now it’s a low-intensity insurgency, but it could get very nasty”. One can see that the unrest, especially after the suspicious death of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, in Balochistan and the rights of the Baloch should be appreciated.

Sui Gas

Michael Conton first discovered natural gas literally by accident in 1952 at Sui in the Bugti area. His company was exploring for oil, but after this fortuitous find the term ‘Sui Gas’ was first coined. Soon after this the gas pumped from Balochistan was first supplied to numerous parts of Punjab. In 1984 only after years of protests that supply of gas began in Quetta, the capital of the province of Balochistan. Sui was the first and is still the largest field in Asia. It is interesting to note that Pakistan’s major electrical and thermal power generating plants are fuelled by the gas from the Bugti gas fields. This is in addition to domestic use and large proportion of private industries. There is no doubt that Sui gas is of essential importance to the national economy of Pakistan. It is, however, very sad to mention that not only the house of the writer (being Bugti), but entire village is still without the supply of gas in 2006 whereas, 99% of Punjabi households are supplied with Sui gas pumped from the lands of the Bugti’s.

In the 1920’s the Bugti’s had an agreement with the British Oil Company with respect to any royalties that may accrue from oil found in their lands, but after partition the government of Pakistan (prior, to the development of the field at Sui) passed legislation effectively deeming any resources more than the two inches below the surface of the soil being the sole property of Pakistan, rather than to those who own the land. It is a bitter fact that unlike the fortunate inhabitants of many Middle East Countries, the Bugti’s as a whole do not receive a single paisa as royalties from the production of natural gas in their own area.

Since the discovery of the gas the same issues have consistently been at the centre of dispute by the Baloch nationalist, and Baloch political leaders between the centre and provinces. It is important to note that the fact that the assuring its supply was one of the central government’s seven conditions which Mir Ghous Bux Bezinjo had to agree to, when he was appointed as governor of Balochistan in 1972. At issue was (1) the distribution of the gas and (2) the revenues from its sale.

The provincial government does, off course, receive income from the sale of the gas from Baluchistan, however, and the amount it receives is constantly under contention. The late Nawab Akber Khan Bugti) during the tenure as Chief Minister Nawab Bugti demanded a greater share of Pakistan’s development funds, of which income from sales of natural gas is a major block. Unlike his predecessors, he was allied with the Chief Minister of Punjab, Nawaz Sharif, in his efforts to lobby the federal government. When Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1990, the National Finance Commission re-wrote the formula for the distribution of tax revenues between the centre and the provinces. Prior to that, the province received royalties and excise tax revenues for its natural gas that were low by international standards.

“Every one is after national wealth, our Baloch national wealth. We don’t get anything out of it, it is ours……..We have been struggling for the past 50 years for our rights and for this purpose we have suffered hunger, hardships and imprisonment. Because of our struggle and privations we have become more, hardy as a people, and we will face any eventuality to stand for our rights…We have never demand royalty because we are the owners of this wealth. More over, it is not the question of royalty, but the main dispute is over rights. We say that gas is the national wealth of the Baloch, and for years it has been forcibly taken out for the use of others, without sharing any thing with the Baloch people”

Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti; February 2003

Present Crisis

Rape of a Lady Doctor in 2005

It is said that the cause of the present crisis was the rape of a lady doctor by Captain Imdad in early January 2005 in the local hospital of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL). Under the threat and influence by the security guards, the Sui police station was unable to interrogate two doctors of the Sui hospital in connection with the rape case. It was then reported by a private television channel that evening. The next day, on the fourth day of Eid, it was partially published in the newspapers. In the mean time the Naseerabad police station registered the rape case soon after it was made public at the press conference in the first week of January 2005. The Naseerabad police station’s FIR pinpoints P.P.L Officials who were interfering with the investigation of the case

After the rape and an unreasonable delay in the investigation the situation took a downward spiral in Sui. It was said that as many as 450 to 500 rockets were fired between 7^th and 11^th January. Security guards clashed with Bugti armed men who attacked the gas installations. The exchange of fire in Sui gave the much needed justification to the security forces. It is believed 7000 regular troops aided by the Frontier Constabulary and Defence Security Guards carried out house-to-house searches by demolishing many homes and arresting more than 200 persons and killing many. The house of the Late Nawab was shelled. More than 70 people were killed in Dera Bugti in March 2005, this time among them were children women and some Hindus.

