By NewsGram Staff Writer
The conflict of Balochistan has not yet turned up explicitly in International media’s coverage and continues to remain an unattended issue. “Balochistan’s long held demands for increased autonomy have fallen to deaf ears over the past half century.” [1]
While Balochistan continues to remain a comparatively poor area in spite having rich natural resources, the human rights violation cases in the conflicted area by Pakistan army have surfaced. Among many such attempts, #LiberateBalochistan was trending on Twitter.
When NewsGram researched the tweets (and the handles), the results were quite interesting. Many of the handles supporting Balochistan were pro-Modi.
NewsGram brings to you a series of tweets with #LiberateBalochistan.
Dear Balochs After “India With Balochistan”, We are going to trend #LiberateBalochistan tomorrow, Sunday at 10 am (India Time Zone) ~ India
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) July 11, 2015
It is my religious duty to support my Balochi brothers and sisters. They have protected Mata Hingalaj temple for ages #LiberateBalochistan — संदीप सारस्वत #HDL (@saraswati_nadi) July 12, 2015
An independent Balochistan is a permanent deterrent to religious extremism in the region & it will prove itself if u #LiberateBalochistan — Archen Baloch (@ArchenBaloch) July 12, 2015
Balochistan being rich in natural resources continues to be d most backward of all d provinces in Porkistan. #LiberateBalochistan
— Wilson D’mello (@wdmello) July 12, 2015
Though India has dismissed the allegations about its role in Balochistan, the ongoing trend clearly reflects the twitterati extending its support to the conflicted region. While there were tweets flooding in India with #LiberateBalochistan, some stir was observed among Pakistani twitterati with #LiberateKhalistan.
#LiberateBalochistan trending in India and #LiberateKhalistan trending in Pakistan. Batman v Superman trending in both countries.
— Scotchy Shashtri (@scotchism) July 12, 2015
So all those who wanna liberate #Balochistan, tell me how it feels to #LiberateKhalistan? pic.twitter.com/4gzTx35Msv
— Aabi kosar (@Aabekosar) July 12, 2015
One Retweet = One Salute To our Pak Army as they crushed BLA and RAW from our Soil. #LiberateKhalistanpic.twitter.com/puP1Vjhs9L
— Ramiz Raja (@RamizRaja92) July 12, 2015
Burnol ki zarorat to #India ko hai because #LiberateKhalistan is trending on top in Pakistan … @HDLindiaOrg . 😉
— Arslan Javaid (@Being__Arslan) July 12, 2015
This is how the twitterati of both the countries have reacted to the internal problems. Instead of fighting for their own cause, it is disturbing to observe this approach among the people of the two nations.