Qambar Chakar: A Man and a Myth

By: Baloch Students Action Committee, BUITEMS

The Baloch Hal Exclusive

Birth of a Leader

In Shahi Tump, a far-flung town of Balochistan in Kech (Turbat) district, the house of Chakar Baloch was overflowed with merriness and gleaming lights over the birth of the first son, Qambar. The boy was to become an inspriational leader for the Baloch people soon after entering his teen ages. One day, some ill-fated soldiers of darkness would walk, take this light away to the shadow of torture and death. His was a story of celebrations in unison. When he was born, the whole family, even the entire town cheered up with uncontrollable delight. When he was killed, the whole of Balochistan wept. His was a song of happiness and a melancholy.

Acquiring his primary education from the same town, Qambar was admitted at the Government College Turbat. He moved to Quetta to attain higher education at the university level because of the unavailability of a university in his native Turbat district. He managed to seek admission at the prestigious Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences (BUITMS) as a BS Economics student after passing a very competitive and anti-Baloch admission policy over there. During his one and half years BUITMS life, Quetta, Qambar emerged as an emblem of struggle for human rights, equal educational opportunities for all and Baloch national rights.

BUITMS Baloch Family:

It was another ordinary day ignorant of that I will be meeting an extraordinary man. As usual late for my lectures while rushing for the class, I heard someone calling ” Qambar!” Responding to the call I looked at a big distance on my right hand side at the corner in the lobby of the building. The call was for someone contrary to my body structure (Qambar Chakar), a skinny guy with an innocent smile holding module handbooks as well as some books that aren’t taught at the university. In Quetta, mostly students who are affiliated with politics are found holding books related to politics, history, identities and philosophy.

We built an eye contact and exchanged a smile while I moved on to attend the lecture. His appearance and first impression was fine enough for me to desire to meet him in person. Thanks to the biased admission policy of Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), we becam best of the friends.

The admission policy statement of the university states: “Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences is an equal opportunity institution and admission in all our programs is purely on merit without any distinction of race, religion, color or ethnic origin provided the learner meets the entry requirements in various programs. However, being a public sector University, it is created to serve particular needs of the Balochistan province by virtue of its location.”

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