How Much Support For Jundullah Is Too Much?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Balochs living in Pakistan’s provinces of Balochistan and Sindh reacted very irritably towards the decision of the Iranian government to hang Abdul Malik Regi, the chief of banned organization Jundullah, by terming it as an act of repression by a regime that is bent upon crushing its Baloch population. All available … Read more
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What Bothers Them: Fake Degrees Or Democracy?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar What could be the best option available for aviation authorities when they desperately feel the need for bringing down an airline in the middle of its journey because someone among the passengers managed to board the flight with a fake boarding pass? In such a situation, bringing down the entire aircraft … Read more
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National Party’s Political Suicide
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Central President of the National Party (NP) Senator Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch has publically defended his party’s decision to welcome an internationally notorious drug baron in his party by saying that the inclusion or exclusion of individuals does not influence the party manifesto. It was the first time when Dr. Malik … Read more
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But Imran Has a Point
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The Balochistan government has reacted very furiously to the recent remarks passed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in which he had termed the Balochistan government corrupt and unrepresentative of the people. In a press conference in Karachi, he had called for the dissolution of Balochistan Assembly and arrangement of … Read more
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From Dad Shah to Regi
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The meeting was almost over. It was the midnight on the third and the final day of exhaustive consultations between Pakistani and Iranian border officials. Delegates from both sides were extremely drowsy, starving as well. Not-so-junior officers from both countries looked up and prayed to God that their heads of delegation … Read more
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Sungi’s conference on Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar I met Sheik Asad Rehman, Director Programs at Sungi Development Foundation and a veteran of 1970s Baloch war of resistance, at the residence of a senior Baloch government official. Asad had come to Quetta on a short trip to make initial arrangements for an upcoming conference on Balochistan being organized by … Read more
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Imposing Arabic language on Baloch children
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar With a longstanding demand of Baloch and Pashtun nationalists over the past many years in Balochistan concerning the introduction of mother tongues (Balochi, Pashtu and Bravi) as the medium of instruction at the educational institutions, the government of Balochistan stunned everyone on Friday with its ridiculous decision to introduce Arabic language … Read more
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Disgrace
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has removed provincial minister for minorities, Jaffar George, on the receipt of complaint from the government of Punjab for breaking the law. The government of Punjab informed Quetta that the minister had been caught along with two of his friends by Gujjar Singh Police … Read more
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Quetta summit of NJPC
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar A significant two-day meeting of the National Judicial Policy-making Commission concluded in Quetta the other day. The meeting was chaired by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Ifthakar Chaudhary and the chief justices of all four provinces’ high courts. The meeting discussed a number of important issues such as the … Read more
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Search for a new governor
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Reports have suddenly begun to pour in about a possible change in Governor’s House, Quetta. Such reports cannot be termed as “rumors” or “speculations” for the reason that the incumbent governor of the province, Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, has already tendered his resignation from the office. It has been more than … Read more
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