FC in Trouble
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ifthakar Mohammad Chaudhary has professionally committed itself to the goal of resolving the issue of missing persons. It is perhaps the most consistent engagement of the Supreme Court since the first cases of missing persons were reported in Balochistan in early 2000s. The Chief Justice started hard by taking … Read more
Dead BodyISTAN
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The recovery of the dead bodies of nine Baloch political workers, students and a journalist from different parts of Balochistan, within only 36 hours has sent shock waves across the province. People’s Eid celebrations were ruined after receiving the bullet-riddled dead bodies of Baloch youth, most of whom were in their 20s. While enraged Balochs … Read more
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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
An evening with politicians-like judges
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar So Chief Justice Ifthakar Mohammad Chaudhary and Vice President of Supreme Court Bar Amanullah Kanrani are friends again. In the past, people used to admit the unpredictable attitude of the politicians by saying that politics was the art of hammering out solutions. Therefore, there were no permanent friends or enemies in … Read more
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EXCLUSIVE: “The Supreme Court no longer talks of the missing persons”
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Interview by Malik Siraj Akbar If there is one issue one cannot skip while talking about Balochistan, it is indeed the case of numerous missing persons who have allegedly been whisked away by the state intelligence agencies. Former military dictator General Musharraf , who instigated the conflict in Balochistan, is gone; his policies predominately continue … Read more
Children of the conflict
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 3, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial January 4th, 2010 By Malik Siraj Akbar With the commencement of the new year, 2010, children of the missing Baloch persons have established a hunger strike camp in front of Quetta Press Club. The composition of the camp is very diverse. These children come from different districts of Balochistan. Their ‘missing’ … 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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Raisani must be kidding
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 21, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial December 21, 2009 By Malik Siraj Akbar If historians and journalists were waiting for a haunting quote from Balochistan’s chief minister, here it comes. Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani, the chief minister, astounded everyone in Khuzdar during a press-talk by saying that most of the missing persons had “deliberately gone underground to … 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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