Aug 24
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By Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur Half-hearted denials and condemnations are not going to appease the tormented and agonised families who lose their dear ones nor hoodwink the people who struggle for their rights. Dissembling, deceiving and denying are the coveted tools of statecraft for those who essentially fear people and their rights. These tools have […]
Aug 24
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By Malik Siraj Akbar For the first time, Baloch and Sindhi nationalists are formally and publicly requesting the United States of America to take notice of the grim situation in Balochistan. In the last two weeks, we have come across two similar but rare demands. Firstly, Baloch Human Council (UK), Baloch Liberation Organization and World […]
Aug 24
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By Yousaf Ajab Baloch The recovery of bullet-riddled, decomposed, mutilated and tortured bodies of disappeared Balochs is no longer part of breaking news in Baloch local media. However, the human rights violations and the ‘Killing and dumping’ of missing Balochs is one of the most outstanding issues in Balochistan right now. The Baloch nationalists call […]
Aug 24
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London: Patriot Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri has urged the UN to intervene in Balochistan on Humanitarian basis to stop genocide of Baloch people being carried out by Pakistan’s Punjabi dominated military. He said that discovery of mutilated bodies of Baloch Missing Persons, on daily basis, killed under custody by Pakistan military is absurdity of the […]
Aug 24
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GENEVA — A slim figure in a dark suit, Brahumdagh Bugti, 30, could pass for a banker in the streets of this sedate Swiss city. But in truth he is a resistance leader in exile, a player in an increasingly ugly independence war within Pakistan. Brahumdagh Bugti, who fled Pakistan for Afghanistan and then Switzerland. […]
Jul 1
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HUB:1 July 2011, Baloch nationalist leader Ghaffar Langav has been martyred, his bullet-riddled and mutilated dead body was recovered today in Gadani district Lasbela. Ghaffar Langav Baloch had been picked up by government agencies from Karachi on 11 December 2009, from hospital where his wife was admitted. Till his extra judicial murder his whereabouts remained […]
Jun 27
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By Irshad Mastoi Nawabzada Jamil Bugti, the eldest son of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti, approached the Balochistan High Court in May over the inability of authorities to act on the FIR registered against the murder of Akbar Bugti, despite a lapse of one and half years. The petitioner submitted that the high court had […]
Jun 27
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By Yousaf Ajab Baloch Saleem Shehzad, 40, bureau chief of Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) and Italian news agency Adnkronos, was abducted on May 29, 2011 in Islamabad and later, his bullet-riddled body was found after three days on May 31 in a river in Jehlam. Shehzad’s body bore marks of extreme torture, similar to […]
Jun 27
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By Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur The fact that the people in Balochistan and Kurdistan are increasingly willing to sacrifice shows that they have lost all hope of achieving their rights within the existing systems. The fact that the immeasurable brutality of the state has not dampened their spirit of resistance proves freedom cannot be suppressed […]
Jun 24
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By Muatasim Qazi First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for me […]
Jun 24
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DERA ALLAHYAR: Mir Rustom Marri, a prominent social activist and a former BNP District President, was gunned down here on Thursday evening. Armed snipers riding a motorcycle gunned him down as he came out of his residence as usual. He received several bullet wounds on different parts of his body and died on the spot. […]
Jun 24
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QUETTA: Another mutilated body of junior leader of the Baloch students Organization (BSO-Azad) was found near Match town, some 60-kilometer in southeast of Quetta, on Thursday. The Junior Joint Secretary of Baloch Student Organization (BSO-Azad) Shafi Baloch was whisked away on Saturday last near Lak Pass area by a group of armed men. The organization […]
Jun 22
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Baluchistanis the homeland of Baluch people. Baluchistan is now occupied and is located between Persia, Khorasan, Pashtunestan, Punjab and Sind. From the south, the country is limited BaluchistanSeaand the Indian Ocean.Baluchistan was occupied by the British colonial forces in 1839 after they defeated Baluchistan’s army, when existed neither Iranin the present form nor Pakistan. The […]
Jun 22
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“We believe there is no journalism but fearless journalism.” Pakistanhas recently become a subject of some attention as one of the deadliest places for journalism, brought into the global eye to a small degree by the death of Asia Times Online journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad at the end of May. In Pakistan, rife with censorship and […]
Jun 22
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QUETTA: Police have arrested five individuals accused of kidnapping for ransom, Geo News reported. Two of the accused belong to the Frontier Corps Balochistan. During a press conference at the CCPO office, DIG Operation Hamid Shakeel said that the five men were arrested for their involvement in kidnappings in Mustung and Dasht. A police wireless […]
Jun 18
