Editor Malik Siraj speaks to Deutsche Welle about the ban on the Baloch Hal
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
(To listen to the interview: Click here) I was interviewed this morning by German Radio station Deutsche Welle (DW) for its Asia Compact program about the ban on The Baloch Hal. Here is the full transcript of the interview conducted by DW’s Arun Chowdhury. Deutsche Welle: On the show today, an English language newspaper from … Read more
Even Bush Plagiarizes
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Pakistani author of The New York Times best-seller, Taliban, Ahmed Rashid, who was acknowledged by TIME magazine as “the most informed person on the earth about Afghanistan”, has accused George Bush of plagerizing parts of his writings in his freshly released book, Decision Points. The disclosure was firstly made by the Huffington Post which said … Read more
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Eid Mubarak
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 17, 2010 · 2 Comments
Yet another Eid away from home, family! It is the third consecutive eid I am away from my family. I remember last year, I could not go to my home town of Panjgur for eid because I returned to Quetta from Singapore after speaking at an India-Pakistan conference only a day before the eid. By … Read more
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A Mighty Rebel
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The resignation of PPP’s Balochistan President Senator Lashkari Raisani may lead to tumultuous politics in foreseeable future. While quitting the top party office, Lashkari, who is the younger brother of Chief Minister Aslam Raisani, accused ministers from his own party of being involved in breach of discipline and rampant corruption. In retrospect, PPP’s central secretary … Read more
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United Against Arab Sheiks
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Almost all mainstream political parties in the province have complimented Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly, Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, for taking a firm and principled stance against the alleged sale of 70,000 acre land to Arab sheiks in the coastal region of Balochistan. The Speaker had revealed in a rare press conference that the Balochistan government … Read more
Mr. President, Listen to Bhoothani!
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Speaker of Balochistan Assembly, Mohammad Aslam Bhoothani, dropped a bombshell on Friday saying that the office of Prime Minister was endeavoring to sell Balochistan’s seventy thousand (70,000) acre land to Arab sheiks at a throwaway price. According to him, the Arabs were trying to acquire the land in areas close to the Baloch Coast … Read more
LUBP condemns ban on The Baloch Hal – by Abdul Nishapuri
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We have recently learnt about the ban on Balochistan’s first online English newspaper, The Baloch Hal, by the military establishment of Pakistan. Our dear friend, Malik Siraj Akbar, is the Editor-in-Chief of this excellent online newspaper.The Baloch Hal in my view is one of the most credible, progressive, Baloch nationalist website, which highlights issues of … Read more
From Asaap to Baloch Hal
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Abid Mir “Yes, he is so talented. That is why I am saying you suggest him to slow down his pace. He is advancing too fast. “They” can do anything with him,” said this German journalist of Lahori origin just two and half years ago while expressing her sincere views about this talented friend … Read more
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Shahbaz Sharif Diplomacy
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 12, 2010 · 2 Comments
Chief Minister of the Punjab, Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif, has decided to increase Balochistan’s proportion in the scholarships his government is offering to Baloch students as a gesture of goodwill to enhance cooperation and understanding between the country’s largest and the smallest provinces. He made this announcement in a mammoth gathering organized in Lahore the … Read more
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This is ‘not that dawn’
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Urooj Zia Last week, one heard about the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) decision to impose a partial ban on The Baloch Hal, the first and only online newspaper that tells the story of Balochistan to the rest of Pakistan and the world-at-large. The reason for the ban, according to the PTA, was that The … Read more
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