The Healer-in-Chief in Arizona
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 13, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Remembering the victims and survivors of Tucson Tragedy
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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America Cares
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I am sitting in Tucson Stadium. If you are a Pakistani, you must join me. I am among a people that cares. Thousands of people from all over Arizona have gathered here to pay respect to the five people, including a federal judge and a nine-year old girl, who were killed in a shootout on … Read more
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CCIP Students at Cronkite School
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We had a group of International students under the Community College Initiative Program (CCIP) who visited the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication today.Similar to the Humphrey Fellowship, this ten-month program is also offered by the U.S. Department of State as an exchange program to the young students. The Humphrey Fellows shared their … Read more
Sanaullah Baloch Interview
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Former Senator Sanaullah Baloch is among several top Balcoh nationalist leaders who have fled Balochistan because of increasing targeted killings of Baloch leaders and political activists. A former secretary information of Balochistan National Party (BNP), Mr. Baloch is widely respected as an argumentative champion of Baloch national rights through newspaper articles, interviews and presentations at … Read more
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Baloch Press: Between Nationalist-anvil and Khaki-hammer
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I had met Mohamamd Khan Sasoli, the slain president of Khuzdar Press Club, a few months before his brutal murder on December 14th. Sasoli was in his mid 30s and very concerned about his safety because of growing threats journalists working in rural Balochistan faced. As Khuzdar District continues to remain one of the most … Read more
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Balochistan’s Bloody 2010
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In the first week of December, Balochistan’s governor and twice-elected former chief minister Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. The official convoy of the Baloch governor was attacked on the RCD National Highway when he was returning from Kalat district to the provincial capital, Quetta. While the governor narrowly escaped the bid … Read more
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Too Much!
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Those who were hoping that 2010 would gradually see an improvement in the state of affairs in Balochistan now have to review their opinion. In the first week of the new year, three more missing Baloch persons’ bullet-riddled dead bodies have been recovered from the province. This comes a week after the publication of a … Read more
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The Liberal is Dead, Long Live The Liberal
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
The tragic murder of Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer by his own security guard in Islamabad is the most high-profile assassination in the country since the killing of the Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. Both Benzir Bhutto and Taseer ultimately paid a heavy price for their straightforwardness and liberal views. What has … Read more
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A Brave Man Killed
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The New York Times EDITORIAL Published: January 05, 2011 Some twisted person has created a Facebook page in support of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the bodyguard accused of assassinating Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Mr. Taseer was a brave man who had called for the repeal of Pakistan’s outrageous anti-blasphemy law. Whoever … Read more
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