Buried Bones of Contention: A 2,000-Year-Old Dog Cemetery Ignites a Modern-Day Power Struggle in Southwestern Pakistan

Buried Bones of Contention: A 2,000-Year-Old Dog Cemetery Ignites a Modern-Day Power Struggle in Southwestern Pakistan

The ‘Dog’s Grave’ is located in the Kherthar mountain range of Sindh between Shahdad Kot of Sindh and Khuzdar district of Balochistan, which is the highest tourist destination of Sindh in beautiful scenery and mountain range.

This is the name of the tourist place at the height of seven and a half thousand feet. Sindh and Balochistan are also claimants of the ownership of this entertainment place.

In 1885, the British reached this place for the first time.

There is a dog’s grave here, due to which the area is called Dog’s Grave. Due to the high altitude, the temperature here remains low.

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Due to the lack of roads and other facilities, this tourist spot is hidden from public view, some tourists reach here through difficult routes.

If the government provides facilities, a large number of tourists can visit here.

The Sindh government has also declared the ‘Dog’s grave’ as a national heritage and it has been informed that steps will be taken to secure the said place.

According to a BBC report, there are gas reserves in the ‘Dog’s Grave’ area. Along with the Baloch tribes, the Sindhi tribes Chutha and Ghaincha communities also live in this area.

The conflict between the government of Sindh and Balochistan started in 2018 over the boundaries of this area. The then Senior Provincial Minister of Sindh, Nisar Khoro, said that the ‘Dog’s Grave’ area is a part of Sindh and will always be.

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Former provincial minister Sindh Nisar Khoro, while showing the gazette of 1876, claimed that the area of ​​the dog’s grave covers about two and a half lakh acres of land, which is a cool area in the Kherthar mountain range, which is higher than the Gorakh Hill station.

At that time, the member of the Sindh Assembly of Pakistan People’s Party, Sardar Khan Chandio, says that the ‘dog’s grave’ has been the area of ​​Sindh since the British rule, there is evidence of this in the Survey of Pakistan. It is beyond comprehension.

Before him, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Central Deputy Amir and Member of National Assembly Maulana Qamaruddin had said in a press conference that the inclusion of Dhadaro and ‘Dog’s Grave’ areas of Khuzdar district in Shahdad Kot area of ​​Sindh province is the feelings and emotions of the people. It’s like playing with.

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He said that after the census, the election commission’s inclusion of Dhadaro area of ​​Khasdar district and the dog’s grave in Shahdad Kot Qambar constituency of Sindh province shows that the election commission, some figures of the Sindh government. It does not want all the provinces of the country to establish fraternal relations by staying within their geographical limits.

Maulana Qamaruddin had alleged that the government of Sindh is trying to separate the border areas of Balochistan where natural resources are found from Balochistan and include them in Sindh under a conspiracy, which was not accepted in any way. will go

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2024-10-08 10:01:14

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