Justice for Journalists
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Journalists across Balochistan are still protesting vociferously against the recent killings of two senior Baloch reporters in Gwadar and Khuzdar. They are dismayed over the lackluster official response to a genuine demand to bring the murderers of newsmen Lala Hammed Hayatan, 25, and Mohammad Khan Sasoli, 36, to justice by probing the brutal targeted killings. … Read more
Balochistan’s depressed Press
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial By Malik Siraj Akbar Daily Asaap. Abid Amin. Khuzdar Press Club. Malik Arif. All these tags lead to divergent but equally disheartening conclusions which narrate an abysmal state of the press freedom in Balochistan. These tags help us to understand various dimensions of the threat journalists operating in the volatile Balochistan … 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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