The Terrorist attack in Quetta
that killed more than 70 people and a number injured ,it was a heart wrenching
incident.The attack on lawyers who have been targeted quite a few times depicts
the undeniable reality of RAW’S involvement in the attack and other terrorist
activities going on to destabilize Balochistan.CM Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah
Zehri has also stated that RAW is behind the terrorist attack in Quetta and he
even said that the terrorist attacks have increased in Balochistan after the
arrest of the RAW agent KalbhushanYadev.Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti
has also been denying the presence of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and Daesh in
Balochistan and highlighted that Indian and Afghan Intelligence agencies execute
terrorist attacks through local dissidents. Terrorist attacks firing on police,
polio workers and the Khalid Aviation Base are the main recent incidents and
these have been initiated by RAW and NDS from Afghanistan.The nexus of TTP and
Raw and the NDS is very much obvious there are evidences of such attacks and
there are people internally who are being funded by RAW to carry out such
attacks.
Balochistan rank the lowest on development but currently several development
projects are in progress and one of the major developmental projects is the
Gwadar port. Once developed, the port would be a game changer for the province,
country and region as well. It would promote trade in the entire region, as this
would be the shortest route to Central Asia and China. The China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor is a one-time opportunity for Pakistan to resolve its
crippling power supply shortfalls, and for the first time. Balochistan is a
province with abundant mineral resources like gas, coal and gold. Pakistan’s
close ties with China pinches the eyes of India that has an agenda of
destabilizing the country. Balochistan’s Gwader project irks the eyes of India
and some others.India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj gave a statement
that Our government is aware that China is involved in the construction of or
assistance to infrastructure projects… including… hydroelectric & nuclear
projects, highways, motorways, export processing zones and economic corridors in
Pakistan including construction of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and our
government has conveyed its concerns to China about their activities…, and asked
them to cease such activities.
Balochistan Liberation Army and other outfits, which have been fighting for
secession of the province get logistic, material and financial support from RAW,
these militants kidnapped and killed many innocent people and the security
personnel in the province. They also massacred a number of people through
suicide attacks, bomb blasts, targeted killings and sectarian violence.
Therehave been killing’sand dumping the bodies in the province and on few
occasions, these insurgent groups have claimed the responsibility for their
subversive acts. Their main aim is to create hostility within and by doing that
they tend to destabilize the country. Balochistan, a huge, sparsely populated
and undeveloped region that occupies the southwestern part of Pakistan bordering
Iran, is believed to possess significant oil-and-gas reserves but the economic
development of the region has been slow, the ethnic violence that has been going
on for so long creates a chaotic situation. Thousands of Baloch people have gone
missing over the past few yearswhich has further aggravated the situation .India
has been involved in all these activities by funding the insurgents. The
strategic location of Balochistan is one of the critical factors. India, Iran
and Afghanistan do not want to see the formation of Balochistan because they
have their own vested interests.India has adopted a multiple strategy to wear
down Pakistan’s resistance. One of them is to counterpoise Pakistan’s nuclear
capabilities and involving infiltration, sponsorship and support for
dissidentwhich has now been confirmed by the recent capture and confession of
the Indian spy. There are facts that we see that there is Indian backing for
existing terrorism in Pakistan. We also know that Pakistan’s armed forces are
the remaining institution that poses resistance to Indian dominance.
We need to seriously think about how to counter these objectives of our
adversaries. We will have to involve the International community on a wider
scale as we have been in war on terror for so long and have sacrificed so many
lives. The inauguration of the quadrilateral cooperation and coordination
mechanism consisting of Pakistan, China, Afghanistan and Tajikistan towards
countering terrorism is a positive step and all the three countries recognize
that terrorism and extremism is a serious threat to regional stability as its
about the whole region. It has been agreed that the QCCM will coordinate and
provide mutual support in counter - terrorism situation evaluation, clue
verification, intelligence sharing, counter- terrorism capacity building,
counter terrorism joint training exercises and personnel training and all
decisions reached by the QCCM would be based on mutual consultation and
consensus. Terrorism is the biggest threat to Pakistan’s progress. Its roots can
be traced back from 1979, when there was an effort to kick out Russia from
Afghanistan. But the problem became severe after 9/11.The million dollar
question iswhat are the ways to eradicate or to overcome this most dangerous
problem. So that as a result our nation can be brought back to the road of
progress in all fields of life.
Pakistan’s armed forces started operation Zarab-e-Azab and their effort to curb
terrorism has improved drastically .The civil society should also come to the
forefront to help the state machinery. A mass movement is required to defeat the
ideologies of terrorist organizations. But this should be a collaborative effort
from all stakeholders of the society. We need not to worry as long as we are
united and with our Armed forces doing their best , we need faith and unity….as
the saying goes United we stand divided we fall.