Targets, not drones, draw ire from Pakistan: Weinbaum
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Pakistan’s relationship with the United States was hit hard in 2011, owing to various factors, prime amongst which were the May 2 raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad and the attack on Pakistani armed forces’ check-post in Salala in November. Both countries have been unable to undo the … Read more
‘The Pakistani Government Sanctioned Drone Attacks’
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: A newspaper version of this interview was published by Dawn.com, Pakistan’s most respected news source in English language. The Baloch Hal is publishing the whole text of the interview for the benefit of students, researchers and all those who take an interest in topics related to Af-Pak, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, counter-insurgency operations and US-Pakistan … Read more
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‘Kayani has real power in Pakistan’
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Pakistan is a “powder keg” whose ingredients are political instability, weak civilian control, a powerful army and a strong intelligence system
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Terror’s return-trip to Quetta
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial By Malik Siraj Akbar Silence does not mean the extinction of a perpetual threat. Terror on the name of religion has remained the omnipresent menace of our society for the past few years. It has, like all other provinces, visited Balochistan, more than once to cause immense devastation. There was surprisingly … Read more
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Drone strike on Balochistan: Where is the right target?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 7, 2009 · 1 Comment
Baloch Hal Editorial: By Malik Siraj Akbar US President Barrack Obama has committed an additional 30,000 troops under his new Af-Pak policy announced at United States Military Academy in West Pont, New York. Under this plan, Washington is contemplating withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan in the next 18 months. According to Obama, the US will … Read more
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Taliban exist in Quetta: US diplomat
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 14, 2009 · 4 Comments
DAILY TIMES Thursday, October 15, 2009 Taliban exist in Quetta: US diplomat * Stephen Fakan says Taliban should not be allowed to operate from Balochistan * Lauds Pakistan Army for tremendous efforts against terrorism By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: The Taliban are currently living in Quetta and need to be eliminated before they consolidate their … Read more
The Quetta Shura
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 1, 2009 · 21 Comments
Many people are asking me these days about the Quetta-Shura. Washington has threatened to expand its drone attacks to Balochistan. In the wake of these developments, I would like top reproduce an article of mine, “Threat to secular Balochistan”, which was published in Pakistan’s leading English language newspaper, Dawn, in March this year. This article … 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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An Appeal for John Solecki’s release
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 12, 2009 · 12 Comments
I hope the kidnappers of John Solecki are reading these lines or someone would help these words reach them. Throughout my journalistic career, I have been an ardent supporter of the Baloch struggle for self-determination. I am glad many Baloch leaders do listen to me. They apparently agreee that the Baloch journalists and intellectuals also … Read more
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Lawlessness in Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The other day I hosted a current affairs show on the Pakistan Television on the state of growing lawlessness in the province. My guests were provincial minister Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledai and senior magazine editor Yar Mohammad Badani. We started the show with the sad news about the kidnapping of the senior American UN official … Read more