Violence Between Nawab Bugti and General Musharraf Flared Up

General Musharraf’s televised interview in January 2006 added fuel to the fire and the situation apparently went out of the control. The conflict diverted Musharraf’s overstretched troops and U.S supplied weaponry away from the fight against Al-Qaeeda and the Taliban. Moreover, the Presidents’ aide’s say that he is convinced Nawab Bugti and fellow tribal leaders whom he labels “miscreants and outlaws,” want to kill him. A rocket attack on December 14^th 2005 in Balochistan narrowly missed a public address he was making. The fight flared immediately after Musharraf, vowed he will “sort them out”

“I will lead the resistance fight if any military action in Sui” as per Nawab Bugti

July 2006 saw at least 23 tribal militants killed in an offensive by Pakistani security forces in South Western Balochistan, the second such attack in less than a week. Troops backed by helicopter gun-ships launched the operation in Sangsilla and Bamboore areas of the Dera Bugti district. “At least 21 miscreants have been killed and 13 have been wounded” as per provincial government spokesman Razik Bugti.

The Daily News Jang, July 10^th 2006

President Bush once said, following the September 2001 attacks with respect to Al-Qaeeda “We are going to smoke them out of their caves.” Indeed President Pervez Musharraf did smoke, or more accurately, snuff out Nawab Bugti rather than Bin Laden or Mullah Omar and instead in the caves of Kolhu. It is widely being believed that General Pervez Musharraf used chemical weapons as well as helicopter gun-ships and missiles with Nawab Akber Bugti being present in the cave where he was killed on 26^th of August 2006. Many people have no doubt that he was executed by General Pervez Musharraf, the President of Pakistan.

This was the fourth round of battle was fought between the Baloches and the government of Pakistan and unfortunately may still continue.

Conclusion

The reality is that a major political figure (and tribal chief) of Pakistan’s largest and richest natural resource filled province was killed by the government in most questionable circumstances. People by and large from all over Pakistan were disgusted with this act. The government is not in the business of “teaching a lesson” to those it governs.

No lessons have been learnt in Balochistan. One can’t “sort out” the Baloch. The absence of a serious attempt at political dialogue with the leaders of the Baloch insurgency signals the intentions of the government. The bottom line is, will the killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti have wider implications on the politics of Pakistan and the region? The answer is a resounding yes.

The government has to be sensitive to nationalist emotion. We have been thrust into another national crisis, mostly because of a newly created ‘Martyr’, but also partly due to the shortcomings of our rulers in not being sensitive to the needs of a small but vibrant section of our population. Have we learnt nothing from 1971?

The problems of Balochistan will not end with the killing of Nawab Akber Khan Bugti, nor with thousands and thousands of Baloch nationalists; rather killing could harm national integrity and solidarity. It appears that our rulers have not learnt any lessons from history. Bullets and Bullies don’t solve problems; they just create more problems.

“The Punjabi army hangs or kills non-Punjabi Prime Ministers, like Shaheed Liaqat Ali Khan or Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto” Nawab replied when he was asked why he does not play in national instead of provincial politics? He was further told that he would make a good President of Pakistan, he replied that he had “no intention of being a quisling of the army, while his province remained backward.”

A private ‘gup-shup’

History is witness that right from the death of Mehrab Khan in 1939 by the hands of British Generals to the present that all Generals with their ‘bullets’ failed to solve the problems of Balochistan. We the Baloches equally regard Pakistan as our own creation. We have given great sacrifices for the cause of Pakistan, and we are fully aware of the fact that our rights are safe in a happy and strong Pakistan. It is however painful to say that the despite our services and sacrifice resulting in the establishment of Pakistan, we the Baloches, were misunderstood and looked upon with suspicion. We were put to hard tests and our sincerity came out with the flying colours. Not a single Baloch left Pakistan, nor went over to the enemies of Pakistan, at the same time, the Baloches will never cow-down to any one.

