Lost from Balochistan Lost from Balochistan is the story of the penjabis domination against the Balochis. Balochis cultivate a particular resentment against the central power, accused of enslaving them and delaying the provincial development while drawing from its rich basement. a Photo story by Marc Watrelot / LightMediation
2796-17: Slums of Gwadar. Province of Balochistan. An old woman came to settle down near the new commercial and military port of Gwadar to improve the standard of living of her family.
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2796-01: The sister of Jalil Raki holds a portrait of her disappeared brother, secretary of the independent political party ,Balochistan Republican Party". Jalil Raki, 32, disapeared on 13 February 2009.
2796-02: Court of Justice of Quetta. The Pakistani justice is reluctant to ask for investigations into the disappearances of balochi political activists, as the Pakistan Army and the Pakistani Intelligences can be
2796-03: BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) Guerrilla fighter stand guard near a camp of the BLA in the scrubland of Bolan at two hour drive from Quetta, capital of the Pakistan province of Balochistan.
2796-04: Akbar Bugti, former Pakistan home secretary stands under a hole made by a Pakistani bomb in his home in Dera Bugti. After his political career, Akbar Bugti becomes the leader of the Pro Independent
2796-05: Brahmdagh Bugti, current leader of the BLA and grandson of late Nawab Akbar Bugti. He is wanted by the Pakistani Government on numerous Terrorism Charges.
2796-06: Personal Bodyguards of Akbar Bugti in july 2005 in Dera Bugti, Balochistan. Akbar Bugti was killed under the bombs of the Pakistan Army on August 26th, 2006. Since this date Balochis does not
2796-07: Miners pray in front of a body of a miner killed during an explosion in a Baloch coalmine controlled by the Pakistani government.
2796-08: Displacement in pick-up with balochis fighters in the region of Dera Bugti today under control of the Pakistan Army.
2796-53: A miner is looked after at the Quetta hospital after an explosion in a baloch coalmine controled by the Pakistan State. The province of Balochistan is the richest in Pakistan (gold, cobalt, gas) nevertheless balochs is the poorest of the federation. A majority of the gas produced in Pakistan is coming from Balochistan but the province can consumes only a small fraction.
2796-09: A miner died during an explosion in a coal mine in Khanoza誰.
2796-10: Region of Makran, Province of Balochistan. On 2 February 2009 the Baloch Liberation United Front ( BLUF) kidnapped John Solecki, an American citizen and leader of the UN mission in Quetta,
2796-11: Miners work in a coalmine in Sibi in the province of Balochistan. For decades, the Pakistani central governments under penjabis domination deprived on one hand fair Balochistan and paid only 12
2796-12: Miners work in a coalmine in Sibi in the province of Balochistan. For decades, the Pakistani central governments under Punjabis domination paid only 12 % of royalties due to the province in
2796-24: Balochis prepare to cut the throat of a goat in the region of Sibi, province of Balochistan. Goats are the main wealth of the rural populations.
2796-13: Miners in a coal mine in Sibi. For decades, the Pakistani central government under Punjabi rule paid only 12 % of royalties due to the province from the gas it produced.
2796-14: A miner arrives in Quetta's main hospital after an explosion in a Baloch coalmine.
2796-15: A father with is two wife and children in the region of Sibi, Pakistan province of Balochistan. Balochis cultivates a particular resentment against the central power, accused of enslaving them, of
2796-16: A miner is looked after at the Quetta hospital after an explosion in a baloch coalmine controled by the Pakistan State. The province of Balochistan is the richest in Pakistan (gold, cobalt, gas)
2796-17: Slums of Gwadar. Province of Balochistan. An old woman came to settle down near the new commercial and military port of Gwadar to improve the standard of living of her family.
2796-18: Anti-Pakistan and pro-Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) demonstration on 27 March, 2009 in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.
2796-19: Anti-Pakistan and pro-Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) demonstration on 27 March, 2009 in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.
2796-20: Anti-Pakistan and pro-BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) demonstration on 27 March, 2009 in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.
2796-21: Two balochi girls during the 27 March demonstration.
