Generosity Beyond Capacity
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment
While speaking at a police passing out ceremony held in Quetta, Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani reiterated his offer to Baloch nationalists to initiate a process of negotiation and reconciliation to normalize the heated political climate prevailing in the province. He repeated that the government had not shut down all doors of dialogue … Read more
Separate Pashtun Areas From Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 3, 2010 · 5 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Like the Balochs, the Pashtuns also remained a victim of British policy of divide and rule when some of their districts were incorporated into what constitutes today the province of Balochistan following the Treaty of Gandmak in 1879. Ever since, the Pashutn population of Balochistan has not accepted Balochistan from the … Read more
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What Bothers Them: Fake Degrees Or Democracy?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar What could be the best option available for aviation authorities when they desperately feel the need for bringing down an airline in the middle of its journey because someone among the passengers managed to board the flight with a fake boarding pass? In such a situation, bringing down the entire aircraft … Read more
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From Dad Shah to Regi
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The meeting was almost over. It was the midnight on the third and the final day of exhaustive consultations between Pakistani and Iranian border officials. Delegates from both sides were extremely drowsy, starving as well. Not-so-junior officers from both countries looked up and prayed to God that their heads of delegation … Read more
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Imposing Arabic language on Baloch children
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar With a longstanding demand of Baloch and Pashtun nationalists over the past many years in Balochistan concerning the introduction of mother tongues (Balochi, Pashtu and Bravi) as the medium of instruction at the educational institutions, the government of Balochistan stunned everyone on Friday with its ridiculous decision to introduce Arabic language … Read more
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Search for a new governor
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Reports have suddenly begun to pour in about a possible change in Governor’s House, Quetta. Such reports cannot be termed as “rumors” or “speculations” for the reason that the incumbent governor of the province, Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, has already tendered his resignation from the office. It has been more than … Read more
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Khuzdar bleeds again
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Two young Baloch students were killed in Khuzdar district on Friday when unidentified persons opened indiscriminate fire on them. The Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad) has owned both the murdered young boys, Bibarg Baloch and Sattar Baloch, as its members and alleged that they were target killed due to their political affiliations. … Read more
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Balochistan’s depressed Press
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial By Malik Siraj Akbar Daily Asaap. Abid Amin. Khuzdar Press Club. Malik Arif. All these tags lead to divergent but equally disheartening conclusions which narrate an abysmal state of the press freedom in Balochistan. These tags help us to understand various dimensions of the threat journalists operating in the volatile Balochistan … Read more
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Terror’s return-trip to Quetta
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial By Malik Siraj Akbar Silence does not mean the extinction of a perpetual threat. Terror on the name of religion has remained the omnipresent menace of our society for the past few years. It has, like all other provinces, visited Balochistan, more than once to cause immense devastation. There was surprisingly … Read more
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A governor’s fury
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial: A governor’s fury By Malik Siraj Akbar Poor governance has been the hallmark of the current provincial government in Balochistan which has appointed forty-nine members of the provincial assembly (MPAs) out of 65 members as ministers in the cabinet. Growing lawlessness, increasing kidnappings and unbounded highway robberies have further dented the … Read more
