Shaheed Tariq Taheer laid to rest amid Thousands mourners
Reported by Adeenag/ 02/06/2011
It was an emotional morning in the tiny village in Kech. Thousands gathered
first time in its history to pay their tribute to Shaheed Tariq Taheer who was
martyred by Pakistani army after inhuman tortures during seven months of
custody. The villagers shouted slogans against Pakistani state.
Shaheed Tariq Taheer, a Balochi poet and stage drama writer was abducted by
Pakistani Coast Guard and ISI at a Karwaat military checkpoint in Pasni on 14
November 2010, while travelling from Karachi to Kech. After 7 months of illegal custody he was killed
and dumped in Kund Malir on June 2, 2011. His body bore several torture marks and he was shot in the
head and neck. The signs of tortures show that he was kept in the worst kind of a torture cell surpassing
all the brutalities unleashed by Nazi in concentration camps. Born in Tanzag, a tiny and desolated village
in Kech in 1979, Tariq completed his early education in Kech. As a poet and script writer for stage drama, he
actively took part in Balochi literacy societies. His poetry is nostalgic and shows deep love for motherland.
He mobilized youths to read and write in Balochi language. One of the pages in his personal diary posted
by a relative on Facebook read like this,“My paradise, the Balochistan, is my first mother. I am proud that I
am fighting for the independence of my motherland. I have only one wish that if I’m martyred, I will be honored
for my motherland and no one should weep at my demise and instead, they should be proud that I sacrificed
my life for my motherland.â€
