CPEC: A Key Opportunity For Socio Economic Development of Balochistan

Imagine how ridiculous that sounds, when someone, who is born under the shadow of luxuries, lived there all his life in the ‘Glare of Money’, ignoring the fact that there are many living around his kingdom depending upon his mercy that he' nor his forefather ever spare. The life of common people in their surrounding was nothing but utter slavery; forget about asking for the rights with strong courage, they never even dare to beg these Sardari-Kings, ever.

Yes, that’s right; I am talking about the Sardars and Nawabs of Balochistan who are ruling poor Baloch since the time of independence but even after decades of rule they could not provide the basic facilities to their people. Saying that would be more appropriate that these rulers did not let their people have healthy life style; schools to hospitals, government to private sectors, roads to sewage system, in short nothing had been done that could help the common man in Balochistan.

                Beside taking share from budget these Sardars and Nawabs also used to take share of billions of rupees from ‘gas-wells’ in Balochistan BUT where all that money has gone, no one knows, not even government of Balochistan. Even a common man can tell you that why there was no development done during the period these Sardars have ruled Balochistan. I wonder why Balochistan government never had any check and balance on these elected Sardars sitting in the assembly; anyways it is a different debate that may not be relevant to my the topic; so let’s just get back to REAL issue of today: CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor).

                Couple of days back I scanned through a blog that was trying to create confusion by putting up so many misleading questions on CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor). In my views, these types of questions should not go un-noticed as it can easily distract common populace. So, here I am putting forward fact shed to all those questions one by one:

-          Multi-billion dollar economic corridor deal between Pakistan and China is aimed at colonizing the Balochistan province, and must be resisted.

Interesting, someone like grandson of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is talking about colonization in Balochistan? Especially when something really reassuring is going to happen for poor’s living in Balochistan? What these Nawabzadaz have done for people of Balochistan? Clean water? No; Good roads? No; Health and educational sectors? No; electricity and gas? No, nothing. Now ‘Mr. Perfect’ sitting in comfortable couch in Switzerland with dozen of pretty faces around him declaring a billion dollar project as ‘colonizing the Balochistan province’? wow that’s some REAL sincerity with the poor people of Balochistan?

-          Balochistan remains Pakistan’s poorest and least populous province.

Who is responsible for this? of course all those Nawabs and Sardars who had been elected by the people of Balochistan. Just for Mr. Brahamdagh Bugti’s information, let me take you back to the history for a while as he might have forgotten his forefather’s dodgy past; The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan was constituted under a Presidential order in 1972. The foundation of the present Assembly building was laid in 1973 by the Governor Mohammed Akbar Khan Bugti, from that time and till now ONLY Sardars and Nawabs are controlling Balochistan Assembly. If they haven’t done their job right, would that be fault of someone living in Punjab or Gilgit-Baltistan?

-          Rebel groups have waged a separatist insurgency in the province for decades, complaining that the central government in Islamabad and the richer Punjab province unfairly exploit their resources.

-          So finally they are admitting that the insurgents in Balochistan who are involved in anti-state activities in the name of so called ‘Narazgi’ (Anger) are just playing Naraz-Baloch card for Balochistan resources? Everything is in Balochistan, Sardars and Nawabs are controlling it then what this ‘Narazgi’ has to do with other provinces? It’s ‘I’ start putting blame on ‘my’ brother in-law’s wife for ‘my’ dirty kitchen instead of asking my wife to keep it clean; sorry for this example but that’s exactly how these RAW sponsored rebels are talking since decades..

-          Islamabad reacted to the insurgency by launching a military operation.

-          Brahamdagh Bugti, leader of the Baloch Republican Party living in exile in Switzerland, and grandson of slain nationalist leader Akbar Bugti, talks about the separatists’ stance on the Pakistani-Chinese deal.

So those who are fighting with heavy weapons and heavy explosives should be left free for roaming around in the Urban Areas of Balochistan? They should be set-free to bomb trains, damage public property and gas pipelines just because they are ‘angry’? Imagine how un-professional that sounds. Militants are angry on government and killing innocents in Balochistan’s markets, bus stops, railway stations and even using hand grenades on houses where innocent women and children live; should government of Pakistan let these militants do all that crap just because they are ‘ANGRY’? Are you even in your senses Mr. Bugti?

-          The Baloch separatist demand a share of the financial benefits and doesn’t allow China and the Punjab to use Balochistan for their benefits.

   
Government of Pakistan is giving all finances to elected members in Balochistan assembly. If militants are un-happy with that they should come through proper channel. Take part in elections, get elected, sit in assembly and talk like a ‘human’ if they are really seeking for ‘human rights’.

-          Some Baloch leaders have also complained that Islamabad deliberately changed the corridor route in favor of the Punjab, avoiding Balochistan’s key cities.

Mr. Brahamdagh Bugti now there are three arteries running in CPEC covering all the provinces of Pakistan. Stop lying from a cozy living room of Switzerland. Three CPEC routes – western, central and eastern alignments – were under consideration. Although the government insisted on building the western alignment in the first phase. The western route starts from Gwadar and passes through Turbat, Panjgur, Nag, Basima, Sorab, Qalat, Quetta, Qilla Saifullah and Zhob in Balochistan to reach Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and then heading to Hassan Abdal before reaching Islamabad.

-          There will be massive human rights abuses in Balochistan because of this deal.
A business deal that can help not only improve infrastructure of Balochistan but also can provide massive job opportunities for engineers, labors, architectures and businessmen community in particularly  for only Balochistan people. This megaproject is a massive investment plan that will transform Balochistan into a huge regional economic hub, in the region.

-          Isn’t there terrorism in the Punjab, in Karachi, and in other parts of Pakistan? But are there people attacked by helicopters like the residents of Balochistan?

I can present hundreds of examples in response to this illogical statement. Pakistan has been put in state of war and military action can be taken any time ANYWHERE needed depending upon how critical the intensity of  situation is, even in the heart of Islamabad someone challenging writ of the government and threatening/harassing civilians with weapons in their hands, government has not spare them no matter what. Lal-Masjid is the BIGGEST example, were they Baloch? No; they were only doing illegal activities and disturbing ‘law and order situation’ just like militants are doing in Balochistan. Government is dealing all terrorists equally; doesn’t matter if they are living in FATA or Loralai.

-          Everyone knows how the lawmakers get elected to Balochistan’s provincial assembly.
This argument is quite interesting. Brahamdagh’s grandfather had been part of the Balochistan assembly and remained as governor of the province, by lifting such points isn’t he actually leaving BIG question mark on the ‘era’ when his grandfather was part of the elected government’?

-          CPEC would not bring any prosperity to people of Balochistan.

I wonder what makes Mr. Brahamdagh feels that this development project will not bring any prosperity to people of Balochistan. He nor his forefathers or any other Sardar in Balochistan could bring such type of mega projects for the Socio economic development of Balochistan (except Gwadar project which was also completed in General Mushraf’s era).

-          Some clerical jobs? We don’t want to be the gatekeepers of gas pipelines; we demand a fair share of the wealth for our province.

This again leave question mark on all those Sardars and Nawabs who never took interest in education sector of Balochistan. When you provide no educational facilities to people of this province how these people can get job of some engineer?  After ruling decades you people have not done nothing for poor Baloch, children of Sardars and Nawabs are completing studies in Oxford university but a common Baloch living in the deserts of Balochistan doesn’t even have a proper school in Balochistan. Baloch are having 6 percent quota in civil superior services of Pakistan & Balochistan public service commission is only for the people of Balochistan which offers merit & quota based jobs to Baloch people.

                If Sardars have been ruling Baloch people then it is their responsibility to provide basic facilities to Baloch citizen that includes clean water, better health and educational facilities, schools and hospitals, buildings roads and power supplies along with proper sewerage system. BUT nothing has been done so far, since past decade government of Pakistan is building school, colleges and universities in Balochistan with the help of Pakistan Army. Many small projects are already under process and CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic corridor) is above all those projects. These development projects are ray of hope to end Sardari and Nawabi colonization in Balochistan, for them which is very hard to digest.

                I, as a responsible citizen of Pakistan, urge all these Sardars and Nawabs to eradicate this self-exiled life and instead of seeking for political asylum in Switzerland and England ‘return to Pakistan’ and do something good for Baloch what their forefather could never do.