“Now our options are clear, resist and die or die without resisting. The people have chosen the former”

Nawab Akbar Bugti; Herald, March 2006

Baloch as a people

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“Baloch as a people”

Under courtesy; Johar Ali Bugtti, MA, LLB & Prof. Zaffar Bugtti, LLB (Hon), LLM

The Baloches are a people comprising of a confederation of about five hundred tribes and clans. They claim to be of common Semitic stock, sharing common traditions and culture and speak a common language called ‘Balochi’. They occupy a vast track of land, now politically divided between Iran, called Iranian Balochistan with its capital at Zahidan covering an area of about 69,487 square miles, the other in Pakistan, known as Balochistan with its capital at Quetta, spread over an area of about 134,000 square miles. Apart from the above provinces of Iran and Balochistan, Baloch settlements are to be found in Northern Iran, around Herat region in Northern Afghanistan, Sindh, Punjab, N.W.F provinces of Pakistan, and in

India

. There are Baloches, living in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf, Dubai, Abu Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Russia, Europe, and

United States of America

. Indeed the Baloch have begun to colonise the United Kingdom whereby the only Bugti family are the writers and their families having first left Pakistan for London in 1972.

Firadusi (writer of Shah Nama – The Story of The kings) without any reservation and hesitation, acknowledged Baloches, and praised their valour and bravery. He has paid the highest tributes to Baloches, their fighting qualities and their bravery.

Historians are unanimous over the fact that as a people the Baloches offered the toughest battles to all manner of foes be they Achaemenians, Sassanids, Buwaihids, Iranians, Arabs, Afghans, Moghuls, Indians, or British. They preferred to die warriors and an honourable death on the battle field rather than seek quarter or cow-down to submission.

Between the 16^th and 18^th centuries Baloch succeeded in establishing two independent States in Balochistan; Kalat under the Khans of Kalat; Sindh under Talpour Mirs (Baloch).

“The Bugties are reported to be the bravest of the Hill Tribes. Physically they are some of the finest man among the Baloch and intellectually, perhaps, they are the least bigoted like the Marris. They are active, hardly and capable of traversing great distances without fatigue”; as per The Gazetteer of Balochistan. Sibi District, pg. 292.

“I am sure that ‘Koch and Baloch’ lived in Iran, bordering, ‘Hind and Sind’, and that some of them (Bugti) came from a place in

Iran

known ‘BUG’”; (Ibn Haukal.) They then emigrated from there and settled in their present country called Bugti, which means ‘Old Residents of Bug.’ The Bugti hills are called after this tribe.

Sylvia Matheson, the author of ‘The Tigers of Balochistan’ says “….I came back to make my home in the middle of one of the world’s hottest and most inhospitable deserts among the most hospitable, generous and quick-tempered people I have ever encountered..”

Baloches did not want British Armies to pass through the regions of Sindh and Balochistan, therefore, they inflicted heavy losses to the British in men and material. In 1839 the Northern Baloches gave the British Army sufficient trouble on their way to Kandahar, particularly by Marris, Bugtis, Dombkis, Jakharanis, and others. From Sindh border and in Bolan Pass many battles were fought causing considerable loss of life and baggage to the British army.

Major John Jacob (after whom Jacobabad is named) described in his memoirs the first campaign in the hills north of Kutchee in 1939 / 40 by Major Billamore. He goes on to describe ‘Deyra’[Dera Bugti] and the meetings between Major Billamore and Islam Khan, the son and heir of Beebruck Khan, the head of the ‘Boogtee’ (Bugti) tribe; and the ensuing battles fought. In fact Beebruck Khan was arrested after being invited for “talks” with the British and then imprisoned at Bukhar Fort. The Bugtis only surrendered after the life of their chief was threaten. The British then occupied Dera Bugti and subsequently Kahan, the capital of Marri. The surrender however was short lived.

In the autumn of 1844 Sir Charles Napier (The Conqueror & Governor of Sindh) undertook a march through North-Western Sindh to confirm the wavering chiefs in their allegiance. As soon as the army of Sir Charles Napier left the hills the Bugtis returned to their area and continued actions in Sindh and Kachi. Napier had no choice but to offer a reward of ten shillings for each Bugti head and ordered that their cattle be seized or killed, and the ‘Boogtees’ themselves were to be treated as enemies ‘where ever found in hill or plain!’ Sir Charles Napier, in spite of his repeated armed attempts against the Marris and Bugtis, failed to subdue them by force of arms.

A letter dated 2^nd October 1847 written to Major John Jacob, Commanding Frontier, Khanghar describes the battle that took place at the Zeemanee [Zamni] River;

“…We continued our attacks, killing numbers, until on re-crossing the Zeemanee River they made another short stand. They were again over thrown and given and driven into the plain…..Their numbers were now getting small, but though repeated offers of quarter were made to them, they obstinately continued to fight until the destruction was so great that their numbers were reduced to about 120, many of whom were wounded.”

