Smuggling is the just livelihood for the Baloch region
Diesel smuggling has a long history in Balochistan, Pakistan’s southwestern province, an unnamed, poor, helpless, heartlessness, impresses the minds when they hear Baloch or Balochistan.
As we all know that 85% percent of the region’s livelihood belongs to the Iran border.
Linking in undeveloped and far-flung border areas of Balochistan are earning a livelihood from this trade as there had been no factory and other major sources of income. Besides the truth, the Government had always ignored these areas, leaving the residents fending for themselves. That is why people are doing this for their livelihood.
In Balochistan especially, in Chagai, Turbat, Awaran, Panjgur, Gwadar, Lasbela, Khuzdar, and many places, where no concept of other work, except to bring diesel and petrol from Iran, through which they provide two meal a day to their children.
Despite the fact, Baloch every time has to face dangerous catastrophes while working on borders and smuggling is not a job where you earn an income even smugglers have life threats too. Their young, middle-aged ones are on gunpoint and recently (IRGC) had opened fire on a gathering of fuel smugglers in Suiran and at least 40 Baloch locals were killed and many were wounded and by the way, this is not the first time that Balochs are being killed but in realities, every new day becomes unforgettable for Baloch history even though they don’t care because they have to feed their families.
Here questions arise.
Should they steal valuables?
What should they earn to live a healthy life?
Should they get involved in terror activities?
My eyes felt with tears, to mention that A Baloch never being let to work peacefully very sadly, a zamyad reached from Lasbela to Turbat, in order to pay more than 20000 thousand rupees to the police, levies, CIA, FIA, customs, excise, and coast guards.