زندہ لاکھ کا،تو مرا ؟

اگر آپ اپنے گردو نواح  کا جائزہ لیں توآپ کو بہت سی ایسی مخلوقات اپنے اردگرد  چلتی پھرتی دیکھائی دیں گی جو بظاہر تو اپنے آپ کو انسانی حقوق کے کارکن (ہیومن رائیٹ ایکٹوسٹ)کہتی نظر آئیں گی مگرحقیقت میں ان کا انسانی حقوق سے دور دور تک کوئی لینا دینا نہیں ہو گا۔  یقین کریں، اگر ان سے متعلق آپ ایک سے دو دن بھی  ہلکا پھلکا سا مطالعہ کر لیں  گے تو ان کی متعصب اور یکطرفہ سوچ سے اچھی طرح سے واقف ہو جائیں گے۔ باقی سب کو تو چھوڑ ہی  دیجئے، مجھ سے خود بھی ان کو سننے کی غلطی سرزد ہوئی تھی  اسی لیے  میں یہ سوچ سوچ کر  حیران ہوں کہ لوگ آخر  ان پر یقین کر کیسے لیتے ہیں؟

تو 9 اپریل 2015 بروز جمعرات  شام 6 بج کر 30 منٹ پر  پاکستان کی معروف نجی  یونیورسٹی " لمز " کے شعبہ سیاسیات نے ایک سیمینار منعقد کرنا تھاجو شروع ہونے سے پہلے ہی حکومت کی جانب سے یونیورسٹی کو منسوخ کرنے کاحکم جاری کر دیا گیا تھا، جس پر سیمینار  منعقد کرانے والوں نے سوشل میڈیا پر فوراً  ہی پاکستان کی ایجنسیز کے خلاف ایک منظم مہم کا آغاز کر دیا۔ایسے معلوم ہو رہا تھا جیسے وہ پہلے سے ہی شور شرابے کے لیے تیار بیٹھے ہوئے تھے، دیکھنے والوں نے یہ بھی دیکھا کہ کچھ حضرات ٹویٹر پر یہ کہتے نظر آئے  کہ اس سیمینار کو "ڈی- جی -آئی- ایس -آئی" کے براہ راست حکم سے منسوخ کرایا گیا ہے۔

اس بات کے چند گھنٹوں کے اندر ہی بہت سے حقائق سامنے آنا شروع ہو گئے جن  میں سے چیدہ چیدہ یہ ہیں۔۔۔ سیمینار کو منعقد کرنے والے  ڈاکٹر تیمور رحمان تھے، مہمانوں میں 2 اور اہم ناموں کا بھی ذکر کرنا ضروری ہے ، ایک ماما قدیر اور دوسرا  'میر محمد علی تال پور۔  تھوڑی سی ہی تحقیق کرنے پر کچھ حیرت انگیز انکشافات سامنے آئے، میر محمد علی تال پوردراصل  اسد رحمان  جو کہ تیمور رحمان کے سگے چچا ہیں کے قریبی ساتھیوں میں سے ایک ہیں۔۔اگر ان کے ماضی کا جائزہ لیا جائے تو بہت سے سوالات کے جواب ایسے ہولناک آئیں گے کہ کسی  بھی محب وطن پاکستانی کے لیے لمحہ فکریہ بن سکتے ہیں۔  میر محمد علی تال پور اور اسد رحمان  آج سے 4 دہائی پہلے سویت اور بھارتی خفیہ ایجنسیز کے ساتھ مل کر پاکستان کے خلاف افغانستان میں بیٹھ کر سازشیں رچاتے رہے ہیں(سویت انٹیلیجنس سروس  نے "بی-ایس-او " کو پاکستان کے خلاف استعمال کرنے کے لیے افغانستان میں تیار کروایا تھا)۔

لمز یونیورسٹی ان حضرات کی حرکتوں سے باخوبی واقف ہو گئی اس لیےسیمینار کا تو سوال ہی پیدا نہیں ہونا تھا، لہذا انہوں نے ایک نیا ہدف تلاش کیا۔ وہ نیا ہدف کراچی کی ایک خاتون "سبین محمود"تھی جو غریبوں کے لیئے اپنے دل میں  بہت درد رکھتی تھی۔ سیمینار منعقد کروانے کے لیے سبین کے سامنے یقیناً وہی رونے روئے گے جو ماما قدیر ہر جگہ روتا پھرتا تھا۔ سبین محمود نےماما قدیر پر ترس کھا کر  ان لوگوں کے لیے سیمینار منعقد کروا دیا۔ مگر ستم ظریفی دیکھیں کہ جس عورت کو انہوں نے مدد کے بہانے ورغلایا، اسی کی پیٹھ میں اپنے مفادات کے لیےبعد ازاں چھرا بھی گھونپ ڈالا۔ چونکہ سیمینار سے کسی قسم کا فائدہ ان لوگوں کو نہیں پہنچا اور کوئی میڈیا کورئج بھی حاصل نہیں ہوئی تو سیمینار کے فوراً بعد سبین کو گھر جاتے ہوئے رستے میں ہی گولیا ں مار کر قتل کر دیا گیا،بلکل ایسے ہی جیسے بلوچستان میں بی-آر-اے اور بی-ایل-اے کے وہ دہشت گرد غریب بلوچ عوام کا قتل کرتے تھے جن کے لیے ماما قدیر اور ان کا بیٹا کام کرتے تھے۔

 تیمور رحمان جس لابی میں ہے  اور جس سیاسی ایجنڈے پر کام کر رہا ہے اس پر مجھے اب کوئی شک نہیں رہا، اور ماما قدیر کی حقیقت تو بہت پہلے ہی سامنے آگئی تھی۔اتنا کچھ ہو گیا  مگر نہ تو جلیل ریکی کے باپ   ماما قدیر کو کچھ ہوا اور نہ ہی اسد رحمان کے بھتیجےتیمور لال  کو کچھ ہوا۔ مگر نقصان ہوا کس کا؟؟ وہ جو ان کی باتوں میں آگئی تھی؟

میرا ماننا ہے کہ چونکہ ان لوگوں  کے ماضی سے متعلق عام لوگ نا واقف ہیں لہذا وہ ان لوگوں کی الٹی سیدہی باتوں میں  بھی جلدی آ جاتے ہیں۔ کراچی میں ہونے والا سبین محمود کا قتل  کیس اس کی سب سے بڑی مثال ہے۔ سبین محمود کے ذریعے پہلے سیمینار منعقد کرایا  گیا تاکہ لمز کی طرزکا ایک اور "سین کیریٹ" کیا جا سکے۔ مگر ایسا نہ ہوسکا اور نہ ہی کسی نے اس معمولی سے سیمینار کو سنجیدگی سے لیا۔ پھرماما قدیر اور اس کے ساتھی کیسے سب کی توجہ حاصل کرتے؟ سبین کو قتل کروا  کے اگر الزام پھر سے حساس اداروں پر لگا دیا جائے تو ظاہری سی بات ہےجیسے نا معلوم افراد والا ڈنکنا بجا تھا ویسے ہی اس "سٹنٹ" کے ذریعے ماما قدیر کی ڈوبتی ہوئی ساک دوبارہ سے بحال کی جا سکتی تھی۔ سبین کی مثال ان لوگوں کے لیے اُس ہاتھی کی سی تھی جو اگر زندہ لاکھ کا ہوتا ہے تو مرنے کے بعد سوا لاکھ کا ہو جاتا ہے۔ ۔ افسوس کے ماما قدیر کی حقیقت سےچونکہ عام عوام نا واقف ہیں لہذا ہمیں سبین جیسی خاتون کی جان سے اسکی قیمت ادا کرنی پڑی۔۔

میری درخواست ہے کہ ماما قدیر اور دہشت گردوں کے باقی ماندہ تمام ترجمانوں اور حمایتیوں کے ساتھ ریاست سختی سے نبٹے، حکومت چھوٹے بچوں کی طرح آرمی کی انگلی تھام کر جیسے پاؤں پاؤں چل رہی ہے اس سے تو لگتا ہے کہ جیسے ہم نے حکمرانوں کو ووٹ نہیں دیا بلکہ دودھ پیتا بچہ گود لے لیا ہے جسکی حفاظت بھی ہمارے پیش پڑ گئی ہے۔

Reality Of Relief Efforts In Balochistan

Awaran is a district of Balochistan that was hit by 7.7 magnitude earthquake on 24^th of September, 2013. The aftershocks were even scarier for the population that was affected by earthquake; reports say that 125,000 out of 3000,000 inhabitants of the district suffered because of this natural catastrophe. Those who don’t know much about this area will be amazed to know that Awaran is one of the most underdeveloped districts of Balochistan. According to Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority’s (ERRA) estimates, this disaster took 375 lives, left more than 825 injured and twenty five thousand houses completely destroyed. Right after the disaster, as always, Army was deployed for the relief efforts immediately. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), One thousand Army personnel from Quetta and Khuzdar reached the affected areas and began relief work within few hours. Army units from Karachi also rushed to the affected areas for timely provision of medical aid. Dozens of people were trapped under the rubble of their collapsed houses; yet important to highlight that because of immediate rescue operation many lives were saved.

Pakistan Army, along with FC (Frontier Corps), promptly acted as asked by the government. Army, FC and PAF operated in a closely coordinated “Relief &Rescue” joint operation.  PAF C-130, dropped huge amount of relief goods, a sigh of relief to affected inhabitants. It is true that the FC components located in the area were also struck due to this high scale earthquake but even though they were the first ones to respond to the situation with a full sense of responsibility without any hesitation. Even before the collection points were established in, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Karachi and Islamabad; they distributed their own rations that was around 500 tons; they distribute tents, sleeping bags, mattresses, bed sheets, blankets, clean cloths, cooking utensils, bathroom items, medicines, and other commodities of most common use. Around 2,500 Army personnel and 1,000 FC personnel were part of the relief efforts, these relief efforts continued even during the Eid days including a unit of Army lady officers was also deployed to help earthquake victims. By the end of the Eid holidays, 24 relief sorties of C-130 and 240 helicopter sorties had flown, completing over 526 flying hours. a field hospital in Awaran and six mobile medical camps at far-flung localities were also established by the Army. Where more than 8,000 local patients were been treated, besides that  7,000 tons of food items were delivered and 37,000 tents were distributed by the Army besides thousands of school books, stationery items along with sports gear.

Sadly, the relief efforts were been politicized and its reason was “militarized”. The militants and their collaborators along with the help of hostile neighbor countries and agencies violently started opposing the relief activities by the Army and FC. Whether it was a war of words, or a war of weapons, without any distinction they sabotage the relief efforts. The militants repeatedly attacked Pakistan security forces personnel during relief work. According to reports, during first twenty attacks, six security forces personnel embraced martyrdom and leave more than one dozen seriously injured. They were heavily equipped with foreign funded weapons and sadly are still actively working against Pakistan army. The relief work was badly affected by these militants yet army is still working hard to maintain the law and order situation along with relief work. The noble acts and activities are continuously opposed and relief work was not only attacked by rockets and machine guns but also Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by the militants. I appreciate the efforts of Pakistan Army but I also believe that it has become VERY necessary for Law Enforcement agencies and security forces to deal with these militants ruthlessly in order to maintain law and order situation so that they ‘dare’ not disturb the relief efforts or any other development projects. Remember, Prosperous Balochistan is the key of successful Pakistan!

