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When the prime minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto feared that the first elected government of Balochistan is educating the Baluch masses about the rights and how they had intentionally been kept backward by Pakistani imperialists then the so called first elected democratic Prime minister of Pakistan illegally dismissed the government of Baluchistan on 13 February 1973. Baluch Nation’s anger flared up into an armed revolt for the Independence of Baluchistan.
Gunship helicopters provided by the Shah of Iran [Reza Shah Pahlavi] and the might of Pakistan Air Force were use for indiscriminate aerial bombardment on unarmed civilian population to make the Baluch rebels surrender, thus thousands of Baluch perished including men, women and children [mostly aged men, women and children], hundreds of thousands have been arrested and several thousand were made homeless. Standing crops were set on fire, live stock destroyed and villages levelled to ground due to indiscriminate bombardment of Pakistan army.
Under these circumstances young Abdul Majeed Baluch from Mastung town of Balochistan took upon himself to avenge the massacre of his Nation from the ruthless Prime minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
On 2nd August 1974 armed with a hand grenade he tried to attack and assassinate the Prime minister of Pakistan in a public meeting in Quetta. Although, Shaheed Majeed Baloch did not succeeded in his mission to kill the killer of Baluch people, but he sacrificed his life and made it clear to the oppressors and occupiers of Baloch land that Brave sons of soil will do anything to defend their motherland and nation.
Today the successors of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto are once again involved in gross human rights violations i.e. illegal arrests, abductions, extra judicial killings and the ongoing military operation. This is a challenging time for the Baloch Nation and there may be difficult times ahead. The only way to overcome these challenges is; that Baluch students, labourers, and political workers, hence all men and women need to join hands together to defend their people and land.
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