AWARAN: The only thing that has changed in the dusty town of Awaran in the past two weeks is that it looks more and more like a militarised zone, with a major relief operation under way.
Only a day earlier, at a relief camp set up in the middle school in Labach, a village some six km from Awaran, the villagers accepted food packs and toys for their children. However, the 600-strong crowd of men, women and children did not respond to an army jawan’s repeated ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan.
When asked why not even a single person responded to Pakistan Zindabad, a young Baloch man replied: “The armymen will leave at some point but we have to continue to live here. The BLF men will harm us.”
When prodded further as to how the BLF men will find out who chanted Pakistan Zindabad, the young man said: “In this crowd, there are BLF supporters and their families too. Do you think their families are getting aid from the mountains?”
And what has Brahamdagh done all this while? Does he not care about the plight of the Baloch? A shame, he's even worse than his grandfather in that regard.