Punishing the Balochs in Pak-Iran border regions
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Baloch Hal Ediorial: By Malik Siraj Akbar Iran has completely closed its border with Pakistan for security reasons following the Pishin blast on October 18 by a Sunni Baloch resistance group Jandullah that killed the deputy chief of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and several other people. Closure of international frontiers, including the unfrequented and unregistered … Read more
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Sectarianism: A threat to secular Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Baloch Hal Editorial: By Malik Siraj Akbar It is very unfortunate that the Baloch and Pashtun populations living in Balochistan have never taken sectarianism as a major threat faced by Balochistan. The reason for this indifferent attitude is unambiguous as both Balochs and Pashtuns follow Sunni sect of Islam. Therefore, they have hardly lost any … Read more
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