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Governance incompetence–a national security challenge  GNReport   Balochistan's meagre resources are under spent.  Local media reports suggest that the Balochistan government has lapsed Rs 40 billion, returning to the federal government. The Balochistan government spokesman Liaquat Shahwani says that we have saved Rs 40 billion from development schemes and returned it to the federation. The question arises as to whether the government is responsible for Gwadar, Jivani and Klach where Residents are on the street for basic amenities like water, protesting daily by blocking roads. Gawadar holds Pakistan's economic future and so far has a severe water shortages. No development can be imagined without provision of basic variables like law and order and water.  There is not a single black top road in the entire rural areas of Balochistan. The conditions of roads worse as they are not carpeted.  The power and water crisis continues throughout the province. The power shortage is a recu

  Gawadar Port & Gawadar Free Zone to add  $10 billion worth economic activities: A sim Bajwa News Report  After becoming fully operational, the Gwadar Port and Gwadar Free Zone would generate economic activities of around $10 billion per annum, besides creating thousands of new jobs, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa said on Monday. “Soon after completion of the Gwadar Free Zone, a lot of manufacturing and trading activities will start, cargoes will move, and transshipment activities will increase,” Asim Bawa said while talking to the media here after reviewing the Gwadar Port and other projects under CPEC. He said, “We will continue to monitor the development work in Gwadar till all the projects become fully operational.” Asim Bajwa said the port’s infrastructural work had been completed by the China Port Holding Company at the cost of around $300 million, and its all the four berths were fully operational. He said during t

Karachi bound Flight from Gawadar hijacked–not today, 23 years before  PIA hijacking: When Pakistan's Hyderabad became India's bhoj to deceive hijackers Shahid Aslam Journalist, Lahore May 24, 2021 23 years ago, on May 24, 1998, a young police officer completed his training and was posted as the first posting Sub-Divisional Police Officer (ASP) at Pahli, Hyderabad. He was in his office on Sunday when a wireless message rang in the evening that all SDPOs and SHOs should arrive at Hyderabad airport immediately. This is the period when India had carried out several nuclear explosions between May 11 and 13, 1998 and the relations between Pakistan and India had become very tense. It was also rumored that India could attack Pakistan to prevent a retaliatory nuclear blast. So the first thought this young officer had was that maybe there was a situation where all of a sudden all the officers were called to the airport. ASP Pahli Dr. Usman Anwar (who is now the DIG and is currently the

Governor Balochistan: Here is the unorthodox eligibility criteria An ordinary local politician with mere constituency skills and a local bureaucrat or a judge can not rise up to the challenge. Let us raise the bar EDITORIAL While the current office of the Governor Balochistan is paralyzed–the present Governor Justice ® Amnanullah Yasinzai has not resigned on technical ground despite losing the trust of Prime Minister Imran Khan— cut throat lobbying is still afoot to secure the coveted slot of the province. So far several names are rumored to be hot favorites but the decision has not yet been made and the PTI also seems to have failed to reach a consensus candidate.  Transitionally, the Governor has to be  from ethnic Pashtun community of Balochistan whearse the Chief Minister always  belongs to the Baloch community. Unfortunately, Balochistan governor's  post more or less is  ceremonial in nature as stipulated in the constitution and is like in any other province and no government

  Gen Sarfaraz Ali, Commander Southern Command  What is the  COAS's "3D Balochistan Strategy" for and how its is evolving?  The Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa's "Balochistan 3Ds Doctrine '' is like this: Detternace, Development and Dialogue which has informed the strategy on Balochistan till recently. Jan Achakzai  The Commander Southern Command, Let Gen Sarfaraz Ali, has for the first time started to amend the kinetic to non- kinetic approach towards law and order in Balochistan. He being an experienced hand on Balochistan–served as IG FC South and MI Chief,  besides at Command Staff College Quetta and now as Commander, Southern Command–knows when to change the gear.  He has started to work on the non-kinetic aspect of counter insurgency, ie, development and provision of jobs in violence infested districts in Balochistan in order to stem the tide of recruitment for extremists.  Gen Sarfarz Ali is also seeking to reconnect with people to win hearts and mind

To comply with FATF, crackdown crackdown at Pak-Iran border against smuggling  The FC local leadership believe that not only smuggling of oil but also weapons being sent across Balochistan has undermined the security of the province Jan Achakzai  Many stories in the media have been circulating about smuggling at the Pakistan-Iran border region. Smuggling is a a thriving  market sustained for years but now the government with the help of federal law enforcing agencies and FC has cracked down on this illicit trade.  This scribe reveals that in order to come off FATF  greylist by meeting its remaining three conditions including money laundering and terrorism financing and currency smuggling, the crackdown is Pakistan's commitment to comply with the FATF requirement. The the money thus obtained via smuggling may end up  fuelling terrorism.  The government has  clamped down hard on fuel smuggling on Iranian border and now   Baloch sub -nationalists parties like BNP have asked the federa

What Baloch sub Nationalists want?   The narrative of ethnic Baloch nationalism  Jan Achakzai   The intellectual and ideologue of Baloch ethnic nationalism was the late Habib Jalib. He was not only a nationalist politician dedicated to the Baloch cause, but also was the brain behind the ideology of Baloch nationalism. He was a leftist intellectual.  Baloch nationalist leadership could be classified into two categories: one that believed in centre-left nationalism and the second type was not only adherent of centre-left nationalism but also the follower of Marxism and Leninism as ideology underpinning their struggle against Islamabad. Habib Jalib was contemporary to other Baloch Marxist-cum-nationalist leaders like young student leader Dr Khoer Baloch, Late Raziq Bugti and Late Sher Mohammad Marri who were also staunch believers of the all encompassing leftist ideology of Marxism and Leninism. Like them, Habib Jalib had a direct exposure to the Soviet system and ideology as he spe

