BRAINWASHING of people across Pakistan, both on provincial and national levels, is going on seemingly under a well-thought-out plan. For example, other parts of the country are injected with disinformation that the ongoing struggle in Balochistan is for the basic rights of the people as if there are enough rights or everything available to the people in Sindh’s interior, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata.

On the provincial level, this brainwashing is extremely effective where the masses are fed with the fairytales of ‘Pakistan’s occupation’ of Balochistan.

The propagandists do not use the term ‘forcible annexation’, which is unfairly propagated on the national television screens in Pakistan.

In the province, it is even worse. This is carried out by different methods. There are anti-Pakistan books easily available in cities and districts of Balochistan, which support a different narration of history.

The trend needs to be arrested by our policymakers. There is a need for a national debate on the Balochistan issue as early as possible.

IMRAN JAMALI, Dera Rojhan Jamali