QUETTA: Mahrang Lango’s father, Abdul Ghaffar Lango, was a close friend of Aslam Acho, a frontline BLA commander sponsored by India. They worked together at the WAPDA office on Arbab Karam Khan Road, along with their third companion Sarwar, known as “Baba.”
All three joined the BLA, the separatist group “Fitna-e-Hindustan.” In May 2010, Aslam Acho founded the Majeed Brigade, which trained suicide bombers and was responsible for killing hundreds.
Ghaffar Lango was an ideologically extreme commander who initially radicalized youth through Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri’s forum and eventually took up arms himself.
He was arrested and confessed to killing over 50 Punjabi laborers, yet was acquitted by the court. When he returned to the mountains, suspicion grew around him.
Rumors spread that he was leaking information to intelligence agencies. The situation escalated as the BLA split into three factions.
Ghaffar Lango’s death propelled Mehrang Lango into social media activism under the “Joint Frontline” banner.
Despite studying on a state scholarship, she blames the state for her father’s killing while remaining silent on the internal workings of the BLA and Majeed Brigade. Ironically, she champions Baloch rights while benefiting from the very state system she criticizes.
The story ends with unanswered questions: Was Ghaffar Lango killed by enemies or betrayed by a comrade due to ideological differences?
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Who funded suicide squads like the Majeed Brigade with millions of dollars? Were internal supporters enough, or was there foreign intelligence involved?
And most critically—Is Mehrang Baloch’s narrative genuine or a dramatized version of her father’s unfinished ideological mission? These questions remain unanswered—and may continue to be so.
