By: Babar Yousafzai
Once again, Balochistan bleeds. Once again, innocent travellers are gunned down in cold blood—not because of what they did, but because of who they were. Two brothers, heading home to bury their father, were dragged off a passenger bus and executed simply for their identity. Three funerals in one household, and yet the mother of these martyrs stood tall, reciting patriotic verses and thanking God for the honour of sacrifice. Such is the indomitable spirit of the people of Balochistan.
But how long must this suffering continue? How long will Pakistan remain a battleground for India’s proxy war?
Let us be clear: this is not a civil rights struggle or a freedom movement. This is state-sponsored terrorism, orchestrated from New Delhi, executed by proxies like the BLA, and justified through lies and manipulation. The so-called Baloch “liberation” outfits claim to target state institutions, but the reality is starkly different. When confronted by our security forces, they retreat in failure. And when that failure becomes unbearable, they lash out at the softest targets—civilians, students, travellers, labourers—anyone unarmed and defenceless.
India has made it a policy to disrupt peace in Balochistan. Ever since Pakistan’s decisive response on the night of May 10–11, India has been unable to digest its humiliation. In revenge, they’ve activated their sleeper cells, funded by RAW, supervised by Ajit Doval, and amplified by an entire ecosystem of disinformation spread through Indian social media networks.
These attacks are not random. They are planned, coordinated, and announced—often on Indian Twitter accounts—before they even occur. We’ve seen this during “Operation Baam,” whose details were circulated by Indian propaganda handles days before the first shot was fired. What more proof does the international community need?
Kulbhushan Jadhav’s confession.
Gulzar Imam Shambay’s surrender.
Sarfraz Bangalzai’s testimony.
All paint the same picture: India is using terrorism as a tool of foreign policy, and Balochistan is paying the price.
And yet, within Pakistan, some voices remain silent—strategically so. Why does Akhtar Mengal, who once raised slogans of “Punjabi ka Kabristan —Balochistan, Balochistan,” go mute every time such an atrocity occurs? His brother, Javed Mengal, runs a banned terrorist outfit. Can we truly expect condemnation from someone whose own family is embedded in this violent ecosystem?
I’ve been in politics long enough to see these patterns repeat. I’ve never seen these people standing with the state, and I don’t expect them to start now. Their silence is not neutrality—it is complicity.
But where our enemies conspire, our people continue to rise. Balochistan is not a land of separatists—it is a land of patriots. Mothers who bury their sons with pride. Fathers who continue to send their children to school amid threats. Labourers who travel the same dangerous routes each day to earn an honest living. These are the real Baloch. And no amount of Indian-funded terrorism can break their resolve.
To the international community: how many more coffins will it take for you to call out India for what it is—a state sponsor of terror?
To the Pakistani state: you have the evidence, the mandate, and the will of the people. It’s time to act decisively.
Balochistan is Pakistan and Pakistan is Balochistan. And we, the people of this land, will never bow to cowards hiding behind foreign agendas.
