Foundation linked to the Pakistani army soldiers thousands of Bahrain to prevent demonstrations.
In March, intensified government crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators Bahrain ads appear strange in the Pakistani media started.
"The urgent need - National Guard works to Bahrain," said one.
"For the Bahrain National Guard service, the following categories of people and the military police prior experience is required urgently," said another, with "previous experience" and "urgent," said.
Categories include: former Army drill instructors, tutors riot, retired from the military police, cooks, and old weapons.
The other twelve months behind the visit to Islamabad by senior Saudi and Bahrain, sources said the recruitment of at least 2500 by Bahrainis and a military were in Manama, by increasing the amount of their attention National riots and police as much as 50 percent.
"We know that the aircraft continues Bahrain and Pakistan soldiers bring," said Nabil Rajab, Chairman of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, told Al Jazeera.
"We do not know the exact number, but we know that more than 1,500 or 2,000 people."
In the Special Forces, National Guard and riot police recruits, the people responsible for suppression of Pakistani Shiite protesters claim equal rights with the year of the alleged oppression in the hands of the royal family, as part of the Sunni minority in Bahrain .
"You can not have our own Shia on the security forces, but the government is recruiting abroad," said Rajab.
On the ground in Pakistan, recruitment is managed by the Fauji Foundation, one of the largest conglomerates in the country closely links with the Pakistani army. In addition to overseas employment services, to provide for retired military jobs, the base coarse and gas companies, sugar refineries, security companies and hospitals and universities.
One of the advertisements in Pakistani newspapers, read: National Guard needed to Bahrain "
Fauji Foundation did not respond to requests from Al Jazeera for comment.
"Pakistanis, especially Baluchis, are a lot of power in Bahrain," said Fahad Desmukh, a former Bahrain resident who now lives in Pakistan.
"They are very visible on the streets - as clear that the demonstrators had recently responded to the police in Urdu, I know they do not speak Arabic." [See the video of protesters chanting "love police" Urdu here.]
The small country of about 800,000 people (around 235,000 non-citizens), Bahrain has approximately 12,000 army and national guard in 1200, according to the U. S. Department of State.
The National Guard in foreront foot, it seems that more than double the recent recruitment of soldiers primarily Balochi.
"What it shows that the Bahraini government little confidence in its own operations to public safety," said Michael Stephens, an expert on Qatar-Bahrain based at the Royal United Services Institute, told Al Jazeera that.
"So they rely on recruits to review foreign orders to achieve the object of violence passed."
Fauji Foundation did not respond to requests from Al Jazeera for comment.
"Pakistanis, especially Baluchis, are a lot of power in Bahrain," said Fahad Desmukh, a former Bahrain resident who now lives in Pakistan.
"They are very visible on the streets - as clear that the demonstrators had recently responded to the police in Urdu, I know they do not speak Arabic." [See the video of protesters chanting "love police" Urdu here.]
The small country of about 800,000 people (around 235,000 non-citizens), Bahrain has approximately 12,000 army and national guard in 1200, according to the U. S. Department of State.
The National Guard in foreront foot, it seems that more than double the recent recruitment of soldiers primarily Balochi.
"What it shows that the Bahraini government little confidence in its own operations to public safety," said Michael Stephens, an expert on Qatar-Bahrain based at the Royal United Services Institute, told Al Jazeera that.
"So they rely on recruits to review foreign orders to achieve the object of violence passed."
While Arab nations long history of relying on Pakistan to military expertise as well as the pedestrian comes, the recent increase in hiring at the time difficult. Pakistan is struggling with widespread ethnic violence and insurgency on the streets clean off strong.
In a region facing enormous challenges the country.
"Pakistan is certainly a very uncomfortable position, where relations with Iran to balance on one side and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on the other side," said Stephens said.
Iran, a country of Shiite leader, has repeatedly exposed the Bahraini government crackdown on Shiites - although Saudi Arabia remained the closest ally Bahrain.
Within Bahrain, a recruit for the South Asian diaspora risks, where the bad feelings towards increased Pakistanis because they are considered the biggest vehicle on foot.
The influx of mercenaries increased Sunni fears that the new recruits Naturalization government in its efforts to change the demographic majority Shiite country.