راز کھل چکے ہیں ماموں!

مئی 2012، لاپتہ افراد کے لئے بنائے جانے والے کمیشن کے چیف 'جسٹس(ر) جاوید اقبال' نے کمیشن کو یہ رپورٹ پیش کی تھی کہ لاپتہ افراد سے متعلق کئے جانے والا پروپیگنڈہ نہ صرف بے بنیاد ہے بلکہ اس پروپیگنڈے کے ذریعے قانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں کو بدنام کرنے کی بھی کوشش کی جا رہی ہے۔
وقت گزرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ جب حقائق سامنے آنا شروع ہوئے تو معلوم ہوا کہ اس  پروپیگنڈے کا مقصد صرف قانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں کو بدنام کرنا ہی نہیں تھا بلکہ اسکی آڑ میں بہت سے گھناؤنے رازوں پر پردے ڈالنا بھی تھا۔ جیساکہ لاپتہ افراد جن کا زوروشور سے چرچہ ہو رہا تھا وہ افراد اچانک غائب کیسے ہوئے؟ ان کو غائب کرنے سے فائدہ کسے ہوا؟ انہیں زمین نگل گئی یا آسماں؟ ان تمام سوالوں سے جان چھڑانے کا ایک بہت اچھا طریقہ یہ ہے کہ لوگوں کے دلوں میں اس طرح کی باتیں ڈال دی جائیں جن سے نہ صرف ان سوالات سے جان بخشی ہوجائے بلکہ اس سے  پہلے کہ سوالات کی بھونچاڑ ہم پر ہو الٹا ہم دوسروں پر شروع کر دیں۔
یہ دوسرے کون ہیں؟ ظاہر ہے وہی، جو یہ ملک، دشمن کی لاکھ کوششوں کے باوجود بھی ٹوٹنے نہیں دے رہے ہیں۔ ایک طرف وہ سردار اور نواب جو غریب بلوچ عوام پر صدیوں سے نہ صرف حاکم بنے بیٹھے ہیں بلکہ اس عوام کو اس قدر پسماندہ حالت میں رکھے ہوئے ہیں کہ کہیں ان میں سے کوئی پڑھ لکھ کر انکے مقابلے پر کھڑا نہ ہو جائے، کیونکہ اگر ایسا ہوتا ہے تو پھر یہ اپنی حاکمیت کس پر جھاڑیں گے؟
دوسری جانب ماما قدیر نامی ایک کردار لا کھڑا کرنا جس کا اپنا ماضی نہایت ہی مشکوک ہے، '' یو۔ بی۔ ایل '' میں کچھ سال قبل ملازمت سے ہاتھ دھونے والا یہ شخص درحقیقت غبن کرتے پکڑا گیا تھا مگر چونکہ اسکا بیٹا بلوچستان میں بدامنی پھیلانے والی ایک تنظیم کا سرگرم کارکن تھا لہذا مقدمہ دائر کرنا تو دور کی بات، کس مائی کے لال میں اتنی جرات نہ تھی کہ ماما قدیر سے انکے ڈھیروں ڈھیر اسلحے سے لیس بھانجوں کے ہوتے ہوئے سوال بھی کر جائے۔ ماما قدیر کے بیٹے کی سرگرمیاں کسی بھی عام انسان کے ہوش اڑا دینے کے لیے کافی تھیں۔ مصوف انسانی سمگلنگ کے علاوہ کم عمر بچوں کو ڈرا دھمکا کر  انہیں بم نصب کرنے کی تربیت دلواتے تھے جس کے دوران بہت سے بچے دوران تربیت ہی مارے جاتے تھے۔
 ان حضرت کی اضافی خوبی کا قارئین کے سامنے ذکر نہ کرنا بھی سرا سر زیادتی ہوگی،  تو چلیں پھر ذرا دل تھام لیں۔ ۔ ۔ جس انسانی سمگلنگ کا گزشتہ پیراگراف میں ذکر کیا گیا ہے اس کا تعلق اُن کیمپوں سے ہے جو افغانستان اور بھارت میں دہشتگردوں کو تخریب کاری کی تربیت دے کے افغانستان کے راستے بلوچستان سے ہوتے ہوئے پاکستان کے مختلف شہروں میں منظم قسم کے حملے کرانے کے لئے استعمال کرتے ہیں۔
اسی سمگلنگ کے دوران جب بگٹی امن فورس جلیل ریکی ( ماما قدیر کے بیٹے) کے  عسکریت پسند گروپ کو پکڑ لیتی ہے اور دونوں جانب سے فائرنگ کے تبادلہ کے دوران جلیل بھی مارا جاتا ہے جسکی خبر ٹیلیویژن نیوز چینل کے ذریعے پھیلتی ہے۔ ایسے میں ماما قدیر کو دن میں تارے دکھائی دینے لگتے ہیں۔ اب چونکہ جھوٹ پکڑا گیا تو ماما جی نے کہانی کو نیا رنگ دینا شروع کیا جو کسی حد تک ماما قدیر کو بےچارہ ثابت کرنے میں مددگار بھی ثابت ہوا۔
ماما قدیر کے دھرنوں اور لانگ مارچ کے سلسلے شروع ہوتے ہیں اور بقول ماما جی کے 21ہزار لاپتہ افراد کے لواحقین اس لانگ مارچ کا حصہ بنتے ہیں مگر تصاویر اُٹھا کے دیکھی جائیں تو 21ہزار لاپتہ افراد کے لواحقین میں سے 21سو بھی وہاں موجود نہ تھے۔ کل ملا کے ہر تصویر میں مجھے 21سے 22 افراد ہی ہر جگہ دیکھائی دیئے۔
سمجھ سے باہر ہے کہ ہمارے اعلی حکام کہاں سو رہے ہیں؟ ایک ایسا شخص جو دہشتگردوں کو اس طرح سے پورٹریٹ کرتا ہے کہ فوج کے شہداء تو ایک طرف بے گنا بازاروں مسجدوں اور حتی کہ پرامن مذہبی جلوسوں سے لیکر ٹرینوں تک میں بم دھماکے کرنے والے معصوم اور انہیں روکنے والے بُرے؟ آفرین ہے ان سب پر جو ابھی بھی ماما قدیر کی یہ سب باتیں نہ صرف سنتے ہیں بلکہ دہشتگردوں کے اس ماموں کو بک بک کرنے کے لیے اپنے پروگراموں میں مدعو بھی کرتے ہیں۔
میری قانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں سے گزارش ہے کہ ماما قدیر جو نہ صرف پورے ملک کو ماموں بنانے کے چکروں میں ہے بلکہ ملکی سلامتی کے اداروں کے خلاف بھی سازشیں کر رہا ہے۔
اس شخص کو کوئی بھی نجی ادارہ چھان بین کر کے نہیں بلاتا۔ اسی لیے کوئی بھی اسکے ماضی سے واقف نہیں ہے لہذا یہ حکومت اور قانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں کی ذمہ داری ہے کہ وہ ملکی سلامتی کو پیش نظر رکھتے ہوئے ملک میں ایسے تمام لوگوں کو بے نقاب کریں۔

Raising Whose Voice?

International Intrigues anti Pakistan elements are incessantly conspiring against the province of Balochistan and making it spotlight of wicked schemes and mischievous designs. Hostile elements are keeping efforts to keep the province underdeveloped by promoting acrimonious sense of dissent, political volatility, sectarian violence, deteriorating law and order situation and arousing sentiments of separatism. Geopolitical location of Balochistan also makes it significant for world powers. The Big Game is on, and with the signing of agreement between China & Pakistan on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), world powers will make their all out efforts to destabilize Pakistan. The missing person hue and cry is one of the chapters of the book written by foreign players, which is getting in lime light faster than ever. Lets analyze the basics of this “Missing Person Drama”.

Chief of the inquiry commission on ‘missing persons’ Justice (Retired) Javed Iqbal said that baseless propaganda was being done pertaining to the number of missing persons in the country, reported in Dawn News in the middle of 2012. It was also reported that foreign intelligence agencies were involved in the issue, not only to malign the repute of law enforcement agencies but to create an environment of chaos in the country. This was basically done to make an impression that no place in Pakistan is safe, even the ‘Places of worship’. Highlighting the issue of missing persons was also part of the game to gain countless advantages for their GREATER game plan.

It is said that the missing persons is a generic term used in Pakistan to refer to the alleged ostensibly hundreds of persons, and the blame was put on our own Law Enforcement Agencies. It is still a question whether the people were actually been “forcefully disappeared” or there was something fishy going on in the back burner by anti-state elements? Whatever the case was, one thing is certain, enemy made the most benefit out of this…

Now the question arises, who were the missing persons? Were they really innocent or were they the people who challenge the writ of government by planting bombs in fully crowded public places, are involved in extortion, target killing and kidnappings; from where do these so-called ‘innocent’ people get not only heavy explosives but also use these explosives to kill people viciously. This horrific bloodshed has spread a MASSIVE wave of terror in Pakistan which lasted for more than a decade and caused a massacre of innocent people, continuing to this day; the people who otherwise, had NEVER even seen the bullet of a rifle in their entire life.