After this battle all remaining Bugtis were sent to Bugti Camp Larkana, including Chief Islam Khan and Chief Alim Khan Kalpar, under the supervision of the Deputy Collector Larkana in November 1847. October 1851 saw the return of most Bugtis back to Dera Bugti whilst many remained; hence the second largest population of Bugtis today are in Larkana. The said Bugtis are the Sundranis of the Perozani clan of which the writers hail from.

Indeed the Bugti are known for their bravery and also their stubbornness. Time and various rulers have done little to change this fact and one doubts if it shall ever be so. The history of the Baloch and Bugti tribe is a great and long one yet today it seems that we have learnt nothing from history itself. Nawab Akber Khan Bugti, Tumandar of the Bugti tribe, died like many chieftains and tribesman before him fighting a battle that may have seemed impossible to win, but if history has taught us anything it is that the Bugti do not bow down to anyone and will happily lay down their own life for Balochistan.

Excerpts taken from ‘Baloch – The Victims of the British Empire’

written by J. A. Bugtti [to be published 2007]

I'll commit suicide! by Abbas Ali

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I’ll commit Suicide!
By Abbas Ali

Each year, nearly as many as 9,00, 000 deaths worldwide are estimated due to suicide which accounts for more deaths than homicides and wars combined. This number is believed to be largely underestimated as suicide as a cause of death is underreported. Apart from numerous awesome ways of terminating one’s life through many of unknown ways and means, pesticide ingestion is one of the leading suicide methods.

Worldwide, an estimated three million cases of pesticide poisoning occur every year, resulting in an excess of 250,000 deaths. This mortality accounts for a substantial fraction of the 900,000 people who die by suicide every year. Reports suggest that it is particularly significant in rural areas, especially in some Asian countries including that in

Pakistan

It is estimated that in the last decade between 60% and 90% of suicides in China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Trinidad were due to pesticide ingestion. More recently, World Health Organization WHO received reports of a growing number of suicides due to pesticide ingestion in many other countries in Asia, as well as in countries such as in countries in Central and South America comparing to some very strange causes and ways of suicides in rural areas of

Pakistan

There are no official national data on suicide available so such a data is not included in national mortality statistics. As a result national rates on suicides are neither known nor reported to the WHO. However there is accumulating anecdotal evidence that suicides rates have been not gradually but alarmingly increasing in Pakistan over the last few years (Khan & Prince; 2003).So both suicides and attempted suicides as earlier notion were under- studied or under- researched subjects, whereas it is today one of the fairly pressing subject for many quacks, university students, concerned observers, hired personnel and above all a great deal of credit goes to a number of Non Governmental Organizations NGOs, funded by internal as well external financial sources including of a few else nature including charitable, voluntary and periodicals.

Periodicals and newspapers are mostly based on information provided by police, though reports from many smaller towns and villages are reported directly by newspapers using their own source of information. However only newspapers have direct access to police source while all other organizations use newspapers for their data. So police remains to be the primary source of information in this matter.

In conservative south Asian Islamic countries with traditionally low suicide rate, both suicide and attempted suicide are illegal acts, as well as socially and religiously condemned making research relatively difficult. Many of families Sub Continent’s Asian would rather conceal the actual cause and further prevent any approaches by any of the alien sources that could even try to collect data or even report.

In this study Police data form Sindh province (Khan & Prince; 2003) were examined that provide a unique picture of trends of suicide over 15 years (1995-1999). During this period there were 2568 reported suicides (71% men, 39% women, ratio- 1; 8). The lowest number was 90 in 1987 and maximum in 360 in 1999 with poisoning by organophosphates (pesticide) being the most common cause followed by hanging.

Pakistan with a population of approximately153.96 million, the seventh most populous country in the world, its growth rate of 2.3% is one of the highest in Asia. Ninety-seven percent of its people are Muslims, 3-5% while Hindus, Christians, and Zoroastrians from smaller but important minorities.

Pakistan

has an agrarian based economy; seventy percent people live in rural areas (Social Policy & Development Centre). The literacy rate is around 35%, although there is a great variation between urban areas where it is as high as 70%, to rural areas where it is as low as 4% for women. Official unemployment stands at 12% of the eligible workforce. Administratively, Pakistan is divided into four provinces (Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and North Western Frontier), and one Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Sindh is located in the south of the country with a population of approximately 30 million.

Population based prevalent studies give high figures for depression, ranging from 25% to 66% for females and 10% to 25% for males.

