Balochistan — Point of No Return?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Balochistan’s first chief minister, recently said after a meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif that the situation in Balochistan had reached a “point of no return”, adding that he had “no control” over the disillusioned Baloch youths who had taken to the hills to wage a war of … 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
Search for a new governor
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Reports have suddenly begun to pour in about a possible change in Governor’s House, Quetta. Such reports cannot be termed as “rumors” or “speculations” for the reason that the incumbent governor of the province, Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, has already tendered his resignation from the office. It has been more than … Read more
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Baloch nationalism gone wrong
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 20, 2010 · 2 Comments
Published on Thursday May 20, 2010 The recent meeting between Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and seasoned Baloch leader Sardar Attaullah Mengal was a breakthrough in government efforts to reconcile with disillusioned Balochis. Ever since coming into power, the PPP government has failed to resolve the Balochistan conflict due to the unwillingness of the Marri, … Read more
COMMENT: Significance of Raisani-Mengal meeting
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 COMMENT: Significance of Raisani-Mengal meeting —Malik Siraj Akbar An unexpected but a very significant meeting took place between Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani and veteran Baloch nationalist leader Sardar Attaullah Mengal last Saturday (January 2) at the latter’s residence in Wadh, Khuzdar district. Limited details of the meeting were … Read more
Rapprochement with Baloch leaders
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial By Malik Siraj Akbar Pakistan’s most reputed English daily carried out a misleading news story the other day. The newspaper reported President Asif Ali Zardari meeting with some leaders from Balochistan. The heading of the news report said, “President Zardari meets Baloch elders.” The contents of the news report contradicted the … Read more
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Revisiting the Che Guevara-like Days of Baloch Resistance Movement with Asad Rahman
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 19, 2009 · 34 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Guerilla movements in Balochistan have always been romanticized by young men who aspire to overthrow the domineering elite and bring revolutions. Taking to the hills for the rights of the Baloch fatherland is what has placed many Baloch governors, princes and tribal chiefs at irremovable positions in the annals of the … Read more
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Cold shoulder for the Balochistan parliamentary committee
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 5, 2009 · 1 Comment
پارلیمانی کمیٹی اور بلوچستان کا مسئلہ ماضی میں وسیم سجاد اور مشاہد حسین کی سربراہی میں بننے والی کمیٹی سے تمام بلوچ رہنما مذاکرات کرنے کے لیے تیار تھے مگر اب صورت حال مختلف ہے ملک سراج اکبر بلوچستان میں شورش میں کمی کے بجائے بتدریج اضافہ نے ایک بار پھر پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کی … Read more
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John Solecki still missing
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 2, 2009 · 2 Comments
They say there is some hope. The news has reached the Chief Minister’s House. You must be wondering what the big deal is. After all, even Ban Ki-moon has by now learnt that John has been kidnapped. I swear guys, our chief minister is a bigger gun than Moon. See, he is not very proud … Read more
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Two years after Bugti, divisions and disunity
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 26, 2008 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Balochistan is marking the second death anniversary of its former chief minister and governor, Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti, today (Tuesday). The actual causes of the death of the 79-year-old Baloch tribal elder are still shrouded in mystery but its relations between the Centre and the country’s largest province continue to … Read more
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