“Where is my son?”
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 17, 2009 · 4 Comments
Do I ever feel like crying? Yes. When? While meeting the missing persons’ families. Everyone you can see in this picture has a sob story. Everyone has a ‘missing person’ in his family. This 63-year old Baloch on my right side says his son, Abdul Hayee, 20, has gone missing since August 29, 2009. “How … Read more
Filed under Malik Siraj Akbar · Tagged with Baloch, Balochistan, enfroced disappearances in Balochistan, Malik Siraj Akbar, missing persons, missing persons of Balochistan, Quetta, Zarina Marri, Zarina Marri case
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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John Solecki: a victim of apathy?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 19, 2009 · 7 Comments
DAILY TIMES Thursday, March 19, 2009 By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: Having previously extended its deadline three times, the Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) – which abducted the American head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), John Solecki – has now given a new, ‘final deadline’ to the government to meet its … Read more
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JUST-IN:UN officials meet Nawab Marri unofficially
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 17, 2009 · 3 Comments
Many of the readers of this blog keep asking me: “What is your source?” C’mon guys. If a Pakistani citizen asks me this question then I won’t mind it because we do not have a popular and widespread culture of blogging in this country yet. However, in the countries where blogging has established itself as … Read more
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Malik terms BLUF demands ‘unrealistic’
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 15, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: Prime Minister’s advisor on interior affairs Rehman Malik on Saturday described as ‘unrealistic and exaggerated’ the list of missing persons provided by the Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) as its demand-list for the release of the American UN official John Solecki. Malik, who had come to Quetta on the presidential … Read more
4 Balochistan ministers threaten to resign
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Four provincial ministers and a pro-government member of the Balochistan Assembly (BA) walked out of the house in protest on Saturday against not being allowed to debate the issue of a missing Baloch school teacher and warned to boycott the ongoing assembly session for an indefinite period. A dramatic situation in … Read more
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DG ISPR’s threats to reporters covering Zarina Marri case
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 31, 2009 · 2 Comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-023-2009 January 31, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The Public Relations Department of the Armed Forces threatens the journalists covering the case of Zarina Marri. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), a public relations department of the armed forces of Pakistan denied the allegations that Ms. Zarina … Read more
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My Response to Alia’s Open Letter regarding Zarina Marri
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 19, 2009 · 5 Comments
Dr. Alia, Greetings, Thank you very much for your kind mail. I deeply admire your courage to raise the voice of Zarina Marri in the federal capital. What has stunned me the most is the double standards of the Pakistani media, civil society and the political parties demonstrated in the wake of the startling disclosure … 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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Thank you Mr. Chief Justice
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 18, 2009 · 1 Comment
I am glad that deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Ifthakar Mohammad Chaudhary, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBC) Aitzaz Ahsan and the current President of the SCBC, our own Ali Ahmed Kurd bravely rose the issue of Zarina Marri the other day in Karachi. The Pakistan media, both electronic as … Read more
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