2796-21: Two balochi girls during the 27 March demonstration.
2796-22: AK 47 of a BLA guerrilla. Every rifle is personalized by the traditional baloch motifs and cleaned twice by day. The targets of the guerrilla warfare are always the same; the Pakistan Army, its barracks
2796-23: Kohlu a 24 years old BLA guerrilla, with his wife and son in a room of their house near Quetta. Kolhu joined the BLA four years ago to free its native province from the ethnic Pakistanis dominating the
2796-24: Balochis prepare to cut the throat of a goat in the region of Sibi, province of Balochistan. Goats are the main wealth of the rural populations.
2796-22: AK 47 of a BLA guerrilla. Every rifle is personalized by the traditional baloch motifs and cleaned twice by day. The targets of the guerrilla warfare are always the same; the Pakistan Army, its barracks and the mines controlled by the Pakistan state.
2796-25: A young Balochi drinks a cup of tea with goat's milk in the region of Sibi.
2796-26: A miner is looked after at the Quetta hospital after an explosion in a baloch coalmine.
2796-27: BLA fighters dance around a fire in the scrubland of Bolan.
2796-28: Bolan, Province of Balochistan. Guerillos of the BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) dance around a fire in the scrubland of Bolan at 2 hours drive from Quetta, capital of Balochistan.
2796-27: BLA fighters dance around a fire in the scrubland of Bolan.
2796-29: A BLA Guerrilla fighter in March 2009 in the scrubland of Bolan.
2796-30: In this camp, the commander Shahak controls some 40 voluntary guerrillas coming from the four corners of the province. The guerrillas regulary attacks the Pakistan Army, burying anti-personnel land
2796-31: BLA fighters dance around a fire in the scrubland of Bolan.
2796-32: Portrait of a BLA guerrilla fighter (Balochistan Liberation Army) in the scrubland of Bolan close to Quetta, capital of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.
2796-33: In this camp, the commander Shahak steers some 40 voluntary guerrillas coming from the four corners of the province. The guerrilla warfare attacks regularly the Pakistan Army. Burying of
2796-34: A miner is looked after at the Quetta hospital after an explosion in a baloch coalmine controled by the Pakistan State. The province of Balochistan is the richest in Pakistan (gold, cobalt, gas)
2796-35: Nawab Khair Baksh Marri, 89, in his residence in Karachi. Leader of the biggest Baloch tribe, Khair Baksh became a legendary figure as a major supporter of an independant Balochistan. He was one
2796-36: Portrait of the Dr Hakeem Lehri, the leader of the BRP (Balochistan Republican Party) in his residence of Quetta. The Dr Hakeem Lehri, former surgeon supports the political and armed independent
2796-37: Villagers visit a camp of the BLA. The local population donates heads of cattle to feed the BLA guerrillas and also transmits information about the positions of the Pakistan Army.
2796-37: Villagers visit a camp of the BLA. The local population donates heads of cattle to feed the BLA guerrillas and also transmits information about the positions of the Pakistan Army.
2796-38: Villager's visit in a camp of the BLA. Province of Balochistan. The support of the population to the Liberation Army of Balochistan ( BLA) is materialised by the donation of heads of cattles to feed the
2796-39: A father with is two wives and children in the region of Sibi.
2796-40: Factories around Quetta.
2796-19: Anti-Pakistan and pro-Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) demonstration on 27 March, 2009 in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.
2796-41: Mustapha Raisini used to be a balochi documentary filmaker before disappearing in 2004, where he was imprisoned for two years in the secret ÂŤ Pakistani tortures cells Âť.
2796-42: Imdad Baloch, former president of the student Organization of the Balouchistan ( BSO), was arrested on March 25th, 2005 in Karachi after a gathering protesting against the operations of the
2796-43: Guerrilla of the BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) stand guard near a camp of the BLA in the scrubland of Bolan at two hour drive from Quetta, capital of the Pakistan province of Balochistan.
2796-44: Isolated in baloch mountains, the guerilla move every week with herds of goats as feed. The environment is too dry and too warm to keep the other foodstuffs.
