...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
. International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO), 'Save the Children', has been asked by the federal government to close all its operations in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
. Security concern is, as usual, the flimsy pretext used to deprive the two western provinces of Pakistain from aid of social development sector in child care. This article will focus on closing down 'Save the Children' in Balochistan only.
On June 11, the federal government sealed the offices of 'Save the Children' in the entire country on allegations of anti-state activities. After uncertainty on this matter for a few days, the federal government allowed the NGO to resume its operations conditionally. The condition was that it would immediately shut down all its operation in "sensitive areas" of Pakistain. As a result, the Country Director of 'Save the Children' wrote an official letter to the Interior Ministry on June 19 and pledged to shut down all of its projects in Balochistan by the 30th.
This presents a clear case of double standards by the federal government which has one policy for Sindh and Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
and another for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. When the federal government allowed 'Save the Children' to resume its operations, it implied that allegations leveled against the organization are wrong. If this is the case then why has the NGO been prevented from helping the children in Balochistan? It would be foolish to believe that it can carry out anti-state activities in Balochistan but not in Punjab or Sindh. It's clear that the anti-Balochistan mindset prevalent in federal government is the only reason that 'Save the Children' has been ordered to leave Balochistan.