Balochistan situation getting bleaker by the day
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 1, 2009 · 6 Comments
THE HINDU, Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009 Opinion – News Analysis Balochistan situation getting bleaker by the day By Malik Siraj Akbar On August 26, Pakistan’s volatile Balochistan province marked the third death anniversary of its slain leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, amid widespread violence. Ten people were killed; several gas pipelines blown up and electricity pylons … 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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A Home-grown Conflict
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 10, 2009 · 2 Comments
A Home-grown Conflict By Malik Siraj Akbar 11 August 2009, 12:00am IST When the first Baloch insurgency broke out in 1948 to resist the illegal and forceful annexation of the Baloch-populated autonomous Kalat state with Pakistan, Manmohan Singh – today Indian prime minister – was barely a teenager while his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani … Read more
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Zardari uncle please don’t snatch our smiles!
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 15, 2009 · 3 Comments
I am truly appalled by a recent official decision to punish people who send anti-government SMS or e-mails. This is a disappointing decision coming from a democratically elected government. This clearly shows the level of intolerance among Pakistan’s so-called democrats. We know who fears these text messages? Guess who? Lol. You are all smart guys … Read more
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The First Night of Torture Cell
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 11, 2009 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar “Sometimes when my uncles got together, they would go into a corner and talk about a mysterious thing called sex. It sounded wonderful. I prayed that it would not go away before I grew up.” [The Other Side of Me, Sidney Sheldon] I was born during Zia-ul-Haq’s military regime. Normally many … Read more
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Threat to secular Balochistan?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 9, 2009 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Monday, 09 Mar, 2009 | 09:04 AM PST | Nothing embarrasses and irks Pakistani spymasters more than the issue of Talibanisation in Quetta. Over the years, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly protested against the alleged protection provided by Islamabad to Mullah Omar, the one-eyed spiritual cleric and reclusive leader of … Read more
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AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING THE ZARINA MARRI CASE
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
After the horrifying story of the forced sex slavery of Zarina Marri, a young Baloch schoolteacher, at the hands of Pakistani military agencies was brought to light, many people – including members of ‘civil society’ and otherwise vocal defenders of human rights – have requested ‘verification’ of the story, which they assert needs to come … Read more
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Faiz Baluch is ‘casualty of post-9/11 geo-politics’
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 6, 2009 · 1 Comment
From Times Online January 5, 2009 Asylum seeker Faiz Baluch is ‘casualty of post-September 11th geo-politics’ By Fran Yeoman An asylum seeker on trial for allegedly inciting terrorist murder in Pakistan is not a criminal but a casualty of post-September 11th geo-politics and the alliances forged between Britain, America and the Musharraf regime, a court … Read more
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Legacy of Ashes: The history of the CIA
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 5, 2009 · 1 Comment
REVIEW: Legacy of Ashes: The history of the CIA By Malik Siraj Akbar The performance of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), America’s foremost external spying body, is a matter of constant concern for the intelligence experts who wonder if the clandestine organization has what it takes to fight America’s war against terrorism. Not many security … Read more
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The case against Musharraf
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 22, 2008 · 2 Comments
By Sanaullah Baloch IN the last six decades a significant number of so-called state leaders have been prosecuted and brought before various domestic and international courts and tribunals for their official and unofficial crimes against humanity and genocide. Unfortunately, the most unpopular state leaders have enjoyed lifetime immunity in domestic and foreign courts for their … Read more
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