National Party-J.U.I-F Nexus
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The National Party (N.P.) has taken a dramatic decision to support the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (J.U.I.-Fazal) in Khuzdar district against the candidate of the Balochistan National Party (B.N.P.-Mengal). This move has attracted considerable criticism from Baloch nationalist quarters for a number of reasons. Firstly, the J.U.I.-F was a part and parcel of the past two … Read more
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US Congressional hearing may spell trouble for Pakistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The United States (US) Committee on Foreign Affairs is set to convene acongressional hearing on Wednesday (February 8), for an exclusive discussion on Balochistan. The extraordinary event has generated great interest among followers of Pakistan-US relations, as the allies’ mutual relationship seems to be deteriorating. The powerful House of Representatives committee oversees … Read more
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Faisal Mengal: symbol of progressive Baloch youth
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
I wrote the following letter to the editor of Dawn newspaper in Pakistan which was published on January 8, 2012. ON Dec 11, when the whole world was marking the international human rights day, a young progressive Baloch writer and social activist, Faisal Mengal, was shot dead in Karachi. Faisal, 35, one of Balochistan’s well-known … Read more
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My interview in Spanish newspaper, GARA
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Karlos Zurutuza, a Spanish journalist with extensive experience of international reporting, interviewed me for GARA, a Spanish newspaper. The interview was about the Balochistan conflict and the future of the Af-Pak region after American disengagement from Afghanistan. If you can read Spanish, good for you and here is the link. Crisis Balochistan, an online resource … Read more
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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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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NY Times Report about Disappearances
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 30, 2010 · 2 Comments
It is the first time that The New York Times has reported about”enforced disappearances”in Pakistan with reference to Balochistan. The report has also implicated the government of Pakistan in this grave violation of human rights with special citation of the fact that weapons provided to Islamabad to fight against terrorism were reportedly used against the … Read more
Spare HRCP, At Least
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The “kidnapping” of Siddiq Eido, a senior journalist and an activist of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and his friend Mohammad Yousaf from Pasni is very disturbing. It simply shows a new depressing dimension of the worsening conflict in Balochistan under which the media and human rights activists are being systematically targeted presumably … Read more
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Justice for Journalists
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Journalists across Balochistan are still protesting vociferously against the recent killings of two senior Baloch reporters in Gwadar and Khuzdar. They are dismayed over the lackluster official response to a genuine demand to bring the murderers of newsmen Lala Hammed Hayatan, 25, and Mohammad Khan Sasoli, 36, to justice by probing the brutal targeted killings. … Read more
Will the Real BNP Stand Up,Please?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Balochistan’s first ever elected chief minister and the patron-in-chief of the Balochistan National Party Sardar Attaullah Mengal told BBC in a fresh interview that he opposed the target killings of Punjabis in Balochistan. Disassociating from the current wave of ethnic strife in the province, which has driven thousands of Punajbis out of Balochistan, the veteran … Read more
