Boots, guns, tanks now come to Daily Balochistan Express/ Azadi
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 21, 2009 · 5 Comments
<img By Malik Siraj Akbar “I told the forces deployed outside my office that I was a journalist not a “terrorist”,” recalls Rashid Baloch [name changed], a reporter affiliated with Quetta-based daily Balochistan Express. Rashid, 25, was on his way for the morning shift at the newspaper office located a few hundred meters away from … Read more
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JUST-IN:UN officials meet Nawab Marri unofficially
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 17, 2009 · 3 Comments
Many of the readers of this blog keep asking me: “What is your source?” C’mon guys. If a Pakistani citizen asks me this question then I won’t mind it because we do not have a popular and widespread culture of blogging in this country yet. However, in the countries where blogging has established itself as … Read more
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DG ISPR’s threats to reporters covering Zarina Marri case
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 31, 2009 · 2 Comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-023-2009 January 31, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The Public Relations Department of the Armed Forces threatens the journalists covering the case of Zarina Marri. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), a public relations department of the armed forces of Pakistan denied the allegations that Ms. Zarina … Read more
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AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING THE ZARINA MARRI CASE
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
After the horrifying story of the forced sex slavery of Zarina Marri, a young Baloch schoolteacher, at the hands of Pakistani military agencies was brought to light, many people – including members of ‘civil society’ and otherwise vocal defenders of human rights – have requested ‘verification’ of the story, which they assert needs to come … Read more
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Shame…shame….shame…
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 1, 2008 · 1 Comment
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a remote area of Balochistan province, that five women were buried alive, allegedly by the younger brother of Mr. Sadiq Umrani, the provincial minister and a prominent leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, the ruling party. However, police have still not arrested the … Read more
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