Hard Times to be a Journalist
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The title of this column will surely disappoint the brave journalists who cover wars and deadly conflicts. It also comes as a let-down to the aspiring journalists interested in war reporting. Western journalists do contribute to the bulk of war correspondents but their conditions still drastically vary from the circumstances reporters … Read more
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DAY 4: FC’s attack on Balochistan’s fearless Press
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Following the forced closure of Daily Aassap, FC troops had laid a siege of the offices of Daily Balochistan Express and Daily Azadi, two prominent independent newspapers from this backward Province of Balochistan. It is the fourth consecutive day that the FC troops laid the siege, checking and intimidating the staff … Read more
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DAY 3: Khakis Press, Repress, Suppress
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 23, 2009 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar The Frontier Corps (FC) personnel continued the siege of the offices of Daily Balochistan Express and Daily Azadi on the third consecutive day on Friday. The siege included body search and intense questioning of the newspapers’ staff members on their arrival at and departure from the office. They had blocked the … Read more
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Boots, guns, tanks now come to Daily Balochistan Express/ Azadi
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 21, 2009 · 5 Comments
<img By Malik Siraj Akbar “I told the forces deployed outside my office that I was a journalist not a “terrorist”,” recalls Rashid Baloch [name changed], a reporter affiliated with Quetta-based daily Balochistan Express. Rashid, 25, was on his way for the morning shift at the newspaper office located a few hundred meters away from … Read more
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Amid chauvinists’ propaganda
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 17, 2009 · 6 Comments
My recent article, A Home Grown Conflict, was published in the Times of India on August 11, 2009. In this write-up I have argued that the Balochistan conflict is a purely indigenous one rather than being ignited by India. While the article was widely appreciated by Balochs and the supporters of the Baloch cause across … Read more