(Hussein, Creed and Tomenson, 2000; Mumford et al., 1997)

Although considered a criminal offence, rarely does a prosecution for attempted suicide actually ever occur, however harassment or extortion of money from the survivor of an attempt or the family of the suicide victim is not uncommon.

In attempted suicide cases especially, people avoid going to public hospitals where the police may register a case against them. Instead, people seek treatment from the private hospitals which while providing medical treatment, rarely address the underlying issues.

According to yet another independent study from January 2006 to August 2006 carried out by Madadgaar, a joint venture of Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), documented the cases published in newspapers to collect information regarding human rights violation in the country, especially against children and women.

Madadgaar Database reported that from January to July 2006, of 1,061 attempted suicide cases, 124 were reported in January, 125 in February, 118 in March, 156 in April, 162 in May, 172 in July and 204 cases of self-murder were reported in July 2006.

Meanwhile, the report said that of the 412 cases of attempted suicide in different cities of

Pakistan

, 95 cases were reported in January, 84 in February, 32 in March, 50 in April, 40 in May, 45 in June, while 66 cases were reported in the print media in July 2006.

According to the report, suicide was common in Sindh and Punjab, while the magnitude was less in the NWFP and Balochistan. Of 1,473 reported cases of suicide, 673 were reported in Sindh, 645 in Punjab, 121 in the NWFP and 34 cases were reported in Balochistan.

The report said that 186 cases of suicide were reported from Karachi, 181 Lahore, 63 Gujranwala, 62 Faisalabad, 35 Khairpur, 44 Larkana, 30 Peshawar, 27 Hyderabad, 23 Quetta, 27 Rawalpindi and 22 suicide cases were reported from Islamabad.

Up to 277 committed suicide over domestic disputes, 253 personal disappointment, 214 family dispute, 92 un-employment, 85 depression, 57 economic hardships, 26 mental illness, 19 suffering from physical ailment, 17 marriage dispute and petty dispute, while in 15 cases the reason of suicide was marital rejection.

In a majority of cases, the victims were directly influenced by familial discord, socio-economic factors and environmental factors such as growing incidents of crime and violence, un-employment, social injustice and post-traumatic stress disorders. A variety of methods of committing suicide were reported in the press, as consumption of poison was reported in 371 cases, eating of poisonous pills in 232 cases, consumption of pesticide in 166 cases, hangings in 189 cases, gun shot death in 207 cases, self immolation in 51 cases, jumping in front of moving vehicle were reported in 41 cases, while in 18 cases jumping from height were reported as one of the suicide methods.

An independent survey revealed some of the teeth jittering facts during last six months in Sindh in collected from various newspaper sources, 1600 people attempted suicide due to unemployment or numerous domestic crises.

The survey report later also published in Hilal Pakistan revealed that out of dead, 350 people belonged to Larkana, 340 from Mirpur Khas, 240 from Hyderabad, 260 from Sukkur and 150 people belonged to Karachi.

*Suicides in 12 districts of Sindh from January- December.*
	Men	Women	Young Boys	Young Girls	Total
2001	845	425	83	38	1391
2002	1150	605	104	72	1931
2003	1350	800	170	75	2395
2004	1025	660	155	151	1991
2005	625	295	121	71	1112
	4995	2785	633	407	8820
	56.63%	31.57%	7.17%	4.61%

Early Christianity was attracted to death as martyrdom, was something they felt called upon by their faith to permit. There were seven suicides in the Old Testament. In Mathew 27:3, the suicide of Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus, is perhaps a sign of his repentance or at least the recognition of his guilt.

The most notable pro-suicide group was the Donatists, who believed that by killing themselves they could attain martyrdom and go to heaven. They jumped off cliffs, burned themselves in large numbers, and stopped travelers, either offering to pay them or threatening them with death to encourage them to kill the supposed Donatist martyr. They were eventually declared heretics.

As Christianity became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire, however, its views on suicide changed, gradually. In the fifth century, St. Augustine wrote the book “The City of God”, in it making Christianity's first overall condemnation of suicide. His biblical justification for this was his novel interpretation of the commandment, "thou shalt not kill".

In the sixth century, suicide became a religious sin and secular crime. In 533, those who committed suicide while accused of a crime were denied a Christian burial, which was a requirement for going to heaven. In 562, all suicides were punished in this way. In 693, even the attempt of suicide became an ecclesiastical crime, which could be punished by excommunication, with civil consequences following.

