Learn Something From Histo
While East Pakistan was
collapsing, natural calamities also wreaked havoc in East Pakistan, cyclones
displaced millions of people and millions lost their lives. A cyclone hit East
Pakistan on 12 November 1970. It destroyed an area of 8,000 square miles. It
was the first natural disaster in the region in centuries. Two and a half lakh
people died in it. Yahya Khan was on a visit to China at that time. Arrived in
Dhaka from Beijing two days after the storm, stayed overnight, and left for West
Pakistan the next day. The neglect of the victims of this cyclone became a
major political issue. Opposition newspapers in Dhaka accused the central
government of not only not helping but also disrupting the efforts of
international relief agencies. The reaction to the lack of help from the
central government after the storm created bitter feelings against West
Pakistan. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had been released by then, said, “West
Pakistan has had a bumper crop of wheat this year. The wheat that reached us
first was not the wheat of West Pakistan. The textile merchants did not send
even a yard of cloth to cover our bodies. We have such a large army but the
dead Bengalis were buried by the British soldiers. And then a clear threat,
"The time is coming when in every village, home, and town the thought is
being created that we have to govern ourselves." We have to make our own
decisions. We cannot remain at the mercy of the bureaucrats, capitalists, and
landlords of West Pakistan. This is the situation in Balochistan today. Like
East Pakistan, Balochistan is also in turmoil. But in order to suppress the
opposition, the government is arresting its workers and charging them with
false cases.
The province of
Balochistan has been the most affected by the recent rains and floods
34 districts and more
than 360 thousand people have been affected by floods. According to NDMA, 225
deaths had occurred in Balochistan till August 18. . Talking about the
infrastructure damaged by floods in Balochistan, according to the Natural
Disasters Agency, 26 thousand houses, 710 km long highways, 18 bridges, and more
than five lakh cattle were affected. According to the officials, the national
highway in the Rabi area of Naseerabad is completely under water and the land
route of Quetta is disconnected from the Sukkur national highway. Monsoon
ravages continue in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Torrential rain for eight
to 10 hours continuously affected the districts of Musakhel, Barkhan, and Kohlu
in the areas adjacent to Mount Sulaiman. Deputy Commissioner Musa Khel Yasir
Dashti said that there was continuous and torrential rain for eight to 10 hours
in the Sulaiman mountain range yesterday due to which the water coming from the
mountains turned towards the population in the form of rails. But the government
and the opposition are fighting each other and neither of them is ready to do
welfare work.
On the other hand,
despite this torrential rain, terrorist elements are active in Balochistan and
various nationalist parties are with these insurgent elements. The insurgents
do not want to miss any opportunity to harm the security forces. The history of
insurgency in Balochistan is very old, India had laid the foundation of
conflicts here since the creation of Pakistan and the spark that India had
created was created by the Pakistani establishment, from Ghulam Muhammad to
Pervez Musharraf, everyone has ignited this fire. But he poured oil and did
not let this burning fire go out. Asif Ali Zardari of the People's Party wanted to
give Balochistan a rights package as President of Pakistan, but he failed. In all
the civil and military periods, the reign of General Zia-ul-Haq was a period of
peace for Balochistan. When he came to power, he ended the ongoing operation in
Balochistan and announced amnesty there, but he did not start any big project
for the welfare of Balochistan. General (Rtd) Rahimuddin passed away
recently. He was the governor of Balochistan from 1978 to 1984, and his tenure as
governor was the longest. He announced an amnesty in Balochistan and stopped military
operations in the province. By going to the fugitive rebels and announcing
reparations for the victims, General Rahim succeeded in crushing the rebellion
by 1980.
Need a similar strategy today? War and operations make things worse. For the establishment of peace, it is necessary that the local population gains the confidence of the security forces, for this the recruitment of local people in the security forces is a requirement of expediency. It is also our suggestion to train and recruit Makran people in the Pakistan Navy to monitor the coastal areas of Balochistan. They know the sea very well. The sea is their friend. They also realize the changes taking place in time if they are given a chance to join the Navy, they will also get a chance to protect the motherland. It is better that recruitment in Pakistan's security forces should not be limited to one province, the youth of all provinces should be given equal opportunity.
This is a huge
complaint that needs to be addressed. This shortcoming or weakness is presented
by the enemy in another way, which results in increasing the feeling of
deprivation in Balochistan and other provinces. On the other hand, foreign
broadcasting organizations present this feeling of deprivation in the form of
hostility. While security forces treat disgruntled citizens of their own
country as rebels by treating them as enemies. This inherited British colonial
attitude has to be changed, this mastery attitude has to be changed and for the
sake of the survival of Pakistan, a road and rail system have to be spread
throughout Balochistan, and hotels and restaurants have to be built in the entertainment
places there and for this local Provide capital to the population federal and
provincial governments. So that there are maximum employment opportunities for
them because to heal the deep wounds some kind of ointment has to be applied.
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