After years of hard work and efforts, when things begin to settle down in an organized manner, suddenly a loud slogan hits the ears; this time it’s not a creepy looking suicide attacker holding highly sophisticated million dollar weapon in his hands killing civilians like a butcher BUT a goon with his head covered with a heavy white turban, holding picture of one of the goons of very same group that was involved in killing thousands of innocent Pakistanis and claiming openly in a video (available all over on internet) that he is part of the organization that is fully supported by foreign intelligence agencies, including “RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), Mossad (Israeli Intelligence Service) and NDS (National Directorate of Security)”. The goon guy is known as Mama Qadeer and the guy in picture is his son Jalil Reki who was killed in one of the battles between Baloch Republic Party and Baloch Peace Keeping Army, but Mama Qadeer proclaims that his son was killed by the law-enforcing agencies.

Recently news was published in a well-known newspaper where Mama Qadeer says “21,000 missing in Balochistan”; God knows from where and how Mama Qadeer has compiled the list of these missing persons and from where can I get this list to verify about those missing persons. The title given to his statement was “Raising his voice” raising WHOSE voice and against WHOM? Father of a terrorist? A terrorist who was killed during the exchange of fire between a group of a terrorist organization BRA (Baloch Republic Army) and Baloch Peace Keeping Forces? Meaning terrorists vs Pakistan? I guess there is no need to discuss this case further…

But hold on a second, if the compiled list of missing persons is correct then another question arises; where are all these missing persons? After all, the agencies can’t just simply gulp 21,000 people, now can they? On the other hand, how come Mama Qadeer is so sure about the statistics of these missing persons? Things get more dramatic when I start studying the case in detail.

Jalil Reki (Son of Mama Qadir) used to recruit children by force and trained them to install bombs (many got killed during the training). He also used to smuggle people to militant training camps in India and Afghanistan and once training was completed, he took them back to Pakistan through Pak - Afghan border. During this smuggling, his group was intercepted by Baloch Peace Keeping Forces and during exchange of fire Jalil Reki was killed.
This is the information you will get only if you want to see the other side of the picture, the picture other than what the media is continuously feeding into your minds. No one from law enforcement agencies will come and knock your door and explain to you that what they are doing is for your own good.

Before summing up this debate I would like to say only one thing that “People need to know this. They are militants. People sit in their homes comfortably, use media – social media, electronic media, but they need to know the truth. The truth that mainstream media is not showing you”. I will advise the stooges of our print media to have some grey matter, before publishing such baseless articles. It really reflects the level of their investigative journalism which seems to be at its lowest ebb at the moment.

Let’s not blur the lines between Activism and Terrorism

Taking lead from the current trend in the country, LUMS – Lahore University of Management Sciences’s Professor invited the so-called human rights activist Mr. Abdul Qadeer Reki, commonly known amongst the masses as “Mama Qadeer” in the seminar held in Islamabad on 9^th April, 2015. Other members in the panel included Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur, Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Sajjad Changezi, editor of “Daily Times” Rashid Rahman, and Farzana Majeed. Mama Qadeer, who is himself chairman of VMBP (Voice for Baloch Missing Persons) claims that his son, Jalil Reki was killed by the agencies of Pakistan, and has since surmounted much popularity and support from the separatist and anti-state groups of the country. As a matter of fact, Jalil Reki was not killed by the agencies; instead he was killed in one of the fights between Baloch tribes’ coalition Amann Lashkar and BRA ( Balochistan Republic Army) .

Jalil was a member of BRP (Balochistan Republic Party), a separatist organization who claimed responsibility for the bombing and destruction of the country’s national heritage site, Ziarat Residency in Quetta, besides being a part of other illegal and terrorist involvements.

Similarly, Mama Qadeer’s own past is quite disreputable. Qadeer used to work in UBL (United Bank Limited) in Quetta. He was fired by UBL, due to his fraudulence activities. Henceforth, Mama Qadeer has been involved in speaking out against the law-enforcing agencies of the country. He claims that Pakistan’s military is behind the killing of numerous innocent people, termed as ‘Missing Persons’ by the VMBP organization. These missing persons in reality are trained insurgents, specially trained in specific places of Afghanistan and India to fuel cross-border terrorism in Pakistan.

With such a colorful background and anti-Pakistan motives, the government did right to cancel Mama Qadeer’s seminar. However, there has been much frenzy about the topic, most of which was created in support of Mama Qadeer. Interestingly, the cancellation of 9^th April’s event is being termed as an anti-Balochistan move, ironically, for a person who even though calls himself a Balochi but does not believe in Balochistan being a part of Pakistan!

How is then silencing him because of his potent anti-state? Balochistan is a land laden with history of patriots, sacrifices, injustices even and for a past few years a nexus for geo-political turmoil. Balochis, a vast majority of them, are patriotic people, whose ancestors envisioned a united Pakistan, full of opportunities for the region’s youth. However, many of the region’s landlords have made sure to give the province a fate which is otherwise. It is important to be noted that such separatist and terrorist organizations do NOT represent the sentiments of Balochs. Whoever does wrong must be brought to justice, but thankfully, the nation’s people are not so naïve so as to believe every so-called human rights activist who spews negativity against the country’s very own guardians and upholders of justice as the culprits behind the terrorist war of the country, when the facts, documented incidents and proofs all say so otherwise. Sorry Mr. Qadeer but you can’t fool the nation’s youth any more, at least not all of them, because there is a difference between activism and championing terrorism, and you, with your own personal history, affiliations and financing, side with the latter! In the end i am utterly amazed by such an unwise and unpatriotic initiative by LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences). Such a blunder was never expected from an educational institute of such stature and repute.  

Old Currency Coins Of Kalat State

کیا برطانیہ کا فرض غداروں کی حفاظت ہے۔۔۔۔۔۔؟؟؟

اگر ماضی میں جھانک کر دیکھا جائے تو یہ کوئی زیادہ پرانی بات نہیں جب  'وہ'  ضیاءالحق کے دور میں اپنی اہل و عیال سمیت افغانستان فرار ہو گیا تھا۔ اس کے بیٹوں میں سے ایک نے کابل میں اپنی  ابتدائی تعلیم کے بعد اعلیٰ تعلیم کے لیے  روس کی طرف  رخ کیا جہاں سے 90ء کی دہائی میں وہ   پاکستان آگیا۔ اُسے  اتنے برسوں بعد بھی ملک واپسی پر کسی قسم کی مشکل کا سامنا نہ کرنا پڑا۔ اُس سے  نہ تو کوئی سوال کیا گیا  نہ ہی ان کے  سیاسی کیریئر میں کسی قسم کی رکاوٹ  پیدا کی گئی۔ 

1996ء میں یہ شخص  بلوچستان کاوزیرِ تعلیم منتخب ہوا مگر اپنے والد کی روایات کو برقرار رکھتے ہوئے ماصوف نے نہ صرف اربوں کا غبن کیا بلکہ ساتھ ساتھ جسٹس نواز مری کے قتل میں بھی ملوث پایا گیا۔اُس کے پاس اس سب کے بعد یہی حل بچا کہ وہ بھی اپنے والد کی طرح ملک سے فرار ہوجائے اور اُس نے یہی کیا۔۔۔  برطانیہ میں باقی ماندہ  اُن پاکستانی غداروں کی طرح سیاسی پناہ لے لی جو جرائم کی ایک لمبی لسٹ  اپنے ہمراہ لیے  برطانیہ میں سیاسی پناہ کے نام پر ہمیشہ ہمیشہ کے لیے  رہائش پذیر ہو جاتے ہیں۔ اب تک  قارئین اچھی طرح سمجھ چکے ہونگے کہ کن کا ذکر مبارک ہو رہا ہے مگر نئی نسل ان حضرت کو صرف نام سے جانتی ہو گی،انکے ماضی سے نہیں۔ دراصل یہ شخص کوئی اور نہیں بلکہ  'حربیارمری' ہے، نواب خیر بخش مری  کا  پانچواں بیٹا ، وہی نواب خیر  بخش  مری جو ضیاء کے دور میں افغانستان فرار ہوا تھا۔

حیران کن بات یہ ہے کہ غداری میں حربیار مری اپنے والدپر  بھی سبقت لے گیا اور  بیرونِ ملک مقیم ہوتے ہی متعدد بین الاقوامی  ایجنسیز  کے ساتھ ملاقاتوں کا آغاز شروع کردیا، دشمنوں کے ساتھ گٹھ جوڑ لیا، کھربوں  کے  فنڈز  بھی ملے جو  ظاہری سی بات ہے ان لوگوں سے ملے جنکی برسوں سے بلوچستان کے   ''ان''  قیمتی ذخائر پر نظر تھی جو  ان کھربوں کے فنڈز سے کہیں زیادہ بیش قیمت ہیں جن پر حربیار  مری کو عیش کرائی جانی تھی ۔اسکے بدلے میں حربیار مری نے بلوچستان میں علیحدگی کی تحریک کو طول  دینا شروع کیا اور غیر ملکی اسلحے کی سمگلنگ کاکام تیز کر دیا۔

