The Failure in Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Despite efforts to improve ties with the Baloch, the civilian government has failed to address the human rights crisis, restrict the extra-constitutional role of the Frontier Crops, or bring Baloch armed groups to the negotiating table
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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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Yes FC, No FC
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 25, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial: On Mar 24th, 2010 By Malik Siraj Akbar Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Mohammad Aslam Riasani has once again thundered against the Frontier Corps (FC), a federal paramilitary force, for not abiding by the instructions of the provincial government. A disobedient FC, he whined, was finally transforming the prime ministerial Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan (beginning … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: “If I compromise on Baloch movement, my followers will kill, replace and forget me,” says Bramdagh Bugti
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 10, 2009 · 19 Comments
EXCLUSIVE: By Malik Siraj Akbar A confident Baloch guerrilla commander Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti, 28, believes it is now “impossible” for Islamabad to get him extradited even if he is hiding somewhere in Afghanistan, as claimed by Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik, or elsewhere in the wake of increasing “international moral support” the “ Baloch national … Read more
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Lawlessness in Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The other day I hosted a current affairs show on the Pakistan Television on the state of growing lawlessness in the province. My guests were provincial minister Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledai and senior magazine editor Yar Mohammad Badani. We started the show with the sad news about the kidnapping of the senior American UN official … Read more
Young women held in military torture cells and forced into sexual slavery
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 13, 2009 · 4 Comments
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission January 12, 2009 Ms. Zarina Marri, a 23-year-old schoolteacher from Balochistan province, was arrested in late 2005, and has been held incommunicado in an army torture cell at Karachi, the capital of Sindh province. She has been repeatedly raped by the military officers and is being used … Read more
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End of ceasefire raises many an eyebrow
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
SOURCE: DAILY TIMES, LAHORE * BLA spokesman says government did not respond positively to truce * Armed groups say they see no justification to end their operations By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: Three armed militant groups operating in Balochistan have finally ended their four-month ceasefire. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the Baloch Republican Army (BRA) … Read more
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Faiz Baluch is ‘casualty of post-9/11 geo-politics’
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 6, 2009 · 1 Comment
From Times Online January 5, 2009 Asylum seeker Faiz Baluch is ‘casualty of post-September 11th geo-politics’ By Fran Yeoman An asylum seeker on trial for allegedly inciting terrorist murder in Pakistan is not a criminal but a casualty of post-September 11th geo-politics and the alliances forged between Britain, America and the Musharraf regime, a court … Read more
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Three Baloch groups formally end ceasefire
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Three armed groups in Balochistan on Sunday announced the formal end of a four-month-old unilateral ceasefire in response to the security forces’ continued military operation in the province. Declaring the end of the ceasefire, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Bibarg Baloch said the BLA, the Balochistan Republican Army (BRA) and the … Read more
The end of BSO?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 4, 2009 · 32 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar The largest and most militant wing of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad) is plagued with worst defection and infighting since its creation in February 2006 over the activists’ dissatisfaction with their Chairman, Bashir Zeb Baloch. The BSO-Azad, a sympathizer of the armed struggle in Balochistan and a proponent of an Independent … Read more
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