2796-08: Displacement in pick-up with balochis fighters in the region of Dera Bugti today under control of the Pakistan Army.
2796-45: Isolated in Baloch Mountains, the guerilla move every week with herds of goats as feed. The environment is too dry and too warm to keep the other foodstuffs.
2796-46: Isolated in baloch mountains, the guerilla move every week with herds of goats as feed. The environment is too dry and too warm to keep the other foodstuffs
2796-47: A guerillero of the BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) stand guard near a camp of the BLA in the scrubland
2796-48: Isolated in baloch mountains, a BLA guerillero is preparing the fire to cook the lamb.
2796-06: Personal Bodyguards of Akbar Bugti in july 2005 in Dera Bugti, Balochistan. Akbar Bugti was killed under the bombs of the Pakistan Army on August 26th, 2006. Since this date Balochis does not want any more the autonomy of the province but its independence. The BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) becomes again active.
2796-49: BLA soldiers are visiting some villagers home where they find a strong support. Bolan, Province of Balochistan.
2796-50: BLA soldiers are visiting some villagers home where they find a strong support. Bolan, Province of Balochistan.
2796-51: School in a baloch refugees camp in Jacobabad. Balochis runaway after the Pakistan military operation in the region of Dera Bugti. Balochistan is the less developped province of the Pakistani
2796-52: Dera Bugti, now under the control of the Pakistan Army.
2796-15: A father with is two wife and children in the region of Sibi, Pakistan province of Balochistan. Balochis cultivates a particular resentment against the central power, accused of enslaving them, of dedicating them very few resources and attention, of delaying the development of the province while drawing from its rich basement.
Lost from Balochistan Balochistan extends over 350,000 square kms (approximately the size of Germany) and is the largest province in the Pakistan Federation. Around seven million people live in Balochistan and since the population comprises of Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghanis this vast desert territory is by and large divided along ethnic lines. Despite Balochistan being amongst the richest province in Pakistan, with valuable natural resources in gold, cobalt and gas, its people are the poorest, suffering for decades under the rule of the Punjabi government. Seeking to address this economic discrimination is one of the main driving forces behind the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), an armed group who's resistance regularly makes headlines in the Pakistani national press. Balochis cultivate a particular resentment towards centralised power, accusing the government of enslaving them and delaying provincial development whilst at the same time plundering Balochistan's rich resources. The BLA became most active after 2006 when a number of Balochi political leaders were killed. The BLA continues to target the Pakistani army which they view as an occupying imperialist force.
Les disparus du Balouchistan « A mort le Pakistan ! », « We want freedom ! » scandent des milliers de baloutches en défilant dans les rues poussiéreuses de Quetta, capitale de la province pakistanaise indépendantiste du Balochistan. Récemment, les cadavres mutilés de trois politiciens baloutches importants sont retrouvés aux abords de Tourbat, une oasis perdue non loin de la frontière pakistano iranienne. Les Etats-Unis condamne l'assassinat et souligne que l'un des politiciens a joué un rôle important pour la libération de l'otage américain John Solecki détenu pendant deux mois par le Front Uni pour la Libération du Balochistan (BLUF). La revendication du BLUF n'était ni pécuniaire, ni religieuse. L'organisation demandait aux autorités pakistanaises la libération de 1109 baloutches disparus. Depuis l'annexion par l'armée pakistanaise du Balochistan en 1948, une journée au pays des baloutches ne se passe rarement sans remous. Loin des routes, des villes et de sa famille, Mustapha Raisini a le regard vide et la démarche d'un vieillard. Il vit dans une maison en terre au milieu de montagnes rouges et arides. Ses abricotiers produisent de petits fruits juteux et acidulés. Mustapha est un ancien activiste politique et documentaliste baloutche qui tente aujourd'hui d'oublier ses deux années passées dans les geôles pakistanaises. En mai 2005, les services de renseignements pakistanais (Inter Service Intelligence et Millitary Intelligence) investissent sa maison de
