Posted 2009/12/03
Neutral BBC's one sided attitude
On
November 25th 2009, when Baloch
pro-liberation leader Mr Hayrbyar
Marri’s interview was published on
BBC, we couldn’t understand any of
his wordings because his full of
dust talks were totally different
from what all he has been saying to
Pakistani private News channels the
very same day or previously, where
he had reject Balochistan package
and quoted in strong words the
demand of freedom and not of package
and reminded our only destination
was getting rid of slavery.
Regarding negotiation with the
Pakistani government, he cleared we
would only negotiate with the
Pakistani government when it
declares handing over the occupation
accepting independent Balochistan,
then we could negotiate on the
agenda of ‘independent Balochistan’.
Expressing his view on the missing
persons of Balochistan, his agenda
included that Pakistan had forcibly
occupied Balochistan and Balochistan
itself has been an independent
state. Our political prisoners and
freedom fighters should be brought
out publicly in fact they should be
accepted as POWs under international
law because we think our freedom
fighters are the soldiers of
Balochistan army who were made
prisoners while they were fighting
the enemy force. Therefore they
should be treated the same as any
ordinary POW of a country is treated
by another country.
But the interview published in BBC
never consisted of any such views.
So apparently such thoughts pop up
in one’s mind that what happened all
of a sudden to Baloch leader who had
openly expressed his agenda in
Pakistani news channels but in his
interview with the BBC sentences are
more but the real points are
no-where. In these numerous
questions going around the mind, one
and the most dominate question was;
Baloch leader abandon from his
agenda in just a matter of few hours
and obliged for negotiations
unconditionally (which we think is
impossible) OR his true words were
stolen intentionally.
Our this confusion was continuous
till 2 different recordings of the
particular interview were published
at the same time on a Baloch
website. It included a full
interview recorded by Mr Hayrbyar
Marri’s team for their records and
the interview been published just to
get rid from by a BBC journalist
which created so much of confusion
in the minds of numerous people.
This interview taken on Balochistan
package regard, can consist 4 points
which are important to be known by
this administration. First, Was Mr
Marri taken in any confidence
regarding this package? Second, How
effective or meaningless this
package is in Mr Marri’s views?
Third, If he rejects this package
then what are his demands and if he
supports this package then what are
the points in this package that are
acceptable? Fourth and the last,
after the proposal of this package
would their be any chances of
pro-liberation people to negotiate
with the Pakistani officials?
These are the main points which were
important at the time but it is
simple when a journalist gets a
chance of interviewing such a leader
it tries to ask questions which it
might not be able to publish in its
interview but could benefit with
them later at an appropriate time.
But the point being felt as an
example of dishonesty is, the 11min
and 22sec conversation in which Mr
Hayrbyar had used the word freedom
11 times on the subject of freedom
of Balochistan but BBC’s journalist
Haroon Raheed had very skilfully
scissor it so that the 2min and
30sec (which was published after
being edited by the administration)
not even once mentioned the word
‘freedom‘. Similarly the word
‘slave’ and ‘slavery’ were used 4
times in the interview but in the
published piece Baloch slaved status
was mentioned no-where. Because if
the word ‘slavery’ was included, so
apparently the demand would’ve been
freedom. So the addressed person
never bother to feel the importance
of publishing Mr Hayrbyar Marri
mentioning Baloch nation’s slavery
and its end or treatment.
Dishonesty is an evil disease, this
is why this journalist not only
deprived its listeners from the true
answers in fact has kept its
administration in darkness regarding
Balochistan freedom seekers or at
least it is assumed from the
interview.
He did include the sentence “We are
not in favor of package politics” in
this published interview but “We are
the demanders of freedom” sentence
is forgotten in the answer.
Similarly the journalist placed a
sentence “Our gates are open for
negotiations” during Mr Hayrbyar’s
views on the chances of
negotiations, but never felt the
necessity of including the attached
main condition “These negotiations
will be held on the agenda of Free
Balochistan”. He did question
whether being taken in confidence
regarding the package but the point
where Mr Hayrbyar clears himself and
lets a journalist like Haroon
Rasheed to record his interview
appealing his selection of words for
the future, But the journalist
demonstrating extreme
irresponsibility forgets to include
it because in reply he is reminded
of his one sided attitude.
