Don’t Isolate Mengal
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (P.M.L-N), the Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party (P.K.M.P.) and the National Party (N.P.) have successfully accomplished the first phase of government formation in Balochistan by reaching consensus on Dr. Malik Baloch as the province’s next chief minister. This is a good beginning but certainly not the end of all problems. All … Read more
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A Landmark Decision For Balochistan and the Monumental Challenges Ahead
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The incoming prime minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has finallynominated former senator, Dr. Malik Baloch, who is also the president of the National Party (N.P.), as Balochistan’s next chief minister. This is indeed a landmark decision as it will be thefirst time in Balochistan’s history that a self-made man belonging to the Baloch middle-class will be appointed … Read more
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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
Campaigns Silenced
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 26, 2013 · 1 Comment
The election campaigns in Balochistan have been deeply silenced after at least five organized attacks on different political parties in various cities. On April 16, the Baloch Liberation Army (B.L.A.) attacked the convey of Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, the Balochistan president of the Pakistan Muslim League (P.M.L-Nawaz), which led to the killing of his young son, brother and … Read more
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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United Against Arab Sheiks
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Almost all mainstream political parties in the province have complimented Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly, Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, for taking a firm and principled stance against the alleged sale of 70,000 acre land to Arab sheiks in the coastal region of Balochistan. The Speaker had revealed in a rare press conference that the Balochistan government … 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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Baloch nationalist set to return to Senate
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 14, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: The most exciting thing about the upcoming Senate elections from Balochistan, for which as many as 50 candidates from various political parties filed their nomination papers on Friday, is the submission of nomination papers by Baloch nationalist leader Mir Hasil Khan Bizanjo of the National Party (NP). This is seemingly … Read more
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