Lucky Shahzaib Khan and Unlucky Sawal Khan

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. (Elie Weisel) 

Shahzaib Khan a young, handsome and innocent boy was murdered in streets of Karachi on December 24, by a well-known land lord “Shahrukh Jatoi”. But Shahzaib Khan was lucky that he got justice, he was lucky because his murderer was sentenced to death.

Everyone isn’t lucky, or a Baloch isn’t lucky when it comes to Pakistan. Nearly “10,000” Balochs have been killed brutally since “2002” by Security forces, Intelligence agencies and Death Squads supported by them. About “5,000” are missing and “982” mutilated bodies of Baloch political workers have been found, but no one has been hanged, jailed or even found responsible for all this, not even a single person.

When Hafiz Mughees and Muneeb of Sialkot were murdered, the whole Pakistan came out, civil society, media, bureaucrats and lawyers. Thousands of voices were raised from all over the country for them and they got justice. Same as when Sarfaraz of Karachi was shot dead by rangers in Karachi, everyone in Pakistan remembered his duty and raised voice seeking justice for him, and he got it. Keeping in mind that FIR’s of robbery were registered on all three of them. But where is justice for Sanwal Khan who was murdered in Much area of Bolan by Frontier Corps, where is FIR’s copy of his crimes, where can I find the documents who state that he was a militant.

Where is Pakistani Media, where are those who could block a road in Lahore, who could protest in front of supreme court for his justice, where can I find them who could launch a facebook page, or post some tweets in his honor. Where are courts, who could take notice of his brutal killing?

Remember Martin Niemoller’s famous statement and poem.

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionist,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.

Are Baloch not Human, or Pakistani laws of humanity doesn’t apply on Baloch anymore. Well, it’s not over yet there are more mutilated bodies coming, many more Baloch are about to go missing or even me, Please raise voice for at least one of them so a Baloch could say that I am a Pakistani or Pakistanis care about us.