حربیار مری  کی  عسکریت پسندوں پر مبنی  یہ فوج صرف 500 افراد پر مشتمل ہے، جسے ''بی-ایل-اے'' یعنی  بلوچستان لبریشن آرمی  کا نام دیا گیا۔ یہ تنظیم جرائم پیشہ افراد پر مبنی ہے جو مختلف  وارداتوں میں  حکومت کو انتہائی مطلوب ہیں ۔ یہ افراد  چوری چکاری سے لیکر ڈکیتی ،بھتہ خوری،اغواء برائے تاوان حتٰی کہ قتل و غارت میں بھی ملوث پائے  جانے کی بناء پر حکومتِ پاکستان کی جانب سے اشتہاری قرار دئیے جانے کے بعد یہاں آکر بس گئے تھے اور  ''بی-ایل-اے'' میں شمولیت کے بعد   نہ صرف اپنے گھناونےکاموں کو مسلسل جاری رکھے ہوئے ہیں بلکہ اسلحہ اور طاقت کے زور پر پہلے سے بھی کہیں زیادہ مضبوط سے مضبوط تر ہوتے جا رہے ہیں۔ انہیں نہ صرف جدید غیر ملکی اسلحہ فراہم کیا جارہا ہے بلکہ اس کے استعمال کرنے کے لیے خاص تربیت بھی دی جارہی ہے۔  گوکے یہ چند سو جرائم پیشہ افراد پر مبنی شر پسند تنظیم  تین لاکھ سنتالیس ہزار ایک سو نوے  (347،190)کلو میٹر کے رقبے پر محیط   علاقے میں موجود تقریباً 80 لاکھ لگ بھگ کی آبادی  پر اتنے بھاری اسلحے کے ساتھ بھی ہرگزقابض  نہیں ہوسکتی۔ البتہ   بدامنی پھیلانے اور املاک کو نقصان پہچانے میں کافی حد تک کارآمد ہو سکتی ہے اور ہو بھی رہی ہے۔

حربیار مری  کا کام صرف اتنا ہے کہ وہ آئے دن 10 سے 12 افراد پر مشتمل ایک گروپ تشکیل دےجو بیرونِ ملک کسی کونسل خانے کے باہر ''پلے کارڈز'' لیکر کھڑے ہو جائیں۔ پھر ان کی مختلف زاویوں سے لی گئی تصاویر کو بعد ازاں سوشل میڈیا پر ریلیز کر دیا جاتا ہے۔ اس سب سے یقیناً ہوتا تو  کچھ بھی نہیں ہے مگر وہ حضور اپنی طرف سے ثابت کر دیتے ہیں کہ یہ بلوچ عوام کے لیے آزادی کی تحریک ہے جو دنیا بھر میں چل رہی ہے۔  یہ سب اس قدر مضحکہ خیزلگ رہا ہوتا ہے کہ کیا  اب بیرونِ ملک بیٹھے یہ 10 سے 12 افراد لوگ 80 لاکھ کے قریب آبادی کی قسمت کا فیصلہ کریں گے؟ کیا یہ  عیش و عشرت کی زندگی گزارنے والے اب عام  غریب بلوچ عوام کی ترجمانی کریں گے جن کے لیے آج تک ان سرداروں اور نواب زادوں نے کچھ بھی نہیں کیا؟

 باظاہر یہ ہی لگتا ہے کہ حربیار مری کی ان حرکتوں پر کوئی بھی کان نہیں دھرنے والا مگر یہ بہت بڑی خطرے کی گھنٹی ثابت ہو گی جب دشمن وقت آنے پر حربیار کی ان حرکتوں کومہرہ بنا کے  کھیلے گا۔ جس کے لیے زمینی کاروائیوں کا آغاز بہت پہلے سے ہو چکا ہے( جس کا ثبوت سیکورٹی فورسز کی آئے دن کی کاروایئاں ہیں جن کے نتیجے میں اب تک بھاری مقدار میں غیر ملکی اسلحہ  بی-ایل-اے کے دہشتگردوں کے پاس سے مسلسل برآمد ہو رہا ہے)

ایک طرف تو کمال مہارت کے ساتھ پہلے ان شرپسندوں  نے عام شہریوں کو اغواء اور قتل کیا، بعد ازاں ''لاپتہ افراد''کے نام پر ایک ایسی مہم کا آغاز کیا جس کا مقصدقانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں کو نشانہ بناناتھا۔ اس سب میں خاص کر  فوج اور حساس اداروں کو موردالزام ٹھہرایا جاتا رہا۔ اس  مہم کو کامیاب بنانے کے لیے  بیرونی فنڈنگ پر چلنے والے ناموار نیوز چینلز نے خاص کردار ادا کیا ۔ صحافیوں کو خریدا گیا اور لاپتہ افراد کا خوب ڈھنڈورا پیٹا گیا۔ دوسری جانب یہ شرپسند مسلسل  ہمسایہ ممالک سے  بڑے پیمانے پر  اسلحہ  برآمد کر رہے تھے  جس سے املاک بلخصوص گیس پائیپ لائینز کو بڑے پیمانے پر نقصان پہنچایا گیا۔

ان شرپسندوں کے ساتھ مذاکرات کی کوشش کی گئی مگر چونکہ ان کےپاس کہنے کو کچھ ہوتا ہی نہیں تھا لہٰذا مذاکرات کا باب شرو ع ہونے سے پہلے  ہی بند ہو گیا۔ اب جب سیکورٹی فورسز  کی کاروائیاں کے نتیجے میں  غیر ملکی اسلحہ سمیت دہشتگردوں کی رنگے ہاتھوں  گرفتاریاں ہو رہی ہیں تو برطانیہ میں بیٹھے حربیار مری کو دن میں تارے نظر آنے لگے ہیں مزید براں حکومتِ پاکستان کی جانب سے پیش کردہ ثبوتوں کے بعد حربیار بھکلاہٹ میں الٹے سیدھے بیانات دینا شروع ہو گیاجن میں سے چند اہم یہ ہیں:

۔ پاکستان نے گزشتہ 67 سال سے بلوچستان پرطاقت کے زور پر  قبضہ کیا ہوا ہے۔ حربیار کا یہ بیان ایسے ہی ہے جیسے لندن کا کوئی امیر زادہ   ایک دن صبح اٹھے اور بیان دے دے کہ ''برطانیہ لندن پر  گزشتہ 400سال سے طاقت کے زور پر قابض ہے۔

 ۔  بلوچستان میں ہمارے  جیسے علیحدگی پسندوں پر پاکستان  بربریت اور ظلم کر رہا ہے لہٰذا ہم یہاں پناہ لینے  آگے ہیں- 1992 سے لیکر جب تک حربیار پاکستان میں رہا اسے کوئی مسئلہ نہیں ہوا مگر جب لوٹ مار اور قتل کے مقدمہ میں ملوث پایا گیا تو برطانیہ فرار ہو کر ایسے بیان دینے شروع کر دئیے،دوسری جانب کیسے اپنی غریب عوام کو ،غیر ملکی اسلحہ سے لیس  500 شرپسندوں کے پاس تنہا چھوڑ کر اپنی جان بچا کے بھاگ گیا؟ صاف ظاہر ہے کہ مسئلہ بلوچ عوام کا نہیں بلکہ مسئلہ حربیار مری کی اپنی حاکمیت کا ہے

۔  ہم دنیا کو بتانا چاہتے ہیں کہ بلوچستان میں ظلم ہو رہا ہے۔( انہیں وہاں بیٹھے کیسے معلوم ہوا کہ یہاں ظلم ہو رہا ہے؟)

۔ برطانیہ کا فرض بنتا ہے کہ وہ ہماری حفاظت کرے۔ (بلکل برطانیہ کو ایسا ہی کرنا چاہیے۔کیوں؟ کیونکہ آخر کو حربیار مری کے دہشت گرد غیر ملکی اسلحہ سے لیس بلوچستان میں بدامنی پھیلانے میں بیرونی طاقتوں کا پوری طرح ساتھ دے رہے ہیں، اس لیے بیرونی طاقتیں مشکل کی اس گھڑی میں اب حربیار مری کا  ساتھ دیں)

۔  پاکستانی فوج چین اور مغربی ممالک سے ہتھیاراور دیگر امداد  وغیر ہ  لےکر معصوم بلوچ عوام پر استعمال کر رہی ہے۔(صحیح ، یعنی حربیار کے کہنے کا مطلب یہ ہے کہ وہ  500 شرپسند جو غیر ملکی اسلحہ سے لیس  بم دھماکے کرتے پھر رہے ہیں  وہ معصوم ہیں؟)

۔  پاکستانی جرنیل بد ترین انسانی حقوق کی خلاف ورزیوں کے مرتکب ہو رہے ہیں ۔  (بلکل صحیح !چونکہ  حکومتِ پاکستان کے حکم پر اب  شر پسندوں کو غیر ملکی  اسلحے سمیت گرفتار کیا جا رہا ہے لہٰذا اب سزا  جرنیلوں کو ملنی چاہیے ۔ کیونکہ اگر ایسا نہ کیا گیا تو گرفتاریوں کا یہ سلسلہ ایسے ہی جاری رہے گا ۔پھر  ایسے حالات میں    ہمارے دہشتگرد  گیس کی  پائیپ لائینز کیسے اُڑائیں گے؟)

۔  بین الاقوامی  اخلاقی اور قانونی طور طریقوں کے تحت پاکستانی جرنیلوں پر جنگی جرائم کے الزامات  عائد کر کے انہیں یوگوسلاویہ اور جنرل" پینوشے" کی طرح    عالمی عدالتوں میں پیش کیا جائے (کیونکہ اگر ایسا نہ کیا گیا توحربیار مری کو  غداری کی سزا کے طور پر جلد ہی  انگلستان نام کی گوری گوری حوروں والی  جنت سے نکال کر '  پاکستان کی کوٹ لکھپت جیل میں کسی  بڑی بڑی مونچوں والے ''رحم دل'' جیل سپرنٹنڈنٹ کے پاس پھینک دیا جائے گا)۔