Kanat. Il disparaît un an sans que ça famille n'est de nouvelles. Sans que la justice pakistanaise ne veuille entendre les plaintes de sa femme. Un an dans un «camp de torture» où le bâton qui frappe la plante de ses pieds veut lui faire dire ce qu'il prétend ne pas être, un terroriste baloutche. Un an à s'entendre dire que cette journée sera sa dernière, que sa femme et ses fils le sont déjà. Mustapha n'a pas honte de pleurer devant sa femme et l'un de ses fils lorsque je l'interroge. Il n'a pas honte de dire qu'il était, lui et des centaines d'autres, souvent nu dans ce camp où l'on ne voit pas la lumière et où l'on traite « les hommes comme des animaux ». Il n'en connait ni le nom, ni l'emplacement. Sans trop savoir pourquoi, il est un soir transféré, les yeux bandés dans une prison de Quetta. Pour la première fois, il revoit sa femme qu'il croyait morte et connaît le motif de son incarcération «Planification d'une attaque à la bombe contre l'Etat pakistanais». Il restera 13 mois à la prison ATF (Anti Terrorist Force) de Quetta avant d'être acquitté, faute de preuve. Sa femme, Naela, tentera par la suite de porter plainte contre les services secrets pakistanais mais s'entend dire des juges « Votre mari est en vie. Que cherchez-vous ? » Le cas de Mustapha Raisini n'est pas isolé. Lorsque des « disparus » baloutches sont transférer vers des prisons officielles, ils recouvrent leurs identités et sont en quelques sortes blanchies des opérations des services secrets pakistanais. Imdad Baloch, ancien président du Balochistan Student Organisation (BSO) est un petit homme au visage rond et aux intensions pleines de politesse. Il dit avoir été enlevé et détenu pendant trois mois dans une prison secrète avant d'être inculpé pour « vol » et acquitté par la justice. De même pour Anif Baloch, un jeune réalisateur de film
baloutche dynamique qui se souvient ne s'être lavé qu'une seule fois et avoir vécu l'électrocution régulièrement durant 5 mois. Anif me demandera, dans une pièce souterraine où il monte son dernier film, de ne pas le nommer en ajoutant « Dans ce pays quant vous êtes libre, vous essayez de le rester ». Les trois politiciens baloutches retrouvés morts n'ont pas eu cette chance. Deux baloutches viennent me chercher pour rejoindre un camp de guérilleros de l'Armée de Libération Baloutche (BLA). Il ya quelques jours encore ce camp détenait cinq otages penjâbis, l'ethnie dominant l'économie et contrôlant l'armée pakistanaise. Deux heures de routes chaotiques et trois changements de voitures effectués, quatre soldats du BLA ouvrent la marche dans le maquis du Bolan. Une zone rude et montagneuse qui marque la frontière entre les plaines fertiles du monde indien et les peuples d'éleveur nomade du Balochistan. La marche est difficile, les guérilleros chaussés de sandales faites de pneu de voiture s'en amusent. Du haut de leur promontoire rocheux, deux soldats font le guet. Les 40 guérilleros s'affairent ; malaxent la pate à pain, dépècent la chèvre qui nourrira les combattants, nettoient les armes et écoutent, tous les soirs les informations à la radio, « Voice of America » pour le lieutenant du commandant. L'ambiance est fraternelle et les rires francs malgré l'éloignement de leurs familles. Les guérilleros, venus des quatre coins d'une province grande comme l'Allemagne, ne retournent à la vie civile que quelques jours tous les quatre mois. Le commandant Shahak a les épaules larges, des yeux blagueurs et une paire de vieilles baskets aux pieds. Il insiste sur le fait que le BLA n'a aucun liens avec les talibans qui selon lui « ont oublié leur identité nationale et font la
