Baloch insurgents involved in target killings going underground: FC IG
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 21, 2009 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: Balochistan chief of the Frontier Corps (FC) Major General Saleem Nawaz has claimed that Baloch insurgents involved in target killings have now started to leave Quetta and go underground after two weeks of ‘successful deployment’ of the FC in Quetta to contain targeted killings of non-Balochs in the Baloch capital. … Read more
Book Review: ‘PhD girl in Red Light area’
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 18, 2009 · 13 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Taboo is an unmatched book that provides an insight into the world of prostitution in Pakistan. At the end of the book, one becomes exceedingly nostalgic about many of the characters with whom Dr. Fouzia Saeed, the author, spent several years in order to gain their confidence, make them speak, closely … Read more
Jee tara Qambar Jan!
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Qambar you made me cry Qambar you made me sigh Qambar you took me too high Qambar you taught me how to die
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Zardari uncle please don’t snatch our smiles!
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 15, 2009 · 3 Comments
I am truly appalled by a recent official decision to punish people who send anti-government SMS or e-mails. This is a disappointing decision coming from a democratically elected government. This clearly shows the level of intolerance among Pakistan’s so-called democrats. We know who fears these text messages? Guess who? Lol. You are all smart guys … Read more
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Another Insurgency Gains in Pakistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Another Insurgency Gains in Pakistan THE NEW YORK TIMES BY CARLOTTA GALL Published: July 11, 2009 TURBAT, Pakistan — Three local political leaders were seized from a small legal office here in April, handcuffed, blindfolded and hustled into a waiting pickup truck in front of their lawyer and neighboring shopkeepers. Their bodies, riddled with bullets … Read more
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The First Night of Torture Cell
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 11, 2009 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar “Sometimes when my uncles got together, they would go into a corner and talk about a mysterious thing called sex. It sounded wonderful. I prayed that it would not go away before I grew up.” [The Other Side of Me, Sidney Sheldon] I was born during Zia-ul-Haq’s military regime. Normally many … Read more
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Qambar Jan tho kuja hey?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 11, 2009 · 24 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar If I have ever been truly inspired by a leader of the Baloch Students’ Organization then it is not Dr. Allah Nizar Baloch or Bashir Zaib Baloch but Qumbar Chakar. In him, I have always seen a future Ghulam Mohammad Baloch. For English readers, he was (oh sorry, is) a “super … Read more
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Qambar Chakar goes missing
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: Yet another key leader of the Baloch Students’ Organization (BSO-Azad) and an Economics student at Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences (BUITMS) was whisked away allegedly by the intelligence agencies on Friday from Quetta city. “Qambar Chakar, the deputy organizer of BSO-Azad Quetta zone, was picked up by … Read more
On target killings of Punjabi teachers in Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 9, 2009 · 6 Comments
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200979\story_9-7-2009_pg7_13 Thursday, July 09, 2009 Punjabi settlers biggest victims of Bugti aftermath * Civil society in Balochistan has remained silent over killings due to fear of nationalist backlash * Pashtuns parting ways with dominant Baloch allies following violence By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: The sympathies that the Baloch nationalist movement had acquired during the rule … Read more
Back to Young Leaders’ Conference (YLC)
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 3, 2009 · 2 Comments
An unadulterated sense of déjà vu overwhelmed me as I walked yesterday evening inside the sprawling Darbar Hall at Sheraton Hotel in Karachi to attend yet another successful episode of the Young Leaders’ Conference. (I could effortlessly figure out the success of the event from the enthusiasm one could see from the first look at … Read more
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