۔  مجھ جیسے بہت سے لوگ  پاکستان سے فرار ہو کر بیرونِ ملک پناہ لینے پر مجبور ہو گئے ہیں  (وجہ؟کیونکہ کروڑوں  کا غبن اور قتل  وغارت کے بعد یہاں رہیں گے تو ایک نہ ایک دن پھانسی چڑھا دیئے جائیں گے۔ تو پھر کیوں نہ غداری کر کے  ملک سے دور بیٹھے اپنی باقی  کی زندگی عیش سے گزاری جائے)

یہ صرف وہ  چند چیدہ چیدہ باتیں ہیں  جو حربیار مری نے کہیں۔ اگر تفصیل میں جائیں تو پوری کتاب لکھی جا سکتی ہے۔ صاف ظاہر ہے کےحکومتِ پاکستان نے  چونکہ اب دہشتگردوں اور ان کی پشت پناہی کرنے والوں کے خلاف گھیرا تنگ کرنے کا آغاز کر دیا ہے لہٰذا اب غداروں کو اپنا مستقبل خطرے میں نظر آ رہا ہے۔ اور اُسی کی ایک کڑی حربیار مری کے یہ  تازہ ترین  رونے  دھونے ہیں جو وہ برطانیہ میں اپنے آقاؤں کے آگے رو رہا ہے۔ کسی نے سچ ہی کہا تھا

''گیدڑ کی موت آتی ہے تو شہر کی طرف دوڑتا ہے''

"حربیار مری کے گرد گھیرا تنگ ہوا تو وہ اپنے آقاؤں کی طرف دوڑ گیا"

Reply To Hyrbyair Marri

Britain has a moral and legal responsibility to handover “Robbers, TRAITORS & Killers who escaped and got Political Asylum in UK after committing series of crimes in Pakistan:

It was 30th January when I came across an article written by Hyrbyair Marri, a so-called Baloch-separatist sitting in “Great England”, enjoying “Luxurious” life, well-sponsored by several anti-Pakistan elements. I should not forget to comment on his connections with few top ranking secret service agencies particularly “RAW, Mossad and NDS” since AGES. Though it was quite unpleasant to read the crap he wrote to “British” authorities, and digesting it was even more agonizing; BUT I did it. Actually, let me confess something first; every time I hear Hyrbyair, I found him chewing the words that are been put into his mouth by his anti-Pak masters, especially those who are keeping their grimy and greedy eyes on Pakistan’s precious resources placed by nature its province Baluchistan.

Before going into the detail of what Hyrbyair wrote, allow me to take you back in history when Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, father of Hyrbyair Marri fled to Afghanistan during Zia’s era. Why? That is something I don’t need to tell you. Hyrbyair completed his early education from Kabul and for higher education he moved to Russia (sound fishy, isn’t it? YES, it is). Later this ‘Nawabzada’ got political asylum from “Great England” after giving the excuse of life threat to him, in his words “his life might be at risk if he returns to Pakistan”. The question then arises as to why this will happen? In 1992 when Hyrbyair returned to Pakistan and in 1996 he was elected to Balochistan assembly and took charge as Education Minister; As expected very soon he was found guilty of billions dollar embezzlement and killing Justice Nawaz Marri. He had no choice left other then escaping from Pakistan and what place could be safer hideout for thieves, robbers and killers other than United Kingdom?

Hope the above paragraph is ENOUGH for new generation to know how “HONEST” Mr. Hyrbyair is with people of Pakistan especially Balochistan. Now let’s get back to actual topic that made me write this article. On 19^th January, 2015; Hyrbyair wrote to Britain for play their “moral and legal” role to protect activists like him who are not just dishonest, corrupt but killers as well. Hyrbyair also put some bogus allegations on Pakistan military, in his words

Pakistan military is committing gross human rights in Balochistan to prolong its 67 year illegal occupation on Baloch land. They have martyred thousands of Baloch and several thousand have been disappeared who are missing without a trace from last many years.”

This statement highlights the character of Hyrbyair as it gives birth to more serious and multifaceted questions such as:

·        If Balochistan is occupied by military since last 67 years how come Balochistan assembly elected Hyrbyair?

·        If he was elected under military leadership then how the military let Hyrbyair become Minister of Balochistan? Or is he trying to say that he was also working under military and was “involved” in immoral, embezzlement and other illegal activities?

·        If thousands of Baloch have been “martyred” and kidnapped by military why Hyrbyair is hiding in United Kingdom and letting his people die here? Or maybe his life is more valuable than the Baloch people whom he brainwashed to do anti-state activities.

·        From where his organization is getting forgein weapons and from where he is getting the trained manpower for using these weapons against Pakistan’s military? Etc etc etc… these NEVER ending questions are NEVER replied by Hyrbyair and we don’t even expect it from a deceit conspirator like him.

The purpose of this statement of Hyrbyair was just to make his masters realize that the time has come to serve him just like he served them in spreading anarchy in Balochistan. As Government Of Pakistan has taken the strict action against all those anarchists who are working under RAW, CIA and Mossad’s umbrella to separate Balochistan from Pakistan.

By his confused and perplexed statements one can easily analyze the intensity of panic attacks that Hyrbyair has started to have right after the announcement of Government Of Pakistan to chase and hunt-down all the terrorists and vandals working under anti-state elements across Pakistan. The interested part begin when earlier Hyrbyair was talking about “illegal occupation on Baloch land” and the very next moment he started accusing military by saying that they are doing all this to get additional aid from world; once again question arise, is Hyrbyair trying to say that army is killing its own soldiers to get aid? So Mr. Hyrbyair, that means YOUR separatists are following the same doctrine i.e. killing and kidnapping innocent Baloch civilians to gain more funds from RAW, NDS and Mossad to destabilize Pakistan? And of course after all that, in return you are getting the “Luxurious” life that a common Baloch couldn’t even dream of. Too bad that in excessive urgency you clutter up EVERYTHING and hammered your own foot.

There was a point where Hyrbyair got so hasty that he begin to flu jab here to get world’s attention by saying that military weapons getting from China and Western world is been used against Baloch people. I am amazed to see how childish and strange kind of stories Hyrbyair is cooking in his dream world, seriously. Pakistan is fighting terrorism since 9-11 and instead of using these expensive weapons to maintaining Law and order situation of the state, military is going all the way from borders to inside Balochistan just to kill some bunch of civilians? How lame! On the other hand while talking about “democratic values and protection of human rights” he does not respond nor explain anything regarding the foreign weapons that his militants (the so-called separatists) are using against army and pro-Pakistani Baloch. And the MOST important question is from where and how they are getting foreign weapons to challenge the writ of state? His armed militants are continuously found guilty in kidnapping civilians, torturing and then killing them and what Hyrbyair is talking about protection of these militants? Wow, I must say he got some real GOOD moral fiber to impress his foreign masters! 

We as a common Baloch asking the world to stop protecting people like Hyrbyair and other foreign baked anti-sate elements in Pakistan who are taking funds from the enemies and using it against innocent un-armed civilians of Balochistan. As a free Pakistani, it is our basic human right to live with peace in our own soil where our forefathers decided to be part of Pakistan. Our protection under international laws is the responsibility of civilized world; therefore, all the separatist leaders MUST be hand over to Pakistan for doing treason as it has become necessary for maintaining the writ of state; the traitors SHOULD be prosecuted and punished after strict trial.

The paragraph in which Hyrbyair discussed the hundred and eight years old stories of treaties and the departure of British Raaj is a “master piece” of its own kind that NO one has read EVER before. This whole paragraph is evidence how good Hyrbyair is in cooking stories; in fact this is the height of “Lies and Deception” which cannot be even measured as even a school boy can tell you that this had NEVER happened in recorded history. But Hyrbyair knows the fact that whatever he is going to say would be known as truth because he has strong backing of big anti-Pakistani crocodiles, the very same crocodiles who are helping corrupt politicians to rule the country. Then who is going to counter these allegations?  Army ? Who is already fighting on every front?

But again check his bad luck, while chewing all these lies, one thing was forgotten by Hyrbyair and guess what it is? PATRIOTS, the patriots who are ALWAYS here to defend the honor and dignity of this land with STRONG potential to screw nut heads traitors like ‘NAWABZADA’ Hyrbyair.  The agreements Hyrbyair is mentioning again and again and again is NEVER seen by ANYONE else except he himself and of course his masters who made a fake copy of it for him.

By all these studies one thing is crystal clear that “Hyrbyair is a compulsive liar” and the day is not far when he will rue the day when he and his father decided to betray Pakistan. On the other hand UK must rethink its policy of harboring terrorists in its land. This is the order of the day!

Balochi Weddings

   

Like any other culture, the Baloch people also celebrate union of two people with utmost joy, warmth, and devotion; yet, basic rituals of traditional Balochi weddings differ to a great extent from other ethnicities of the region. Even though in big urban centres like Karachi, Quetta, Zahedan, Muscat, weddings to a little extent have transformed due to persistent local culture; however, in almost all villages, small cities and towns, conventional Balochi weddings are still practiced with all glory and novelty. This piece sheds light on the traditional and unique rituals practiced in the Balochi weddings.

In Baloch culture, generally parents and elders arrange the marriage after seeking consent from both parties. When a young man comes to his age, his family decides a suitable match for him. Sometimes, the young man himself chooses a girl and requests his family to ask for the girl’s hand from her family. However, many a times, the marriages are also arranged within relatives and friends.

The marriage process starts with man’s family asking for girl’s hand. When the girl’s father accepts the proposal, they hold a reception for groom’s family and formally accept the proposal. After that several meetings are held between banoor (bride) and saloonk’s (groom) families; groom’s family must assure the bride’s parents about the well-being of their daughter and they discuss every major & minor aspect of the marriage; first and foremost being the dowry.