Haroon Rasheed questions in the
interview; The government says it
has negotiated and been in contact
with almost all the extremist and
fugitive groups regarding the
package so did they contact you too?
As mentioned before during the
answer of this question, as the
journalist suffers from dumbness he
misuses his position and authority
and never publishes the first part
of the question in which he had
called Baloch freedom seekers as
extremists and fugitives. Similarly
Mr Hayrbyar Marri’s reply was also
edited where he answered shortly “I
am not an extremist nor a fugitive,
I am a demander of free Balochistan
so they never spoke to me”
He did ask Mr Hayrbyar Marri his
demands but one of his demand was
mentioned half that our freedom
fighters (captured) should be
treated as P.O.W but why they should
be given the status of P.O.W the
journalist did not mention in the
argument.
Now it is as, someone runs to the
acting king’s palace screaming Your
majesty step down from your
position! His particular demand will
be understood foolish until he
doesn’t say that the real king is
arriving. The particular message
which was not important a few
seconds before, becomes tough truth
when the argument is given causing
everyone present to stand up and
even the acting king step out from
his position. If he does not use the
word king so he being a fool would
be applicable to death but his one
argument make him deserve reward.
Argument is the only reason making
ordinary talk special and important.
Therefore the journalist has very
skilfully squeezed the arguments of
Mr Hayrbyar Marri making his strong
talks as ordinary words which
threatens a cause of confusion among
his friends about his personality
and his national movement. The
specific time or day chosen for the
publish of this interview is
extremely deadly and dangerous. We
can never comment on this that the
particular journalist intentionally
publish the interview 2 days before
the occasion of Eid but it is the
truth that due to Eid holidays every
news agency was closed causing it
not possible to reply this
dishonesty based interview where on
the other hand everyone was in get
together on the occasion of Eid.
Balochistan where fire and burning
steel are drizzling and their
national leader Hayrbyar Marri’s
statements will be the topic of
every get together, and the
oppositions of Baloch national
movement would cheer up saying the
freedom seekers have at last given
up. The slogan of Baloch national
freedom settle down like a foam
because Hayrbyar Marri while talking
to BBC unconditionally agreed to
negotiate with the Pakistani
government. Like a phase in Balochi;
’Till truth arrives, false travel a
distance ahead’ so till the end of
Eid holidays and newspapers being
publish, in between at least a week
while government machinery and anti
freedom seekers would present this
interview based on dishonest editing
as truth will disappoint people on
Baloch national movement.
The intensity of such misleading
report on the basis of BBC causing a
shock among the Baloch nation
specially the pro-liberation Balochs
cannot be estimated. In this
continuation the impact of a beloved
organization like BBC among Balochs
will be acceptable as thinking BBC
too address the poor victim Baloch
as one sided. Because it is no
co-incidence to hide or bring any
ups and downs in such important
questions. This can only be possible
in 2 conditions, first the
interviewer and the editor is
unaware of the importance of the
conversation of the person being
interviewed and unknowingly selects
the needed points or dishonest and
sided person who tries to unaffected
the interviewers conversation and
make his personality suspicious.
Here excuse like lack of time and
being in a hurry aren’t important
because these terms do not implement
on freedom or slavery kind of words.
Therefore we easily come to this
conclusion that Haroon Rasheed is
not only an unprofessional
journalist in fact he has hatred for
Baloch national movement and all
that he has done is purposely and
intentional. Because this fact of
taking out the impression of Baloch
pro-liberation leader’s strong and
straight words making them important
or non important and secondary is
not a difficult job which not only
needs skills and tricks in fact such
unfortunate hypocrisy makes one
helpless in murdering his conscious,
which later on in the form on
anxiety makes one’s conscious
restless.
Written By:HAFEEZ
HASAN ABADI
Translated By:ZROMBESHT
Source:DAILY TAWAR