Flat 201 (1st August 2007 to 31st March 2009)
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 31, 2009 · 1 Comment
This is my last blog entry from Flat # 201 of Universal Complex on Jinnah Road, Quetta. I had been using the same flat for my office as well as residence for the last two years. It was like taking work to office or carrying the office back home. I am shifting to a new … Read more
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Baloch voice by Rahimullah Yusufzai
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 30, 2009 · 14 Comments
Baloch voice A supporter of Baloch rights and provincial autonomy, Nawab Mohammad Aslam Khan Raisani now has a chance to do something for his people and province By Rahimullah Yusufzai The boycott of the February 2008 general elections by the Baloch and Pashtun nationalist parties in Balochistan was good news for the PPP and one … Read more
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Shocking, disgraceful but expected: This is Pakistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Let’s see how people get robbed inside Pakistan’s ATM centers.
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Balochistan package Dawn Editorail
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Balochistan package Dawn Editorail Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 | 07:28 AM PST | Money alone will not redress the heartfelt grievances of the people of Balochistan. Nor, as the president pointed out in Quetta on Friday, can issues that have strained relations between the province and the federation for six decades be solved in six … Read more
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Friends await Solecki’s safe return
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 30, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: Friends, relatives and co-workers in Quetta and many other parts of the world still await the release of John Solecki. The American head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) was kidnapped on February 2nd in Quetta city by an organization called the Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF). … Read more
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Rifts in PPP and the future of Balochistan coalition
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Balochistan now pretends to have amicably surmounted all internal differences which exceedingly overshadowed President Asif Ali Zardari’s first visit to the troubled province last week. Five disillusioned PPP ministers –Sadiq Umrani, Babu Mohammad Amin Umrani, Jan Ali Changazi, Agha Irfan Karim and Isfandar Kakar – … Read more
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Journalism at college level: Now for Balochistan too
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 29, 2009 · 1 Comment
In its previous session, the Balochistan Assembly passed a significant resolution which now introduces journalism/Mass Communication at intermediate level in all colleges of Balochistan. This is good news for all of us working in the media. We have been pressing for along time that Journalism be taught at college level as the subject is already … Read more
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Sorry everybody
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 28, 2009 · 2 Comments
I have woken up after a 48-hour sleep. I have had a bad fever. In the meanwhile I have missed some very important stuff. I had turned both of my phones off as I wasn’t feeling very well. I am sorry about: * Not attending a talk that I was supposed to deliver with a … Read more
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Shahzeb Baloch goes missing
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I took these two photo of Shahzeb Baloch a few days ago when he was addressing a protest rally in front of Quetta Press Club in connection to the disappearance of another activist of Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad), Qambar Malik Baloch. I am not joking but I really knew that I should have one photo … Read more
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A new political crisis in Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 26, 2009 · 1 Comment
I spoke tonight in a 30-minute talk show on the Voice of America (VOA), Urdu Service, about the new political crisis that has developed in Balochistan. Five Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) ministers were sacked today by chief minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani. However, the notification for their resignations was withheld at the eleventh hour after … Read more
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