Today, Balochistan Truly Misses Comrade Jalib
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Former senator Habib Jalib Baloch, ex-chairman of the Baloch Students Organization and the secretary general of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), was one of the most brilliant politicians of all times in Balochistan’s politic. He was brutally murdered last year by unknown assailants in Quetta. As expected, his tragic murder created … Read more
End of Jalib Murder Investigation?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Former BNP secretary General Habib Jalib, who was shot dead in Quetta on July 14th by unidentified persons, is perhaps the only “lucky” political figure in this country to get his murderers identified within a “very short” period of one month. Pakistan has had a history of several high-profile murders, including … Read more
Situation Polarization Plus
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Optimists who are still unwilling to equate the situation in Balochistan with a state of “civil war” would at least agree that the situation has gone beyond mere political polarization. The current situation could at best be termed as “polarization plus”. Many are drawing parallels of BNP leader Habib Jalib’s murder … Read more
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I Cried For Jalib
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 16, 2010 · 2 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Finally, I have no option but to delete 03003823908 from my cell phone. This was the phone number I often used to dial or get calls from. “late” Habib Jalib, secretary general of the Balochistan National Party who was killed here on Wednesday by unidentified assailants, used this number and humbly … Read more
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Adieu Comrade Jalib
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar In the most high-profile political assassination since the killing of Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti in August 2006, Wednesday’s target killing of Balochistan National Party (BNP) secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch, the entire province is in a state of agony, incredulity and fury. The killing of the senior-most BNP leader has … Read more
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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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The Quetta Shura
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 1, 2009 · 21 Comments
Many people are asking me these days about the Quetta-Shura. Washington has threatened to expand its drone attacks to Balochistan. In the wake of these developments, I would like top reproduce an article of mine, “Threat to secular Balochistan”, which was published in Pakistan’s leading English language newspaper, Dawn, in March this year. This article … Read more
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Interview with BNP secretary general Habib Jalib
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 12, 2009 · 1 Comment
بلوچستان میں فوجی آپریشن کے خاتمے، فورسز کے انخلا اور لاپتہ افراد کی بازیابی تک مذاکرات نہیں ہو سکتے بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی کے جنرل سیکرٹری حبیب جالب سے خصوصی انٹرویو انٹرویو: ملک سراج اکبر بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (بی این پی) بلوچستان کی سب سے بڑی قوم پرست جماعت سمجھی جاتی ہے۔ اس جماعت نے اگست … Read more
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