Three Years of The Baloch Hal
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar On its third birthday two weeks ago, The Baloch Hal was a sick boy lying in a computer lab nursing two robust attacks from the hackers within ten days. We have remained officially blocked inside Pakistan for the past two years. Attacks by hackers is a new challenge confronting us, as … Read more
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Pakistan’s Other Taliban
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The sectarian war in Pakistan between militant Sunni and unarmed Shia Muslims is turning uglier by the day. A bomb blast targeting Shia pilgrims on September 18 in southwestern Balochistan provincekilled three people and also injured security guards who were officially assigned to protect the pilgrims from a terrorist attack. Sectarian offensives are expected every day … Read more
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The Futility of the Senate Debate on Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The more the Balochistan issue is debated, the more complicated it gets. After the recent debate in the Upper House of the Parliament on the prevailing situation in the province, we do not seem to be going anywhere from here. Let’s forget … Read more
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How Kidnapping Doctors Hurts the Patients
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
While Sunday’s kidnapping of Bolan Medical College (B.M.C.) associate professor Dr. Din Mohammad Baloch has triggered a fresh wave of insecurity among Balochistan’s doctors, the ensuing strike called by physicians across the province has caused enormous suffering for the common citizens. On Friday, almost all hospitals in Quetta did not admit patients for regular treatment. … Read more
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
A hearing on Balochistan that stirs up new tensions between U.S. and Pakistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar An extraordinary hearing of the U.S. Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 8 exclusively focusing on Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province has triggered new diplomatic tensions between Washington D.C. and Islamabad. At least five members of the U.S. Congress belonging to both the Democratic and the Republican parties and a retired … Read more
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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
The Undemocratic Republic of Frontier Corps (FC)
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In a fresh operation in Khuzdar’s Thotak locality on Friday, the Frontier Corps (FC) killed two young activists of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad). The federal paramilitary force, which does not have even five percent Baloch representation in its overall composition, surrounded the locality in the early hours of Friday, reported the local residents. Later … Read more
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Balochistan’s Bloody 2010
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In the first week of December, Balochistan’s governor and twice-elected former chief minister Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. The official convoy of the Baloch governor was attacked on the RCD National Highway when he was returning from Kalat district to the provincial capital, Quetta. While the governor narrowly escaped the bid … Read more
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Will the Real BNP Stand Up,Please?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Balochistan’s first ever elected chief minister and the patron-in-chief of the Balochistan National Party Sardar Attaullah Mengal told BBC in a fresh interview that he opposed the target killings of Punjabis in Balochistan. Disassociating from the current wave of ethnic strife in the province, which has driven thousands of Punajbis out of Balochistan, the veteran … Read more