Import experience
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"In the 1970s and 80s, many Arab countries flushed with oil money from the state of the art equipment purchased, but people lack the technical skills," said Hamid Hussein, a long date and historian analyzes the Pakistani army.
"A number of Pakistan army and air force personnel to various countries like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Syria and Iraq".
The positions range from a dozen consultants thousands of trainers and operators of complex equipment.
The most significant case of such partnerships in 1970, when then helped Zia ul Haq Brigadier the Jordanian Palestinian forces also in what was called "Black September".
Zia ul-Haq, one of the interesting paradoxes of the Pakistani army, became a dictator afraid rapid process "Islamization" introduced.
Pakistan security relationship with Saudi Arabia, in particular, in conflict with Iran, the neighbor to the west. The two nations are stuck in a competition between Shiites and Sunnis for years and fought for proxy wars throughout the region.
During the Gulf War in 1991, similar to the chagrin of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan has refused requests for assistance for preventive Saddam Hussein launched attacks.
The re-took a long relationship, but when he defeated the rising fear of unrest in Bahrain Saudi doors, the president of the Saudi National Security Council Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the two still travel to seek Pakistan protests to support the appropriate burst in home.
"Potential Objections need for foreign troops for control spiral Headlines forced to work with the civilian government of Pakistan is nothing but utter contempt," said Hussain.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gilani Prince Bandar said that his country supported the Saudi position will be in the Gulf and the Middle East and Riyadh has continued regional peace, according to Pakistani media.
Al Jazeera examines the fault lines of why the U.S. supported the protests in Libya - but not in Bahrain: youtube.com/watch?v=3vSfxI-Kvxo
Was pleased "the president and prime minister of Pakistan, the economic situation of anger in the country and the top brass doubt about the continued U.S. funding for, the possibility of a windfall of money from Saudi donors," said Hussain.
Also on the agenda of Pakistan had the support of Prince Bandar of Saudi Council led Gulf Cooperation (GCC) power to help the Kingdom of Bahrain to deploy.
After the tour with visits to the Bahraini foreign minister and the head of the National Guard.
Second, recruitment, advertisements in the Pakistani media.
Baluchistan is, where most of the recruits come from, province of six million of southwestern Pakistan. For decades, the armed movement for self-determination is under intense government suppression.
Baloch nationalist fighters have expressed disappointment at the job long before the rise recently.
"We appeal to the nation Baluchi not be part of a tyrant or the army of oppression, at the time the Baluch nation in a state of war life, ... and the fight against the tyrants of us," said Basham Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Front said the statement in 2009.
"Instead of going to the Baloch youth killers employees, including the national army [Baloch Freedom Front, the Balochistan Liberation Army] of native independence a reality.
"We do not want people to use and modify the Baluchi mercenaries."
The backlash
Bahrain is home to a large population of foreign workers. The majority of the workforce made up of South Asian immigrants, particularly Pakistanis.
"Our country has a history of respect for the Pakistanis support the development. But later we made a crime in Pakistan have seen, and this is a concern," said Rajab, human rights activists.
It refers to the fact that the arrest of hundreds of thousands of people and looted homes by government troops. Since Pakistanis at least 30 percent of the security forces, he said, when people think they think of the oppression of the Pakistanis.
"The poor worker has nothing to do with Pakistani security forces suffer from this."
Fear of human rights activists and analysts that the government quickly to the pace of naturalization for immigrants Sunnis in recent months to eliminate the country's ethnic balance of contact.
With a clear majority Shia, the country ruled by minority Sunni royal family.
"This should be closely monitored, the number of recruits in the coming months and years to come naturalized," said Rusi Stephens a.
"Many will not be home to return to Pakistan, and recent statistics show that South Asians vast majority of citizens naturalized foreigners in Bahrain."
While many believe that Pakistan is the supply of workers and soldiers in Bahrain in return for economic aid evil is necessary, as militants Rajab still confused by the decision.
"What I wonder is how the Pakistani government to let as many people come here and serve as mercenaries," said Rajab.
"We know that many of the recruits poor, uneducated, and are looking for a job, they do not know what they want to attend .. but not the Pakistani government decided, then why They allowed this? "
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