Situation Polarization Plus
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Optimists who are still unwilling to equate the situation in Balochistan with a state of “civil war” would at least agree that the situation has gone beyond mere political polarization. The current situation could at best be termed as “polarization plus”. Many are drawing parallels of BNP leader Habib Jalib’s murder … Read more
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I Cried For Jalib
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 16, 2010 · 2 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Finally, I have no option but to delete 03003823908 from my cell phone. This was the phone number I often used to dial or get calls from. “late” Habib Jalib, secretary general of the Balochistan National Party who was killed here on Wednesday by unidentified assailants, used this number and humbly … Read more
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Adieu Comrade Jalib
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar In the most high-profile political assassination since the killing of Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti in August 2006, Wednesday’s target killing of Balochistan National Party (BNP) secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch, the entire province is in a state of agony, incredulity and fury. The killing of the senior-most BNP leader has … Read more
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Balochistan journalist Awarded Humphrey Fellowship 2010-11
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 8, 2010 · 3 Comments
The Baloch Hal News The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Quetta-based Journalist Malik Siraj Akbar has been awarded by the US Department of State (Bureau of Culture and Education) Hubert Humphrey Fellowship for the year 2010-11, making him the first journalist from Balochistan to receive the coveted professional fellowship. The Humphrey Program is a Fulbright exchange … Read more
Doctors’ Agonizing Strike
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Doctors in Balochistan have been on a strike for almost one month now. They are protesting the enforced disappearance of Baloch people in general and three Baloch doctors in particular. The strike call is backed by Pakistan Paramedical Staff Association. According to the enraged doctors, the state intelligence agencies have expanded … Read more
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Unreasonable Obstruction To A US Consulate In Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar If the United States of America, the leader of the international battle against global terrorism and a strategic partner of Pakistan, can have consulates in three provinces –Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pashtunkhawa –then what is wrong with establishing a consulate in secular Balochistan? Who are holding the strings of power in … Read more
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Why Selective Suo Moto Action ?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar We truly live in typical bad times. There were the days of comparatively better governance when a case of kidnapping would get resolved through amicable negotiations among influential stakeholders of the society. A case of kidnapping would hardly echo in an office higher than that of a district Deputy Commissioner. Now, … Read more
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Combating Harassment At Workplace
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar It was reassuring to hear provincial minister for women’s welfare, Ms. Ghazala Gola, promise in a seminar organized by the Aurat Foundation that she would start the implementation of the “Protection Against Harassment of Women At The Work Place Act 2010″ from her own office by displaying a list comprising of … Read more
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Separate Pashtun Areas From Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 3, 2010 · 5 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Like the Balochs, the Pashtuns also remained a victim of British policy of divide and rule when some of their districts were incorporated into what constitutes today the province of Balochistan following the Treaty of Gandmak in 1879. Ever since, the Pashutn population of Balochistan has not accepted Balochistan from the … Read more
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