Revisiting the Che Guevara-like Days of Baloch Resistance Movement with Asad Rahman


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

Is Baluchistan becoming another East Pakistan?


By Kuldip Nayar Islamabad faces today practically the same situation in Baluchistan as it did in East Pakistan. The former is as increasingly getting alienated from Pakistan as was Bangladesh in the midst of liberating itself. The army was supreme then as it is today in Baluchistan. Zulfikhar Ali Bhutto, then heading the Pakistan People … Read more

John Solecki still missing


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

Zarina Marri


By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: The Asian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) startling report about young Baloch women being held in the country’s military torture cells and forced into sexual slavery has sparked a new wave of angry reactions from Baloch nationalist political parties in Balochistan. In a fresh report, the AHRC disclosed that a 23-year … Read more

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