a few points:
"Waziristani" isnt a tribe....
I used that term to combine wazir, mehsuds and dawars...and i never claimed that it is a tribe. When we say "paktiawals", it doesnt mean we take it for a tribe.
most of the Baloch tribes - some members or representatives or elders may have some grievences but they are not anti-Pakistan
we cant interview each and every baloch to ask them whether they are pro-pakistani or not. But ask yourself few questions , Agar wahan halat kharab hain tu kyun? Sare balochi politicians aur leaders punjab/pakistan k khilaf kyun bol rahain hain? Kia media pagal he jo issue ko khamakha highlight kar rahi he?. Human rights ki reports? Target killings? Gumshuda baloch ya unki masakhshuda lashain? Quomi tarane aur jandey par papandi, mir muzafar jamali ko aisa karne par mara jata he?
Tell me one thing for balochs would consider themeselves proud pakistanis?
.....the ones doing armed resistance (blowing up pipelines, occasional attack on FC-paramil/police/etc. etc. are the same ones who gun down professors, doctors, lawyers etc.
And baloch leaders are denying their involvment in activities of bla, they are condeming killing of settlers. God knows who exactly are bla people, RAW, CIA or ISI?
You think these people represent Baloch sentiment? They are nothing more than bandits and murderers.
Kuch kaha nahi ja sakta he bla wale kaun he. Neither you nor me represent baloch people. Its baloch leaders who represent baloch people's sentiments.
it's stupid to bring up East Pakistan in which political spectrum was different, geography was different (it was thousands of kilometers away, with enemy territory in between)
Yar todha dimagh use kar. May ne balocho ko bengalio se iss liye tashbihe nahi di k inn ki apas may shakle milti hain ....its about injustices, grievances...40 saal pehle bengali jiss kisam ki shiktaian kar raha ta, wahi baloch kar raha. Waha bi "mutti bar" mukti bhani ti, yaha par bi aisa he. Waha pak fauj ke karnamo se sub ba-khabar hain, yaha new style k saath "gumshuda lashain", "masakhshuda lashain. Ye sara gund ISI ne machaya howa he, jiss k protection k under rehna ka tum dawa kar rahe ho.
by the way just FYI - the Waziris, Mehsuds, Afridis were very much anti- British. Yes there were a few tribes that actually sided with the British for purely vested interest reasons. If one tribe was fighting another, obviously it made "sense" for one of them to work with the British and allow their forces to have presence in the areas to afford them protection. The British were so cunning that even in those days they tried to play sectarian and tribal card in FATA --- learning only later on that when Britishers were viewed as occupiers - all the tribes set aside their differences and united together to fight the oppressor. To a much lesser extent, we see it today even.
and let me tell you -- Zaid Hamid doesnt speak on my behalf or for me. He runs a TV talk show and makes money from it.
I wont discuss the pashtun history with u on the occasion, i just gave u examples , you went on discussing them on detail.