Return of the natives
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
DAILY BALOCH HAL By Malik Siraj Akbar The government has released at least twenty “missing persons” from different parts of Balochistan. This has come as a follow-up of the recently announced Balochistan Package by Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani. The PM promised that many of the missing persons would be celebrating Eid with their … Read more
The insecure Balochs of Karachi
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 1, 2009 · 2 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar The Baloch population in Karachi has recently come under systematic target killing by the local police and some powerful political and interest groups. Karachi has an indigenous Baloch population of around three millions. The cycle of unchecked cases of fake police encounters, which is in fact mainly Baloch-specific, has sent shock … Read more
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BNP demands UN-sponsored plebiscite in Balochistan, says secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The Balochistan National Party (BNP) is the largest opposition party in Balochistan which came under severe fire during the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf. The party’s chief, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, a former chief minister of Balochistan, was arrested and literally put into an ‘iron cage’ fore more than one year. … Read more
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One University for each “division” of Balochistan
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By Malik Siraj Akbar A sub-campus of the University of Balochistan (UoB) has been inaugurated in Turbat district, the capital of the defunct Mekran division. The inauguration ceremony was attended by UoB Vice Chancellor Dr. Masoom Yasinzai, the elected representatives of the area, senior bureaucrats, educationists and several notables of Mekran. This campus is expected … Read more
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Undemocratic approaches in Quetta by-elections
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided to field Tahir Mahmood, the brother of Balochistan’s former Education Minister Shahfiq Ahmed Khan, who was shot dead in Quetta last month, as its candidate for the upcoming by-elections from PB-1 Quetta. This particular seat remained vacant after the murder of the former Education … Read more
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The Shahabaz Sharif paradox
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By Malik Siraj Abar During his recent visit to Balochistan, Punjab Chief Minister Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif lashed at India for its alleged involvement in causing instability inside Balochistan and Waziristan. According to him, the government has ample evidence of India’s “heinous designs” vis-à-vis Balochistan. Sharif is surely not the first big gun in the … Read more
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A rickety Balochistan package
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By Malik Siraj Akbar The Pakistan People’s Party-led governments in the Center and Balochistan insist that politicians and the political pundits do not have to hastily jump into conclusions about the much-hyped Balochistan package. After a meeting with Balochistan governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi and Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf … Read more
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