Baloch IDPs attacked in Gotkki district Sindh, several abducted: BRP

Deera Bugti:The Baloch Republican Party in a press release claimed that Pakistan security forces have attacked the Baloch IDSs in Gotki district in Sindhi on Tuesday.

According to the press release the houses of IDPs were attacked, looted off valuables and the residents were tortured and abducted. Wadera Hasil Khan Bugti’s house was attacked and his aged mother namely Hani bibi, his wife Murad Khatoon and infant son Abdul Rehman were abducted and taken toward an undisclosed location.

Dozens of other people including women and children were also abducted but their identity could not be ascertained immediately. The state forces looted & took away valuables from the houses of poor Bugti IDPs including cash, livestock and grain which they earned after years of hard-word in the difficult living conditions as IDPs.

Hundreds of thousands Baloch mostly Marri and Bugti tribesmen migrated to different parts of Balochistan, Sindh and even in Afghanistan after the start of military operations and atrocities in their homeland. Military operation started in early 2000 still continues unabated even after almost a decade and continues.

State forces launch armed offensives against Baloch civilians on daily basis, attack their villages, kill and abduct their loved ones, torch their houses and standing crops, loot their valuables and livestock, pollute the sources of drinking water and plant landmines. 

“All these atrocities are aimed at compelling the poor inhabitants of the areas to migrate and pave a way for foreign multinational companies to loot and plunder Balochistan’s natural resources. China is a major crime partner of Pakistani state in Baloch genocide and ongoing atrocities in Balochistan. It is eyeing the Baloch national wealth i.e. the natural resources of Balochistan,” Said the BRP.

Baloch Republican Party appealed to the international community and world human rights and refugee organisations to take action on the forceful migration of Baloch people from their homeland and attacks on them even after the migration, adding that, “If serious measures have not been taken to safeguard the lives of innocent Baloch civilians, it is feared that the sense of immunity by Pakistani forces will take more innocent lives in coming days.