In modern Catholicism, suicide has been considered a grave and mortal death. The chief Christian argument is that one's life is the property of God, and to destroy that life is to wrongly assert dominion over what is God's. The church teachings (The Code of Canon Law p: 185, code no: 1041, const: 05) The persons awarded irregular for the reception of Holy Orders who..“One who has gravely and maliciously mutilated himself or another, or who has attempted”.

In Hinduism, murdering one's own body is considered equally sinful as murdering another. Scriptures generally state that to die by suicide (and any type of violent death) results in becoming a ghost. However, under various circumstances it is considered acceptable to end one's life by fasting. This practice, known as Sallekhana, requires so much time and willpower that there is no danger of acting on an impulse. It also allows time for the individual to settle all worldly affairs, to ponder life and to draw close to God.

Islam, like other Abrahamic religions, views suicide strictly as sinful and highly detrimental to one's spiritual journey. However, human beings are judged according to their intentions. In Qur’an Majeed, the Islamic Holy Book, although Allah is said to be 'the Most Merciful, the Most Kind' and to forgive all sins, the great sin of unbelief is deemed unforgivable. According to the Sunnah (life and way of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH), any person who dies by suicide and shows no regret for his wrongdoing will spend an eternity in hell, re-enacting the act by which he took his own life.

The evidence of forbidding suicide is verse 29 in surah An-Nisaa( The Women) "And do not kill yourselves, surely Allah is most Merciful to you." Qur`an 4:29

It has been reported in the collections of hadiths, in the two Sahihs from Abu Hurayrah, radiAllahu anhu, in “Muslim Shareef” the book of Hadiths; (p: 72 Ed. 1st) who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:

"Whoever kills himself with an iron tool, then his tool will be in his hand and he will be stabbing himself with it in the Fire of Jahannam, forever and ever, whoever kills himself with poison, then his poison will be in his hand and he will keep taking it in the Fire of Jahannam, forever and ever. Whoever kills himself from a mountain, will keep falling in the Fire of Jahannam, forever and ever, whoever takes his life by jumping off a steep cliff then he will be pushed off a cliff forever and ever."

Suicide is forbidden in all circumstances even in war, since the Prophet spoke about the man who had been afflicted in a battle with many wounds and killed himself that he will be in the Hell fire.

According to another Hadith re quoted by Abu Hurayrah, (radi Allahu anhu), in one of the holy war against dissidents in “Jang-e-Hunain” Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) pronounced one of the diligent Muslim fighter that he will perish in hell, upon hearing such, all sahaba karam bewildered with the fact that the said man had been fighting so valiantly and fearlessly giving fatal blows to non Muslims in that war. One of the Sahaba, Aksam-bin-Abil Jofee Al-Khuzai vowed to follow him to uncover the truth. Bewildered even more however he turned when he witnessed one night the same valiant knight in his camp cringing with injuries standing the pain no more, he erected his sword on the floor and pushed himself over it killing himself.

In Qur’an Majeed in surae Ambiyah verse no: 37 parah no: 17, Allah the merciful said indeed man is not but hasty in his decision; Islam preaches humans the lesson of tolerance and patience.

With varying varieties of causes involving suicide attempts, in majority of cases, the victims are directly influenced by familial discord, socio-economic factors and environmental factors including growing incidents of crime and violence, social injustice and post-traumatic stress disorders. Nonetheless many are driven by vested political intentions; trade unions’ blackmailing concerned higher-ups, a huge number commit out of the frustration due to chronic un-employment, stifling domestic predicaments, failure to marry spouse of their choice, rape victims to save their face from escalating defame awarded by their close relatives and society, zealots failing academic or spiritual critical assessment examination, chronic impecunious circumstances faced by the sole supporter in a family.

Pakistan Panel Code Constitution under section no. 325, “Whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act towards the commission of such offence shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which extends to one year or with fine or both”. (Major criminal Acts, PPC-1860 p; 209 Ed.2005)

Out of more than three dozen active advocates and judges embracing more than 36 years of experience told either they have not themselves prosecuted any case with said indictment neither have they seen any of their colleagues involved actively in such prosecution. Most of them however did admit of concerned authorities of being ignorant and oblivious to such offence not until their palms are sufficiently greased either by the suicide survivor or his/her heirs afterwards. Almost all victims who survive after suicide and their relatives later face gruesome grill by local authorities, judicial representatives and NGOs making their forsaken life miserable, preparing them yet again for another practice.

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