Monthly Archives: July 2011
From Oxford to Lyari
You try not to be a cynic but how can you not? You try to believe in heroes but there exist none. You try to think beyond political dynasties but that’s the only kind of trend Pakistan has ever really known. You try to make sense of the statements...
Balochistan: One Province, Two Wars
By Hajra Komal Feroz
Abdul Ghaffar Lango, an activist for Baloch nationalism, was abducted right in front of his wife on December 11, 2009. When his abduction was reported, the police told his family that he had been detained because of...
Raisani’s nephew killed in blast
QUETTA – Mir Akmal Raisani, a nephew of Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, was killed while 23 others including 12 security personnel were wounded in a bomb blast on Friday in Mastung town, some 60kms southeast of the provincial...
Baluch Prisoner Mohammad Mandazahi Hanged in Kerman
HRANA News Agency – On Tuesday, July 26, 2011, Mohammad Mandazahi, son of Dadkha, was hanged in Kerman’s central prison. According to a report by Baluchistan Human Rights Activists, Mohammad Mandazahi was charged with drug trafficking. Mohammad...
Gunmen kill seven in Quetta Capital city of Balochistan
QUETTA: Seven people were killed and 12 injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at the office of a transportation company in Quetta on Friday. A group of pilgrims were waiting to travel to the Balochistan border town of Taftan when the...
We can torture, kill, or keep you for years’
By Saba Imtiaz
KARACHI: Contrary to popular belief, extreme deprivation is not all that the people of Balochistan are being subjected to. Discrimination, insecurity and human rights abuses are the order of the day in the largely overlooked...
New peace deal in Lyari sweetened by promise of development
KARACHI: It has taken the promise of millions in development funds and a directive from President Asif Ali Zardari for the now defunct Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) and the Kutchi Raabta Committee (KRC) to agree — at least verbally – to...
Balochistan govt to seek Musharraf’s extradition
QUETTA – The provincial government sought more time from the Balochistan High Court to contact the federal government for the extradition of former president Pervez Musharraf and others nominated accused in the Nawab Akbar Bugti’s murder...
Pakistan torturing Balochistan activists, BBC report says
Hundreds of political activists are being held and tortured by security forces in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Human Rights Watch says. The region is currently the centre of an insurgency by local tribesmen fighting for greater political...
Balochistan situation
The famous “Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package” (AHB), launched by the government holds the promise of a better tomorrow for Balochistan. The missing component is that as per all past broken promises by the successive governments, this...
Balochistan employees go without salaries
By Shehzad Baloch
QUETTA: The Balochistan government finds itself entangled in yet another financial crunch as it decided to opt for an overdraft from the State Bank of Pakistan in order to pay the pending salaries of government employees....
The role of news channels in Balochistan
Balochistan as part of Pakistan cannot be ignored. Balochistan contributes a lot to the country and is enriched with lots of resources. Yet it is ignored by the government and the media.
The Baloch people have lost trust in the federal government
the Baloch people have lost trust in the federal government because promises are made only to be broken
“We are ready to hold talks with Baloch leaders living abroad to resolve all issues of Balochistan,” thus declared Prime Minister Syed...
Plight of seven detained netizens still worrying one year after their arrest
Exactly one year after seven young netizens were arrested in a series of raids by intelligence ministry agents, Reporters Without Borders is reiterating the call for their release that it made in a letter on 23 February to United Nations High...
Iran prosecutor escapes assassination
An Iranian prosecutor appears to have had a lucky escape after surviving an assassination attempt by unknown assailants in the southeastern province of Baluchistan. The incident took place in the city of Khash, situated 1,240 kilometers (770...