Baloch Vs Baloch: Maula Baksh Dashti 2nd anniversary

Thousands of people in Mekran paid glowing tributes to slain political activist Maula Bakhsh Dashti in Turbat Wednesday.

People from all walks of life from Dasht, Buleda and Tump gathered in Turbat to pay homage to Dashti on the second anniversary of his assassination by the militant Baloch Liberation Front.

A large number of Baloch women also participated in the rally.

The commemoration to pay tributes to Dashti and other martyrs was organized by the National Party, a Baloch secular and democratic party, that draws its political inspiration from the teachings of the late Mir Ghoush Bakhsh Bizenjo, one of the founders of modern Baloch nationalism who like Dr. Martin Luther King believed in non-violence.

Dr. Malik Baloch, president of the National Party, showered praise on his assassinated colleague and said because of its resources and strategic location Islamabad and other foreign powers were casting an evil eye on Balochistan.

He said workers like Dashti were an obstacle in the way of those conspiring to sell Balochistan for their selfish interests and that was the main reason he was eliminated.


Others who spoke on the occasion included the slain leader's young son Mohammed Jan Dashti, poet Basheer Bedar, former speaker of the Balochistan assembly Mir Akram Dashti, former member of the National Assembly Dr. Yasin Baloch, Engineer Hameed Baloch, Pullain Baloch, Shakeel Advocate and Yar Jan Buledi.

Mohammed Jan Dashti, son of Maula Bakhsh Dashti, paying tributes to his father. The militant B.L.F. has also threatened to kill the son.

During the last two years the B.L.F. has killed at least 100 Baloch in the Dasht area on a false charge of being government informers, according to political sources in Mekran.

The late Dashti, who had nearly four decades of public service behind him, has quite a few close relatives and friends in the U.S. and Canada.

Along with the Balochistan National Party led by Baloch Nelson Mandela Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the National Party has the best political cadres in Balochistan.

<Masti Khan Report>