Pakistan: The bully in the region

By Sobdar Baloch
If you want to know about the role of Pakistan in the region especially in Afghanistan, before any conclusion, you definitely have to consult the track record of Pakistan and need to study the biography of it based on 68 year of history (1947-2015).
The retired Pakistani generals who frequently appear on TV talk shows have been misleading the public opinion by trying to glorify the negative role of Pakistan and term it as a constructive contribution.There is no doubt that army generals are the real master of Pakistan from day one. Army is the judge, the judiciary and the executioner of the people since a segment of India was cut off from it in the name of religion and named it Pakistan. The civil governments have been and are a show case to protect the military dictatorship in Pakistan. Whether it is the relationship with US, India Afghanistan, The Arab Gulf states, Central Asian countries, the west or dealing with insurgency in occupied Balochistan, army is the key player in this regard. Army is also considered the most powerful entity in the country which overthrown most of political regimes of Pakistan on several times in its short history. It has been controlling the media, judiciary, civil society and politics without any hindrance.

We have been listening from Pakistani establishment and its army to offer a constructive and reconciliation role regarding Afghanistan’s problem but when we study 68 years of its history, we only can see the bloodshed and destruction made by the Pakistan in Afghanistan and its neighboring country Balochistan for decades.
If you have any doubt on Pakistan’s wrong doing in the region you must consult with its neighboring countries like Afghanistan, India, Balochistan and Bangladesh who can describe Pakistan’s role in their countries because they have been the victims of Pakistani terrorism for six decades. Bangladesh had lost 3 million of its citizens at the hands of Pakistan army in 1971 during its war of liberation, India had fought four major wars with Pakistan, Balochistan is still struggling to regain its independence and the current Baloch war of liberation is the fifth attempt to break free from the yoke of Pakistani slavery.
Balochistan was occupied by Pakistan at gun in 27 March 1948 and later forcibly annexed to Pakistan. Since then the Baloch nation has been struggling to regain their independence from 1948-2015. Afghanistan has been also facing Pakistani atrocities for many decades now. The 1.277 billion people of India, 156.6 million Bengalis, 30.60 million Afghans andmore than 14 million Baloch are major victims of Pakistani state terrorism in contemporary world. Fed of Pakistan atrocities and decades of sufferings at the hand of Pakistani forces, these nations are now rising against injustice, human rights violations and for their right to be free and sovereign.
One important question that come to mind ,is Pakistan really sincere taking action against its own strategic assets (the religious extremists) which it has been catering for 68 years?
Many countries of world including Russia, USA, NATO, Gulf countries, West, Afghanistan and India have been hoping that Pakistan will take action against the terrorist outfits that have been nurtured and trained on its soil but contrary to the wishful thinking of these powers, Pakistan continues to provide support and succor to its religious proxies and use them to blackmailed the world powers.
The world has let the people of South Asia, especially the victims of Pakistani state terrorism, down when they turned a blind eye to Pakistan’s war crimes against Bangladesh in 1971, in Balochistan since 1948-2015 and in Afghanistan for many decades. If one still thinks that Pakistan is neutral in Afghanistan’s issue, they don’t need to go far but seek help from YouTube and social media where they can find the video interviews and speeches of Pakistani army’s retired generals praising the Jihadi groups and Taliban fighters to continue war in Afghanistan and Kashmir.
Pakistan has been officially supporting the cause of Kashmir but India and Afghanistan the neighboring countries of Balochistan have so far shown no official support to Balochistan independence movement.