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A central leader of the Baloch Students Organization-Azad, Mr. Shahfi Baloch has been abducted .According to the local news sources Pakistani intelligence agencies on Friday 17th of June 2011,allegedly abducted Shafi Baloch near Lakhpass area of Mastung district. Shafi Baloch is the central junior joint secretary of BSO Azad and he was on the way […]
Jun 18
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Declan Walsh The Pakistani province of Balochistan, tight up against the Taliban stronghold of Helmandand sitting on untold mineral wealth, is riven by violent revolt Heroin smuggling routes Balochistan borders Helmand province in Afghanistan, the centre of the Taliban insurgency and the world’s single largest source of heroin. Baram Cha, a small town tucked into […]
Jun 18
Malik Siraj Akbar The American adage “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” is equally applicable to Balochistan. No matter how many bullet-riddled dead bodies of missing persons are recovered in a single week or how many liberal professors are systematically assassinated, the news from Balochistan barely makes front page headlines in the mainstream national […]
Jun 17
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By Mohammad Akbar Notezai On May 28, 1998,Pakistantested its bombs capability in the mountains of Chagai in northwest of Balochistan. Mostly people in other provinces except Balochistan call it “Yaum-e-Takbeer” or Allah’s greatness day, but especially people in Chagai Balochistan local people mourn on this day and observe it as black day. Because these nuclear […]
Jun 17
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By Ahmed Khan In previous months a Baloch intellectual and Poet Nousheen Qambrani during an interview to a private T.V channel expressed philosophical words,”State terrorism gets birth when oppressed demand for rights and abuses of human rights begins when occupied feels their slavery.” History mirror also draws image favoring to these sayings. In 60s decade […]
Jun 17
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By Yaqoob Khan Bangash The recent deplorable killing of Professor Saba Dashtiari is yet another episode in Baloch history rooted in the creation and consolidation ofPakistan. Much of the current discussion of today, and of the last six decades, fails to take into cognisance the history behind the Baloch national struggle. The Baloch are a […]
Jun 15
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Turbat: Khairia Yousaf Baloch held a press conference at Turbat Press Club against the abduction of her brother Asif Ali Baloch at the hand of Pakistani security agencies from a hotel in Karachi. She further said that currently her brother is not affiliated with any political parties; he is contractor and does his own work […]
Jun 15
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United Kingdom: A public meeting was held in London to highlight and condemn the ongoing Pakistani state terror against Baloch people and minorities. A fair number of Baloch political activists and representative of different Human Rights Organisations have participated in meeting to learn about Pakistan’s atrocities against people of Balochistan. The meeting has been called […]
Jun 13
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Karlos Zurutuza, Balochistan Baloch insurgents in the rugged mountains of Pakistan. Armed groups of Balochs in southwest Pakistan are gaining momentum at a critical point for the country’s future. Deutsche Welle looks at the phenomenon which presents yet another problem in the troubled region. A province marked by floods and images of burned-out NATO […]
Jun 13
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Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) expressed dissatisfaction with the Government Commission that has been set up for release of missing persons. The Chairman of VBMP Nassurallah Baloch was quoted as saying that “The commission is not serous in fact is further delaying this sensitive issue”. He further said that, Commission which is led by […]
Jun 12
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By Malik Siraj Akbar I do no know any young Baloch of my generation who was not keen to meet Professor Saba Dashtiyari during his early school days. As a school student in Panjgur, my hometown, I first heard about Saba, who was brutally shot dead on Wednesday night in Quetta where he was among […]
Jun 12
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By Babul Baloch (Italy) It is a natural phenomenon that whenever nations confront crisis, occupations, or combating with the foes, then internal and external obstacles are created in a very large number by the enemies. Same is the case in Balochistan. Baloch nation has been fighting for their freedom since the occupation of their sovereign […]
Jun 12
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By Yousaf Ajab Baloch Intellectuals, teachers, journalist and political people are said to be the eyes and voices of the nation’s .But how the anguish of this nation will be measured to describe or inscribe, when the nation’s face is being mutilated by picking out eyes, cutting tongues, and suffocating the voices of the mentioned […]
Jun 12
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By Irshad Mastoi Renowned Baloch scholar, writer and poet Professor Saba Dashtyari was shot dead at Sariyab Road on June 1, 2011 in Quetta. Professor Dashtyari was badly wounded when unidentified assailants opened fire on him. He was rushed to the hospital but could not survive due to severe injuries. Prof. Dashtyari was a teacher […]
Jun 12
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By Zohra Yusuf Shoot first, ask questions later. Or sometimes it’s a case of questioning under severe torture first, before the shooting. This has sadly been the state of affairs in Balochistan where killings — some mysterious, some clearly attributable — take place with increasing frequency. May has been a particularly bloody month and […]
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