guerre au nom de la religion grâce à l'armée pakistanaise » qui ajout-il perçoit toujours, comme au temps de l'invasion soviétique en Afghanistan, des milliards de dollars des américains. Depuis 1996, le commandant ne quitte jamais son Dragunov, un fusil sniper russe. Shahak, a toujours vécu les inégalités et la discrimination à l'égard de son peuple. Pas seulement à l'école ou la langue baloutche n'est pas enseigné mais dans toutes les sphères de la société. Selon le commandant, les baloutches ont toujours été traités par les pakistanais comme un peuple inférieur. « Sur notre terre dont ils tirent la plupart de leurs ressources, ils nous considèrent comme des esclaves » soumet-il. La plupart des ressources naturelles du Pakistan sont situées au Baloutchistan - gaz naturel, uranium, cuivre, cobalt et des réserves de pétrole potentiellement abondantes- exploités par des multinationales pakistanaises et chinoises. Si près de 40% du gaz produit au Pakistan provient de cette province, elle n'en consomme qu'une petite fraction car seulement 4 des 26 districts sont alimentés en gaz, faute d'infrastructures adéquat. L'unité de gaz est acheté 27 roupies au Balochistan et 190 roupies à la province du Pendjab sans que les différentiels techniques ne justifient un tel écart. Il en résulte un manque criant d'écoles, de routes et d'infrastructures en tout genre. Le Balochistan est la plus grande, la plus riche mais ses habitants sont les plus pauvres de la fédération. Les taux de mortalité infantile, de malnutrition, de pauvreté sont les plus élevés du pays et ce malgré les vastes réserves d'énergies dont son sous sol regorge. Dans ses vallées escarpées, rare sont ceux qui croient encore aux combat via les voies parlementaires ou aux promesses de l'Etat « Au Pakistan il n'y a pas de gouvernement. Il y a l'Armée. Le Président
Zardari n'a aucun pouvoir, il n'est que la marionnette de cette dernière qui, depuis 60 ans dirige le pays pour s'enrichir» poursuit le commandant. Armé de lances roquettes, de mortiers, d'explosifs, de mines anti-tanks, le BLA s'attaque à toutes les installations de « l'occupant pakistanais » ; Oléoducs qui acheminent le gaz baloutche vers les autres provinces, bases militaires. « Nous détruisons tout les installations et ceux qui protègent ou permettent la stabilisation de la colonisation pakistanaise au Balochistan » soutient le commandant entouré de ses hommes. Le mouvement indépendantiste baloutche s'est durci au point de faire régulièrement la Une des journaux pakistanais et depuis peu de la presse américaine avec l'enlèvement de John Solecki, ce haut fonctionnaire de l'ONU détenu par la guérilla pendant deux mois et libéré en bonne santé. Pour le Dr Hakeem Lehri, leader du Parti Républicain Baloutche (BRP), qui a aidé à la libération de l'otage américain, « Nous, baloutches ne croyons pas au meurtre de sang froid, nous ne tuons jamais de personnes innocentes qui n'appartiennent pas au gouvernement pakistanais » mais il ajoute «nous montrons au monde que notre peuple souffre et meurt sous l'occupation de l'armée pakistanaise ».
Captions 2796-01: The sister of Jalil Raki holds a portrait of her disappeared brother, secretary of the independent political party ,Balochistan Republican Party". Jalil Raki, 32, disapeared on 13 February 2009. 2796-02: Court of Justice of Quetta. The Pakistani justice is reluctant to ask for investigations into the disappearances of balochi political activists, as the Pakistan Army and the Pakistani Intelligences can be implied. 2796-03: BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) Guerrilla fighter stand guard near a camp of the BLA in the scrubland of Bolan at two hour drive from Quetta, capital of the Pakistan province of Balochistan. 2796-04: Akbar Bugti, former Pakistan home secretary stands under a hole made by a Pakistani bomb in his home in Dera Bugti. After his political career, Akbar Bugti becomes the leader of the Pro Independent movement. He was killed under the bombs of the Army on August 26th, 2006. Since this date Balochis does not want any more the autonomy of the province but its independence. The BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) becomes again active under the command of Akbar Bugti's grandson (in the background on the photo). 2796-05: Brahmdagh Bugti, current leader of the BLA and grandson of late Nawab Akbar Bugti. He is wanted by the Pakistani Government on numerous Terrorism Charges. 2796-06: Personal Bodyguards of Akbar Bugti in july 2005 in Dera Bugti,
Balochistan. Akbar Bugti was killed under the bombs of the Pakistan Army on August 26th, 2006. Since this date Balochis does not want any more the autonomy of the province but its independence. The BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) becomes again active.
