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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COMMENT: Plans to sabotage the Balochistan package —Malik Siraj Akbar
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 20, 2010 · 3 Comments
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 COMMENT: Plans to sabotage the Balochistan package —Malik Siraj Akbar Backed by powerful quarters, the FC is simultaneously penetrating Baloch society as a community police, intelligence agency, force to crush political dissent and a tool of propaganda against the Baloch nationalist leadership Smooth implementation of the Balochistan package, as announced by … Read more
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Gillani and shutter down strike meet in Gwadar
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial December 30th, 2009 By Malik Siraj Akbar Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani visited the Baloch port town of Gwadar on Tuesday. In his two-day visit, the primer would inaugurate an international airport in Gwadar and many other “development projects”. It was the first visit of the head of the federal … Read more
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Rapprochement with Baloch leaders
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial By Malik Siraj Akbar Pakistan’s most reputed English daily carried out a misleading news story the other day. The newspaper reported President Asif Ali Zardari meeting with some leaders from Balochistan. The heading of the news report said, “President Zardari meets Baloch elders.” The contents of the news report contradicted the … Read more
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Sectarianism: A threat to secular Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Baloch Hal Editorial: By Malik Siraj Akbar It is very unfortunate that the Baloch and Pashtun populations living in Balochistan have never taken sectarianism as a major threat faced by Balochistan. The reason for this indifferent attitude is unambiguous as both Balochs and Pashtuns follow Sunni sect of Islam. Therefore, they have hardly lost any … Read more
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Return of the natives
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
DAILY BALOCH HAL By Malik Siraj Akbar The government has released at least twenty “missing persons” from different parts of Balochistan. This has come as a follow-up of the recently announced Balochistan Package by Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani. The PM promised that many of the missing persons would be celebrating Eid with their … Read more
BNP demands UN-sponsored plebiscite in Balochistan, says secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The Balochistan National Party (BNP) is the largest opposition party in Balochistan which came under severe fire during the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf. The party’s chief, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, a former chief minister of Balochistan, was arrested and literally put into an ‘iron cage’ fore more than one year. … Read more
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