Mr. Chairman,

The Baluch Nation has been facing brutal repression by Pakistan 's ruling Punjabi oligarchy, which is a combine of generals, feudal lords and bureaucrats forged through matrimonial alliances, business interests and power sharing phenomenon.

Atrocities perpetrated on the Baloch nation has a long history going back to the days when a new State by the name of Pakistan was created in the sub-continent on the basis of religion in 1947. Even since, the ruling ethnic Punjabis, who are in an over all majority in this country have been struggling for an identity that is lost and a personality that is split. This makes them look for enemies within the country and outside it for domination and assertion. Since the Baloch are a traditionally secular, democratic and progressive nation with a long history of indigenous culture and social system heroically preserved in face of adverse pressures and proudly defended against adverse times, the Punjabi oligarchs feel threatened and insecure. Nowhere in the history of decolonized nations do we hear of the new rulers bombarding and decimating segments of their own nationals as was done by Pakistan army in Balochistan in the 1950s, 60s,70s, and at present.

The Pakistan air force is purchasing F16 fighter jets from the U.S as per the specification of the 1980s that the aircraft should be equipped with mountainous capability .We condemn the sale of any military equipment to the government of Pakistan because it more than likely that it will be used against the Baloch people.

Apart from the lurking inferiority of a split personality, the ethnic Punjabi ruling group is unhappy with the natural rights that Balochs enjoy over their mineral resources in Baloch territory. They ceaselessly want the huge natural gas resources of Balochistan not to the benefit of the local people but for those who militarily rule the country with impunity thousands of miles away in Islamabad. And when the Baloch protest the wanton loot of Sui gas reserves, the rulers come down with a heavy hand throwing to winds all norms of good governance, human rights , constitutional rights and national interests.

Mr. Chairman, disappearance is the favourite weapon that the ethnic Punjabi rulers are using against the Baloch. More than 500 abductions have taken place in Balochistan in order to break the Baloch Students Organization, whose members are on a hunger strike for last four days in front of Quetta Press club.

The abductions on such a large scale have shattered the Pakistan Human Rights Commission so much so that even the members of this organization have joined the hunger strikers. This is something unknown in the history of human rights violations. Mr.Allah Nazar, Chairman of Baloch Students Organization was abducted in March last and his whereabouts remain untraced so far. Hajji Jan Muhammad, another Bloch has also been abducted and his family is on hunger strike.

We may also refer to the massacre of Bugti Baloch in Dera Bugti in March in which about sixty people mainly Hindu Baloch were brutally murdered and their temples destroyed.

Mr. Chairman, Punjabi oligarchs are bent upon destroying the identity of the Baloch nation in whatever way they can, When faced with resistance to their arbitrary methods of governance, misuse of Baloch natural resources and discrimination against the Baloch in all spheres of life including representation in civil and military services .

Mr. Chairman, the Punjabi ruling oligarchy has undertaken massive construction of Gawadar sea port that lies on the Makran coast of Balochistan . While doing so, they see to it that the locals are denied employment opportunities and other genuine benefits. People from the Punjab province are brought in to fill hundreds and thousands of job placements. This naturally excludes the Baloch from gainful employment in their own territory and this is clear discrimination on ethnic basis.

Mr. Chairman, the process of changing the demographic complexion of Balochistan is high on the agenda of domineering Punjabi group in Pakistan . As the Gawadar port develops, large scale non-Baloch are brought in from N.W.F.P and Punjab provinces. As labourers and workers. Their number is swelling rapidly and if no action is taken to stop it, it may be sooner rather than later that the Baloch will be reduced to a status of minority group on their own land.