Understanding the Baloch Press Part 2
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 26, 2011 · 1 Comment
Of all my journalism professors, Dr. Seemi Naghmana Tahir, former chairperson of the Journalism Department at the University of Balochistan, impressed me the most with her knowledge about the history of media in Balochistan. I attended her “History of Balochistan media” class as Masters level student. Her book Balochistan Mein Ablagh-e-Aama: Aghaz wa Irteqa (1888-2005) … Read more
Understanding the Baloch Press Part 1
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Waja Pilanai and I do not like each other. He is an intellectual. I am a journalist. He thinks I don’t read enough. I think he does not write fast enough. He thinks we all journalists are not well-read. Therefore, reading our pieces, he insists, is a sheer wastage of time. I boastfully argue that … Read more
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Social Entrepreneurship in Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Senior Executive Vice President of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Imam Baksh Baloch, a native of Panjgur, inaugurated a forty-bed private Shaeed Javid Medical Complex hospital in Balochistan’s border district of Panjgur. It is the biggest hospital ever constructed in the entire Mekran region. This grand project in the health sector has been … Read more
Embarrassing Pakistan?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In a strongly-worded statement issued yesterday, the globally respected human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), urged the United States of America, China and other allies to make sure that assistance provided to Islamabad to fight the war against terror was not squandered in Balochistan to commit more human rights violations.(Read More)
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A Futile Visit
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
If the purpose of army chief General Parvez Ashfaq Kayani’s one-day visit to Balochistan was the economic uplift of the province then there is surely something wrong with our democracy. If it was intended to promote education in the province, it definitely highlighted the faults in our civilian government and its failure to deliver public … Read more
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Baloch-Sindhi Protest in Karachi
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Balochistan National Party (BNP) organized a grand protest rally in Karachi on Sunday with the overwhelming support of the Sindhi nationalist parties and the masses of Sindh province. It was a clear expression of anguish by the people against the policies of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) toward Balochistan. The Baloch and Sindhi … Read more
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Ten Points to Promote Balochi Language
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 20, 2011 · 1 Comment
The International Mother Language Day (February 21) is an occasion for those who believe in cultural diversity. Many countries in the world have always taken mother tongues as a cultural asset and capitalized on this as an element of cultural enrichment. Unfortunately, in our country this day is still considered to be “bad boys’ day” … Read more
Back To The Future
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In simple words, Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Dawood’s latest plea to three top officials and tribal chiefs of Balochistan to step down can be described as a naive quest. In a fresh interview to the media, the UK-based Baloch leader in self-exile has coaxed Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad … Read more
What After Bramdagh’s Exile?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar In the first week of February, the pro-independence Baloch Republican Party publically (BRP) announced that its head, Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti, had fled to Switzerland to apply for political asylum. A grandson of former Balochistan governor and chief minister Nawab Akbar Bugti, twenty-nine year old Bramdagh Bugti has been at large since … Read more
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The Undemocratic Republic of Frontier Corps (FC)
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In a fresh operation in Khuzdar’s Thotak locality on Friday, the Frontier Corps (FC) killed two young activists of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad). The federal paramilitary force, which does not have even five percent Baloch representation in its overall composition, surrounded the locality in the early hours of Friday, reported the local residents. Later … Read more
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