Baloch customs are very unique in the sense that dowry is not given by the bride’s family but the groom’s family. In many cases, bride’s family demands the dowry of their own liking from the groom’s family which mainly includes gold, lands and other property. The bride’s parents are only supposed to gift clothes and gold to their daughter according to their financial status. They are under no obligation from the groom’s family for any material thing; if they are not economically sound bride leaves her parents house only with few ordinary clothes and groom or his family cannot dictate any terms to them. Apart from that, all expenses of wedding are also bore by groom’s family; the bride’s family is not supposed to use anything of their own even very small things like match boxes are also provided to them by the groom’s family for the wedding.

Habar-Bandi (Engagement)

Once all the details about marriage are decided and agreed upon, the two families fix the date for engagement and with those social conventions prohibit the bride and groom to face each other or visit houses of their future in-laws until the wedding. Engagements are usually small formal ceremony held at bride’s house. Only women of groom’s family (often only close family and friends) pay visit to bride’s house with gifts, accessories and a beautiful gold or diamond ring for the bride. Since groom cannot visit or face his fiancé before marriage, it’s his mother who put the ring on bride’s right-hand ring finger. Unlike other culture bride is very simply dressed for the occasion with no elaborate ensemble and make-up. The bride’s family then serves halwa, sharbat and tea to guests followed by lunch/dinner.

Bijjar

The literal meaning of Bijjar is “co-operation”. Bijjar is a very historic concept still practiced in many parts of Balochistan. In conventional Balochi weddings, few days before the start of wedding processions, saloonk (groom) or his family members demand/receive Bijjar (aid) from his community members (mainly relatives and friends) to smoothly perform the wedding. They get Bijjar in form of cattle, crops or nowadays cash. However, this Bijjar that they receive is a kind of liability on them which they have to return at the time when there’s a wedding at their place. For instance, if someone gives a goat as Bajjar, he would get it back when there’s a wedding of his children or siblings.

Jol Bandi

The pre-wedding ceremony starts with the event of Jol Bandi which is held at bride’s house. The word ‘Jol’ also called ‘bashanag’ literally means curtain, hence ‘Jol Bandi’ means tying the curtain. Jol Bandi is a grand, very important and a must ritual in Balochi weddings. It is the day when the wedding ceremonies formally begin. Jol Bandi like any other pre and post wedding ceremonies is largely women dominated; men don’t participate in rituals involving the bride.

The concept Jol Bandi is to officially start preparing the bride for her big day and to enhance her beauty with traditional methods. The services of ‘Sargwap’ are sought by the bride’s mother to prepare her daughter for the main wedding day. Sargwap is an expert lady more or less like a beautician, responsible for make-over and beautification of bride. She’s the lady who makes herbal mixture from scratch that would bring glow to bride’s skin and make it soft and beautiful; she also gives her hair treatments, removes her facial hair for the first time and would style her hair into traditional braids on her big day; thus, she stays with bride till wedding is officially over.

The bride sits inside the Jol with her face covered with a ‘deemgair’ till the wedding day. A deemgir is a delicate yellow cotton fabric tied to bride’s face so that no one other than sargwap could see bride’s face till the main wedding. It is also done to build curiosity of the people but primarily to make the bride look absolutely stunning on her big day. It is widely believed that if bride face is exposed to people, she wouldn’t look fresh and glowing on the main wedding day.

Ceremony officially kicks off when women of groom’s family along with their guests come to bride’s house to tie up the Jol. The bride’s mother also invites large number of guests as it is one of the biggest events of Balochi weddings.  For the occasion, groom’s mother makes beautiful doochi (traditional Balochi embroidery) and embellished Jol Along with a deemgir with doochi motifs. She also brings a doochi dress and chador for bride. The sweets for Jol Bandi are also brought by the bride’s mother, which are distributed at the end of the ceremony among all guests

The ceremony formally begins with groom’s family and guests entering bride’s house with dhol and sorna/ullalu (a long and high-pitched vocal sound). They are greeted by bride’s family with sweets, garlands and sprinkles of rose water. They proceed to corner of the room where bride is seated, groom’s sister change her chador with the one they have made for her, then seven happily married women put mailab (a fragrant herbal mixture for hair) and a special oil on bride’s hair and another herbal yellow mixture on bride’s face, after that family members of both groom and bride fed the bride with halwa one by one. Then groom’s family ties the deemgir on bride’s face and then the Jol, hence marking the symbolic hand over of bride to sargwap for beauty preparations. After the Jol is tied, all the ladies including bride’s mother put money inside the Jol and all these money goes to the sargwap. Then the sweets brought by groom’s mother are distributed to guests and bride’s mother serves lunch/dinner and chilim (hookah) to guests.

The rituals are performed to the beats of dhol, sorna/ullalu, and songs by family members or professional performers hired for the occasion. The ladies also perform do chaapi. Do chaapi is a dance form in which groom’s and brides close family members and friends forms a circle, click their fingers and clap while moving around a circle.

Previously, brides would sit in the Jol for the whole week but with the passage of time days are reduced to two to three. Some modern urban brides just sit in jol for few hours for the rituals and go to her room when all guests leave.

The Event of Aroma & Scents

A day or two after Jol Bandi, bride’s mother invite her relatives and friends to scent all bride’s clothes in traditional way. The groom’s family is not invited for the event unless they are close relatives. The event usually takes place after lunch and is performed in same room where jol is tied. Basically, this ceremony is not only to scent bride’s clothes, it is also a way for bride’s mother to show to the people, the beautiful Balochi dooch (dresses) that she was getting made for her daughter since years and also an opportunity to indirectly boast off her status. Often she also showcases the gold jewelry and other accessories that she’s giving to her daughter. The guests also get to see the jahz (clothes, gold jewelry and accessories given by groom’s family) in the event.

The event is led by sargwap; guests are served sharbet, tea, refreshments and chilim while sargwap prepares special fragrances and scents by combining different sochki (bukhoor) and fragrant oil on the spot. A traditional or electric burner is used to burn the mixtures. A special wooden stand is placed over burner and bride’s clothes are put on the stand exposing the clothes to scented smokes coming from the burner. One by one they scent all the clothes; guests would wrap the clothes and put them into plastic bags and later bride’s family pack all bride’s clothes and accessories into suitcases in front of guests, hence making bride’s luggage ready. In the end, left over scents and fragrances are distributed to guests and they take it happily as it is believed to bring good luck.

Duzgi Hinna* – First Henna Night

Duzgi Hinna is the first henna night and an integral part of pre-wedding celebrations in traditional Balochi weddings. It is usually not a very grand affair and takes place a day or two after Jol Bandi. In Duzki Hinna, only close female friends and relatives join bride and groom’s families in the festivities.

In Duzgi Hinna, bride’s family prepares the hinna for the groom and takes it to groom’s place. The older women mix hinna with ulaalu/sorna in front of beautifully dressed-up ladies. The younger generation then skilfully designs henna trays and other accessories while ladies sing, clap and perform ‘do chaapi’ to the beats of dhol.

The convoy of bride (excluding his mother)** then heads to groom’s place with intricately designed henna trays to the beats of dhol and sorna. The groom’s family receives the convoy with flower garlands, feeds them sweets and sprinkles rose water on them. Bride’s convoy put henna trays on the floor and then bride’s sisters, cousins and friends perform do chaapi around henna trays.

After sometime, groom escorted by his brothers and cousins comes to greet bride’s family. The bride’s sisters and other family members apply henna on the tip of his right-hand’s small finger one by one. The groom then gives money gift to the sisters of bride according to his social and financial status. The women also apply henna on some of the boys accompanying groom and giving money gifts to women becomes customary on the boys too. However, unlike other cultures, bride’s sisters don’t demand money gifts but it is customary for groom to pay money to them after they apply henna on his finger.

Afterwards, bride’s sisters gift the groom (most commonly) either a watch or a ring on the bride’s behalf. Subsequently, the women one by one put money on the couch groom is seated; bride’s sisters on behalf of their mother also put money on the couch and groom’s family especially takes note of that (because the groom’s mother would double the money when they go for the bride’s henna). The money is usually distributed among groom’s staff, singers and dancers specifically called or hired by groom’s family for the wedding.

The bride’s convoy returns from groom’s house afterdinner and gather at bride’s house; close family and friends stay the night over bride’s house and whole night, they sing, dance and celebrate and the festive night continues at groom’s place too. The night of Duzgi henna usually goes on till the dawn.

Hinna Band – Ladies

Hinna Band is the final Henna night and usually the last night of pre-wedding festivities. To conduct Hinna Band in a grand way depends on families’ choice and their social and financial status.

On Hinna Band, groom’s family brings henna for bride at her place. Similarly like Duzgi Hinna, they first mix henna and designs henna trays and accessories in front of guests to the sounds of dhol and sorna. And then the groom’s convoy heads to the bride’s place. The bride’s sisters and friends welcomes them with flower garlands, feeds them halwa and sprinkle rose water on the convoy.

They sing and dance and move towards the jol where bride’s sitting. Previously, groom’s married sisters and cousins would put simple designs of henna on bride’s hands but nowadays, bride’s hands and feet are decorated with intricate designs usually by an expert. Regardless, they have to carry out the ritual so they place an almond tree’s leaf on bride’s hands and seven happily married women put henna on the leaf and give blessings to the bride. Then an expert among family and friends apply henna in intricate designs on bride’s hands and feet while they sing Balochi songs of hinna, dance, perform do chaapi on Balochi music and dhol sorna. Afterwards, women put money in bride’s jol and the groom’s mother put twice the money sent by bride’s mother the night before on duzgi hinna; however, that’s not customary for groom’s mother but it’s more like a statement. The Hinna Band money also goes to the sargwap.