  Balochistan: Iran's "sphere" of influence?  Policy makers in Islamabad oblivious to adverse impacts of  the Iranian dynamic on Balochistan/Pakistan.  Jan Achakzai  That Iran enjoys at multiple level influence and this influence is definitely a nuisance for Pakistan can be cataloged in the following ways:   1.Impact on economy:  Smuggling is a big challenge from Iran harming national economy from oil to soap industry;  one estimate is up to 300/400 million dollar is its worth; though significant local population also depends on it as Govt fails to provide livelihood and complete curb  will make more youth available for militancy–a balancing act is needed to check smuggling.  2. Impact on CPEC: Tehran's strategic planners have always looked upon Gawadar as a rival port undercutting Chabahar and an alternative hub giving access to warm water and ME for China and Russia. Iran thinks it is a natural conduit for such nations to link up with ME and beyond. Not allowing it

بلوچستان میں امن چین کی نظر سے  جان اچکزئی  ب لوچستان میں متعدد چین پاکستان اقتصادی راہداری (سی پی ای سی) تعمیراتی منصوبوں پر کام ہو رہا ہے اور  ، گوادر بندرگاہ ایک مشہور شہر ہے۔  اس خطے میں چینی کاروباریوں اور اہلکاروں کو نشانہ بنانے کے لئے پچھلے حملے ہوئے ہیں۔  مغربی میڈیا ایک بیانیہ پیدا کرنے کا خواہاں ہے کہ مقامی لوگ چین کی تجویز کردہ بیلٹ اینڈ روڈ انیشی ایٹو (بی آر آئی) کے مخالف ہیں۔  لیکن حقیقت یہ نہیں ہے۔  پاکستان میں ایسی کوئی سیاسی قوتیں موجود نہیں ہیں جو خود کو چین مخالف اور اینٹی بی آر آئی کے طور پر واضح طور پر پہچانیں۔  چین کے بارے میں پاکستانی معاشرے کا مجموعی رویہ دوستانہ ہے۔  عام طور پر بی آر آئی کا اور زیادہ خیرمقدم کیا جاتا ہے کیونکہ اس نے معاشی ترقی کو بڑھاوا دیا ہے ، جس سے راستے میں مزید ملازمتیں پیدا ہوتی ہیں۔  فوائد کی تقسیم کے ارد گرد کچھ مخصوص جھگڑے ہیں۔  لیکن وہ کم شدت کے ہیں۔  پاکستان میں دہشت گرد حملے بنیادی طور پر ملکی گھریلو تضادات کا نتیجہ ہیں۔  ان حملوں میں بیشتر چینی متاثرین کو کبھی کبھار صرف ان سانحات میں لایا گیا ہے۔  اور کبھی کبھی ، پاکستان میں چینیوں

  ISIS is opening a new front in Pakistan? By Rifatullah Orakzai In recent months, the extremist organization ISIS Khorasan has claimed responsibility for some incidents in Pakistan under the name of 'Wilayah Pakistan', which is raising new questions. ISIS has never used the name Wilayah Pakistan before, but has often used the name ISIS Khorasan for attacks here. But now, using the name Wilayah Pakistan suggests that the extremist organization has set up a separate organization for Pakistan, but has not yet been formally announced by ISIS Khurasan.   The new group has claimed responsibility for a total of 38 attacks in Pakistan from May 2019 to the end of 2020. This includes the murder of 11 Shia Hazara workers in Balochistan in January this year after they were abducted.   Intense clashes between the Islamic State of Khurasan (ISIS) and the Afghan Taliban, a militant group active in Afghanistan, have continued for years, with hundreds of fighters killed on both sides. Bu

  داعش پاکستان میں محاذ کھول رہی ہے؟ رفعت اللّٰہ اورکزئی حالیہ کچھ عرصے میں شدت پسند تنظیم داعش خراسان نے پاکستان میں بعض واقعات کی ذمہ داری ’ولایہ الباکستان‘ کے نام سے قبول کی ہے جس سے نئے سوالات پیدا ہورہے ہیں۔ اس سے پہلے کبھی داعش نے ولایہ پاکستان کا نام استعمال نہیں کیا بلکہ وہ اکثر اوقات یہاں ہونے والے حملوں کےلئے داعش خراسان کا نام ہی استعمال کرتی رہی ہے۔لیکن اب ولایہ پاکستان کا نام استعمال کرنے سے لگتا ہے کہ شدت پسند تنظیم کی طرف سے پاکستان کےلئے الگ تنظیم کا قیام عمل میں لایا گیا ہے تاہم ابھی داعش خراسان کی طرف سے رسمی طورپر اس کا اعلان سامنے نہیں آیا۔اس نئے گروپ نے مئی 2019 سے 2020 کے اختتام تک پاکستان میں کل 38 حملوں کی ذمہ داری قبول کی ہے جس میں رواں سال جنوری میں بلوچستان میں شیعہ ہزارہ برادری کے گیارہ مزدوروں کے اغوا کے بعد قتل کا واقعہ بھی شامل ہے۔ افغانستان میں سرگرم شدت پسند تنظیم دولت اسلامیہ خراساں (داعش) اور افغان طالبان کے درمیان شدید جھڑپوں کا سلسلہ ویسے تو گزشتہ کئی برسوں سے جاری ہے جن میں دونوں جانب سے اب تک سینکڑوں جنگجو مارے جاچکے ہیں۔ لیکن حالیہ دنوں میں پاکس