How Nawaz Sharif Can Help Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 14, 2013 · 1 Comment
Political parties that won Saturday’s general elections in Balochistan have already initiated contacts with other parties to form a coalition government. According to the results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan, the Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party has emerged as the largest political party with 11 seats in the Balochistan Assembly which is followed by … Read more
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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From Balochistan to Bloodistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Nearly one hundred people, including policemen, unarmed civilians and media personnel, were killed in three massive bomb blasts in Quetta city on Thursday. The blasts embodied two major forms of violence that currently engulfs Balochistan, nationalistic and sectarian.The attacks once again specifically targeted some sections of our population that have already … Read more
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Why the Pakistani Media Did Not Cover the Mashky Operation
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Pakistani media is not known for extensively covering the conflict in Balochistan. It has repeatedly been criticized for taking sides with the government on critical issues such as military operations and human rights violations. The media’s complicity in hiding the rights abuses committed by the security forces in the troubled region was once again deeply felt … Read more
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Awaran Operation: Terrorizing Civilian Populations
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Frontier Corps (F.C.) launched a fresh military operation in Mashky area of Awaran District on December 25th which has culminated in extraordinary casualties. Two days after it was launched, the operation, according to sources on the ground, is still underway. The security forces have kept the civilian population under absolute siege, disconnecting and disrupting all forms of communication … Read more
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What is the Baloch Freedom Charter?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A recent report from London published in The News International says that the Balochistan Liberation Charter Coordinating Committee intends to publicize the Baloch Freedom Charter in 2013 in order to address the concerns of those who have been reluctant to approve the document. The Committee said in a press release, “from time to time, we … Read more
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Another Province, Another Six Points
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar As Sardar Akhtar Mengal’s boisterous trip to Islamabad comes to an eventful end, the leader of Balochistan National Party (BNP), the troubled province’s largest nationalist group, and his aides must be sitting down somewhere to reassess whether or not the journey to Islamabad was worth it. Some of them still wonder … Read more
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Ahmed Rashid’s Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Nobody reviews a book twice, nor do I. I had just published a review of Ahmed Rashid’s latest book Pakistan on the Brink in the Huffington Post on June 25th. The portions of Rashid’s book dealing with Balochistan justifiably required a separate column. He is a widely respected journalist in world … Read more
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Pakistan’s Other Taliban
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The sectarian war in Pakistan between militant Sunni and unarmed Shia Muslims is turning uglier by the day. A bomb blast targeting Shia pilgrims on September 18 in southwestern Balochistan provincekilled three people and also injured security guards who were officially assigned to protect the pilgrims from a terrorist attack. Sectarian offensives are expected every day … Read more
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The Futility of the Senate Debate on Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The more the Balochistan issue is debated, the more complicated it gets. After the recent debate in the Upper House of the Parliament on the prevailing situation in the province, we do not seem to be going anywhere from here. Let’s forget … Read more
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