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2796-07: Miners pray in front of a body of a miner killed during an explosion in a Baloch coalmine controlled by the Pakistani government.
2796-14: A miner arrives in Quetta's main hospital after an explosion in a Baloch coalmine.
2796-08: Displacement in pick-up with balochis fighters in the region of Dera Bugti today under control of the Pakistan Army. 2796-09: A miner died during an explosion in a coal mine in KhanozaĂŻ. 2796-10: Region of Makran, Province of Balochistan. On 2 February 2009 the Baloch Liberation United Front ( BLUF) kidnapped John Solecki, an American citizen and leader of the UN mission in Quetta, demanding the liberation of 1109 ÂŤdisappearedÂť balochis from Pakistani authorities . John Solecki was released unharmed after two months in detentions. 2796-11: Miners work in a coalmine in Sibi in the province of Balochistan. For decades, the Pakistani central governments under penjabis domination deprived on one hand fair Balochistan and paid only 12 % of royalties due to the province in conformance with the gas which it produces. 2796-12: Miners work in a coalmine in Sibi in the province of Balochistan. For decades, the Pakistani central governments under Punjabis domination paid only 12 % of royalties due to the province in conformance with the gas it
2796-13: Miners in a coal mine in Sibi. For decades, the Pakistani central government under Punjabi rule paid only 12 % of royalties due to the province from the gas it produced.
2796-15: A father with is two wife and children in the region of Sibi, Pakistan province of Balochistan. Balochis cultivates a particular resentment against the central power, accused of enslaving them, of dedicating them very few resources and attention, of delaying the development of the province while drawing from its rich basement. 2796-16: A miner is looked after at the Quetta hospital after an explosion in a baloch coalmine controled by the Pakistan State. The province of Balochistan is the richest in Pakistan (gold, cobalt, gas) nevertheless balochs is the poorest of the federation. A majority of the gas produced in Pakistan is coming from Balochistan but the province can consumes only a small fraction. 2796-17: Slums of Gwadar. Province of Balochistan. An old woman came to settle down near the new commercial and military port of Gwadar to improve the standard of living of her family. 2796-18: Anti-Pakistan and pro-Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) demonstration on 27 March, 2009 in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. 2796-19: Anti-Pakistan and pro-Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)
demonstration on 27 March, 2009 in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. 2796-20: Anti-Pakistan and pro-BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) demonstration on 27 March, 2009 in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. 2796-21: Two balochi girls during the 27 March demonstration. 2796-22: AK 47 of a BLA guerrilla. Every rifle is personalized by the traditional baloch motifs and cleaned twice by day. The targets of the guerrilla warfare are always the same; the Pakistan Army, its barracks and the mines controlled by the Pakistan state. 2796-23: Kohlu a 24 years old BLA guerrilla, with his wife and son in a room of their house near Quetta. Kolhu joined the BLA four years ago to free its native province from the ethnic Pakistanis dominating the army and the economy of the country. With his Russian sniper rifle, he can get a target big as a soccer ball in more than 600 meters away. 2796-24: Balochis prepare to cut the throat of a goat in the region of Sibi, province of Balochistan. Goats are the main wealth of the rural populations. 2796-25: A young Balochi a cup of tea with goat's milk in the region of Sibi. 2796-26: A miner is looked after at the Quetta hospital after an explosion in a baloch coalmine. 2796-27: BLA fighters dance around a fire in the scrubland of Bolan.