When the henna on bride’s hands and feet dries up, seven married women from groom’s families carry out another important ritual of applying henna under bride’s feet; however, the modern brides don’t like hinna under their feet thus, they again put a leaf on her feet and apply henna to fulfill the rituals.

They return happily after performing all the rituals and having dinner to continue the festivities and celebrations at their home till dawn.

Hinna Band– Male

Since, Balochi weddings are heavily women dominated festivities and men don’t participate in processions involving the bride thus, groom throws his own party usually on the same night, Hinna Band is held. Generally, groom also invites bride’s brothers and family members for the festive night.

The boys entertain themselves with singing, dancing do chaapi to the rhythm of dhol and traditional Baloch.They often also hire popular Balochi singers and other famous Baloch artists for the night. They make sure to have utmost fun in the festivity that continues till the dawn.

Nikkah

There’s no fixed day and time for Nikkah in Balochi weddings. Families in different regions organize the nikkah’s day and time according to their convenience. Some people holds nikkah in the morning of main wedding day while others find it convenient to hold nikkah a day before as wedding festivities of previous night usually continues till dawn and it’s not feasible for them to wake-up early in the morning for nikkah processions.

In conventional Balochi weddings, men gathers at the grand mosque of the area for nikkah and the imam of mosque leads the nikkah processions. The ladies from groom’s family and friends visit bride’s place for nikkah rituals involving the bride. The nikkah is performed according to Islamic laws and include mehr which is decided prior to wedding by both the families.

The imam first takes consent of bride in the presence of both bride and groom’s families at her residence. The bride gives her consent and signs the marriage contract while still sitting in jol. Afterwards, Imam asks for groom’s consent in the mosque in front of bride and groom’s respective families and guests. Afte groom’s gives his consent and contract is signed, the couple becomes legally and officially married. The people celebrate the most auspicious moment by embracing the groom and giving him blessings and good wishes for the life ahead. The groom’s families distribute sweets and dried dates to the guests followed by lunch or dinner.

Grand Banquet

On main wedding day, both families organize a grand banquet (most often at lunch hours) at their respective residences to celebrate the union. As per tradition, groom either gives cash to bride’s family for the banquet or sends food from his residence to the bride’s place for all her invitees. Everyone they know must be invited. In villages, the whole village doesn’t make food that day and it’s the responsibility of groom to feed them. After the feast, some guests who are closer to respective families stay for  evening ceremonies, the others leave after the lunch.

Paag Bandi 

The ceremony is held few hours before leaving for bride’s residence, at veranda of groom’s house and both men and women participate in the procession. For the ceremony a taahth (traditional Balochi couch) is placed in middle of the veranda which is covered with a beautiful doochi velvet sheet specifically made for the occasion by groom’s mother. The groom dressed in a pure white Balochi dress, a doochi waistcoat and a pair chawat (Balochi footwear), is escorted by his married best man towards the couch to sounds of dhol and sorna. Groom’s best men then tie the paag over his head while his friends dance to the tunes of Balochi music and songs particularly composed for Paag Bandi ceremony. Once, groomsmen are done tying the paag, they swing bundles of money over groom’s head one by one and then gift the same money to groom (since, it’s the groom and his family who bore all the wedding expenses of both the households, the money gift by groomsmen is a way to help the groom and lessen his financial burden). After Paag Bandi ceremony, the groom is escorted to bride’s residence by all the guests.Paag is traditional turban of the Baloch people and an essential part of a Baloch man’s attire. However, nowadays in modern times paag is more like a statement and generally worn by elders of the tribe but Baloch groom also prefers to dress up regally like a Baloch nobleman on his wedding day and his attire is incomplete without the paag; in fact the paag is very significant part of his ensemble because of its symbolic value in Baloch culture as it marks the transformation of the groom from the young boy into a man. According to some people, the ritual of Paag Bandi in the weddings is also inspired by the coronation ceremony of the Tumandar (tribal chieftain) in which ‘turbanning’ of the new Tumandar occurs.

Banoor e Sambhainag

Bride is called Banoor in Balochi. Banoor e Sambhainag means adornment of bride for her big day. After the Grand Lunch, the sargwap lock the room where bride’s jol was tied and officially dissolve (untie) the jol; bride comes out of  jol for her sambhainag; only few very close and married family members of bride are allowed inside the room, unmarried girls are strictly prohibited as it is believed if they watch bride’s sambhainag they will not look beautiful on their wedding day. However, these rules are no longer strictly followed and in cities brides goes to the salons for her make-over.

The sargwap helps the bride in dressing up. She usually wears a dark pink doochi bridal dress embellished with gold threads and colorful stones and beads work over the dooch. Sargwap then helps the bride scent her dress with soochki smokes coming from soochki burner, she then apply donn (a kind of Balochi itr) on her dress. Afterwards, she styles her long locks into the traditional braids and applies mailab on her hair. The modern brides however, opt for modern hairstyles. Then, a family member or make-up artist applies make-up on bride’s face; a traditional Baloch bride prefers to wear heavy make-up. After the make-up, her sisters help her wear the jewelry, traditional bride likes  to wear traditional Balochi jewelry like  kaid or sar bandh on her head, durr  (Baloch earrings), sanjaak ( a traditional broach cum necklace) gulu band (choker) , necklaces, bangles and rings on all her fingers as well as toe rings and anklets. Basically, the quantity and quality of jewelry that she wears on her big day show cases the status of her in-laws.

When she’s ready, sargwap covers her head and face with a beautifully made veil scarf which will only be lifted by the groom as no one is supposed to see her face before the groom. She’s then escorted out of the room with ullalu and sorna to the soochki scented hall where she is seated on couch decorated with beautiful maroon coloured doochi valvet sheet and cushions; she sits quietly with low gaze on couch and waits for her groom to arrive; a chatty bride is not likeable in the conventional families.

Nadinag

Nadinag is the key wedding procession when groom along with all his invitees arrives at bride’s place and the couple face each other for the first time after the acceptance of proposal. The groom accompanied by his convoy travels to bride’s place with Balochi music, and to rhythm of the dhol and sorna. The bride’s family greets the convoy with ulallu, and sprinkle rose petals over them as they move towards the main hall.

The groom and his best men then walk under the embroidered silk cloth canopy while his sisters and close relatives holds its corners and guide them towards the hall where bride is seated with all her finery. The groom sits to the right of the bride and the men accompanying the groom then leave the hall and sit outside to let the ladies to carry out the essential rituals of nadinag.

The rituals of Nadinag ceremony begin with cleaning of groom’s finger. In previous times, bride’s married sister or a close family member would wash groom’s feet; however, in recent times washing of groom’s feet is replaced by the small finger of his right hand. After that seven happily married women from both the sides, one by one, gently collide the groom’s head with that of the bride; this gentle collision of head is a form of blessing for their happy married life ahead.

Afterwards, bride’s sister brings a glass of saffron almond milk for groom and he has to drink half the milk and then bride also has to take a sip from the same glass. The bride’s family members then cover her and groom under a decorative chador and they finally see each other through a silver adorned mirror under cover of the chador. After that, groom is asked to lift bride’s veil and finally groom lifts the veil of bride and everyone present in the hall wants to get the glimpse of the bride adorned for her saloonk (groom) as well as the look of elation on groom’s face at that time; mostly at this time bride’s sister exchange some witty comments with the groom and sounds of laughter fill the hall. After groom lifts the bride’s veil and she is seen by her man; guests come closer to them one by one to give their blessings to the newly married couple.

After the wedding rituals are performed and the dinner is served to guests, comes the bride’s farewell, which is most emotional*** moment of the entire wedding processions. Groom’s family takes permission from bride’s parents to leave with the bride. The bride is escorted to her mother who would be sitting in some other room to avoid meeting with her son-in-law during wedding processions (the reason explained above); the mother, daughter hug each other and the mother weeps with happy tears and bid farewell to her sobbing daughter with prayers and blessings. She is then accompanied by her father, sisters and other close relatives who lead her with teary eyes to the doorsteps and bid farewell to her with blessings of happy married life ahead. And thus, she leaves her parents house with tearful eyes with her groom. When she reaches the groom’s house, she is given a grand welcome at her new home by the groom’s family.

Mobaraki

Mobaraki is the post-wedding banquet organized by bride’s parents at their house. As mentioned above, bride’s parents do not bear any of the wedding’s expenses and all are paid by the groom; however, Mobaraki is only wedding procession financially organized by bride’s parents to honour their newly-wed daughter. Mobaraki is usually held very next day after the main wedding.

For the Mobaraki, the entire groom’s family, friends and relatives are invited along as well as relatives and friends of bride’s family. The bride dresses up elegantly for the ceremony of Mobaraki and typically wears a doochi dress made by her mother for the occasion; she also prefers to wear jewelry gifted by her parents on Mobaraki. She arrives at her parent’s house with her groom and given a warm welcome by her parents and siblings who have already started missing her. All the guests gather at bride’s house and celebrate Mobaraki of the bride.

* Hinna is also called hinni or Inaam due to lexical differences in parts of Balochistan.

**The bride’s mother does not face the groom from the day wedding festivities start until two days after the main wedding. On the third day, groom himself pays visit to his mother-in-law to take her blessings. The concept behind it is the belief that if mother-in-law faces her son-in-law during this duration, it would affect their relationship and they would never be cordial with each other. However, this ritual is not widely practiced in modern times but still exists among the orthodox in rural areas.

*** The bride and her family become emotional and sob because she has to leave her parents house where she was raised and lived all her life, forever.