By Tariq Rizwan
The strength of missing persons from other parts of the
country is much higher than Balochistan; 400 cases were registered in KP
against 194 in Balochistan. In KP and FATA, the so called Islamists played
havoc with the general masses, government infrastructure and lives of LEAs in
war on terror ever since their escape from Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11.
Indeed, the media focused on Baloch Missing Persons whose ratio was quite low
but received a tremendous focus. According to the analysts, India is tactfully
exploiting its contacts in Indian, Pakistani as well as international media to
project the issue of Baloching Missing Persons. Some notorious Baloch criminals
and dacoits were lured in to come to Afghanistan where they were provided with free
boarding, lodging and financial support. Their cases were vigorously pursued in
the Commission for Missing Persons. Wadood
Raesani is one of the prominent cases. He along with his girl-friend Naila
Qadri nick name Naila Baloch etcetra managed to escape to Afghanistan. He was
involved in several cases of murder and robberies. Naila Qadri is a settler of
Quetta city. She was working as a teacher and was married to some Raesani. She
went to Afghanistan with Wadood and left behind her husband and her daughters
in Quetta. Both Wadood and Naila lived in Qandhar, Afghanistan and now in India under RAW-NDS arrangements and remained in
forefront in propaganda against Pakistan.
Indian sponsored groups including Voice
for Baloch Missing Persons (VFBMP) led by Nasrullah Baloch, Baloch Republican
Party led by Brahmdagh Bugti from abroad, Baloch National Movement of late Ghulam
Muhammad Baloch, Human Rights groups, Bloch Student Organizations and some
nationalist media persons in the area presented an alarming situation of the
Baloch missing persons.
According to dawn news, the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced
Disappearances (CIED) was seized with 1,265 cases as of Dec 31, 2014. But the
Defence of Human Rights (DHR) claims that the total number of cases of missing
persons is 5,149 and 252 of them surfaced in 2014 alone. The Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan report, submitted in Peshawar High Court in April, 2015
says that 400 missing persons have been registered with various Police Stations
only in KP province.
However,
the appointment of a Commission headed by a retired Supreme Court Judge exposed
all the baseless claims of BSNs and their foreign sponsors. These groups were insisting
on figures of 19,000 so called missing Baloch political activists. They claimed
that their activists have been subjected to enforced disappearances for decades.
One Asghar Baloch was reportedly killed by Hazara protestors in reaction to a
suicide attack in Liaqat Bazar, Quetta in 2003-4 but Asghar’s cousin Nasrulla
Baloch along with family refused to identify the dead body and accept the
Police investigation. Instead, they pursued the case in the Commission for
unknown reasons.
While the search
for Balochistan’s missing persons continues, their cases are complicated by the
discrepancies between the records of those involved. The
Commission directed all the Police Stations to register the cases and put up
the report before the Commission after due consideration and consultation in
Provincial Task Force. The Provincial Task Force discussed each report in
detail and the findings were presented in the Commission.
According
to Akbar Durrani, ex Secretary Home & Tribal Affair, Balochistan, total 194
cases were registered with the Provincial Police across Balochistan. Some
missing persons have, reportedly, come back home while some were confirmed
living in Afghanistan at their will like Wadood Raesani. Some human rights
organisations are still propagating the figures of 8,000 Baloch Missing Persons.
Mama Qadir, Vice President VFBMP is
playing in the hands of foreign powers. His son Jalil Rekki was reportedly,
operational commander of BRA and was involved in killing of hundreds of
non-Baloch. More than 1000 innocent non-Baloch were killed by these ruthless BSNs. Jalil
Rekki was at odd with Dr Nazar group and reportedly was picked and killed by
BLF. The raid was reportedly similar to that of kidnapping of Jhon Soleki, US
National and head of UNHCR who was later recovered after of paying ransom. Only
Majid Lango, who was killed in an encounter with FC, had reportedly killed more
than 120 settlers in cold blood. Likewise Jalil Rekki was a killer who was
expelled from Bank service due to his corrupt attitude and nationalist
approach.
Mama Qadeer says his organization
has submitted a detailed report to the United Nations with evidence regarding
missing persons. Contrary to the details revealed by investigations, he claims
that “more than 19,000 people are still missing who were picked by the intelligence
agencies and were being subjected to inhuman tactics. None of them have been
recovered yet. The government has done nothing, except to release those who
were detained for a brief period”, he told The
Express Tribune. The rights groups when asked about the details of
missing persons, could provide only 989 names.
In Balochistan, the provincial
government has already set up a special cell on the directives of the interior
ministry and has published these 989 names in various newspapers, requesting
the relatives of these missing persons to submit further details but no further
details of these persons have been received. Only 194 applicants came forward
with additional data. Most of them were cleared after investigation and only 71
cases are still pending with the Commission.
According
to local media, as many as 612 dead bodies have been recovered from across
Balochistan from 2010-2013, according to the Home Department. Out of it, 373
were identified as Baloch, 95 Pashtun, 73 Hazaras, Punjabi settlers and Afghan
nationals while 71 remained un-identifiable. All these bodies were found in the
insurgency affected areas and were dumped in isolated spaces in Quetta,
Khuzdar, Kalat, Mekran, Naseerabad and Sibi. The VFBMP has not agreed with these
figures and held the secret agencies responsible. But all such claims are based on hearsay with
mala fide intentions. Some people like Mama Qadeer and Nasrullah Baloch have personal
grudge due to missing and killing of their near and dear. The foreign hostile powers
in the cover of media and NGOs are exploiting their grudge to malign Pakistan
in the comity of nations.
At this crucial stage when developmental
work on CPEC is in full swing, the issue of missing persons has become a
challenge for the government of Pakistan and the superior courts to pursue the
cases vigorously and recover the missing near and dear ones, bring them to the
book if involved, so that the negative propaganda comes to an end.
The
writer is a freelance journalist
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