richest in Pakistan (gold, cobalt, gas) nevertheless balochs is the poorest of the federation. 2796-28: Bolan, Province of Balochistan. Guerillos of the BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) dance around a fire in the scrubland of Bolan at 2 hours drive from Quetta, capital of Balochistan. 2796-29: A BLA Guerrilla fighter in March 2009 in the scrubland of Bolan. 2796-30: In this camp, the commander Shahak controls some 40 voluntary guerrillas coming from the four corners of the province. The guerrillas regulary attacks the Pakistan Army, burying anti-personnel land mines and anti-tank mines near the army camp and fires Russian and Chinese rockets on the military installations. 2796-31: BLA fighters dance around a fire in the scrubland of Bolan. 2796-32: Portrait of a BLA guerrilla fighter (Balochistan Liberation Army) in the scrubland of Bolan close to Quetta, capital of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. 2796-33: In this camp, the commander Shahak steers some 40 voluntary guerrillas coming from the four corners of the province. The guerrilla warfare attacks regularly the Pakistan Army. Burying of antipersonnel land mines and anti tanks mines near the army cantonnement, fires of Russian and Chinese rockets on the military installations, mortars, rifles sniper Russians, AK 47. 2796-34: A miner is looked after at the Quetta hospital after an explosion in a baloch coalmine controled by the Pakistan State. The province of Balochistan is the
2796-35: Nawab Khair Baksh Marri, 89, in his residence in Karachi. Leader of the biggest Baloch tribe, Khair Baksh became a legendary figure as a major supporter of an independant Balochistan. He was one of the intermediaries between the UN and the BLUF (Balochistan Liberation United Front) for the liberation of the American hostage John Solecki. 2796-36: Portrait of the Dr Hakeem Lehri, the leader of the BRP (Balochistan Republican Party) in his residence of Quetta. The Dr Hakeem Lehri, former surgeon supports the political and armed independent movements. It was one of the intermediaries between the UNO and the BLUF (Balochistan Liberation United Front) for the liberation of the American hostage John Solecki, age 45, released healthy after two months of detention. 2796-37: Villagers visit a camp of the BLA. The local population donates heads of cattle to feed the BLA guerrillas and also transmits information about the positions of the Pakistan Army. 2796-38: Villager's visit in a camp of the BLA. Province of Balochistan. The support of the population to the Liberation Army of Balochistan ( BLA) is materialised by the donation of heads of cattles to feed the guerrilleros and by the transmission of information about the positions of the Pakistan Army. The leaders of the camps of the BLA also have vocation to take decisions of justice in villages under control of the BLA. 2796-39: A father with is two wives and children in the region of Sibi.
2796-40: Factories around Quetta. 2796-41: Mustapha Raisini used to be a balochi documentary filmaker before disappearing in 2004, where he was imprisoned for two years in the secret ÂŤ Pakistani tortures cells Âť. 2796-42: Imdad Baloch, former president of the student Organization of the Balouchistan ( BSO), was arrested on March 25th, 2005 in Karachi after a gathering protesting against the operations of the Pakistani Army in the province. Imdad Baloch was detained 2-months in several secret prisons of the Pakistan Army. 2796-43: Guerrilla of the BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) stand guard near a camp of the BLA in the scrubland of Bolan at two hour drive from Quetta, capital of the Pakistan province of Balochistan. 2796-44: Isolated in baloch mountains, the guerilla move every week with herds of goats as feed. The environment is too dry and too warm to keep the other foodstuffs. 2796-45: Isolated in Baloch Mountains, the guerilla move every week with herds of goats as feed. The environment is too dry and too warm to keep the other foodstuffs. 2796-46: Isolated in baloch mountains, the guerilla move every week with herds of goats as feed. The environment is too dry and too warm to keep the other foodstuffs 2796-47: A guerillero of the BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) stand guard near a camp of the BLA in the scrubland of Bolan has some tens kilometres of
Quetta, capital of the Pakistan province of Balochistan. 2796-48: Isolated in baloch mountains, a BLA guerillero is preparing the fire to cook the lamb. 2796-49: BLA soldiers are visiting some villagers home where they find a strong support. Bolan, Province of Balochistan. 2796-50: BLA soldiers are visiting some villagers home where they find a strong support. Bolan, Province of Balochistan. 2796-51: School in a baloch refugees camp in Jacobabad. Balochis runaway after the Pakistan military operation in the region of Dera Bugti. Balochistan is the less developped province of the Pakistani Federation. 2796-52: Dera Bugti, now under the control of the Pakistan Army.