Monthly Archives: September 2011
Security forces be stripped of powers in Balochistan: Asma
By Mohammad Zafar
QUETTA: Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jehangir has challenged the authority of the security forces in Balochistan, saying the forces be stripped of powers in the best interest of the national integrity and solidarity.
Spy agencies struggle with post-9/11 languages
WASHINGTON–Despite intense focus on Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East in the last decade, U.S. spy agencies are still lacking in language skills needed to talk to locals, translate intercepted intelligence and analyze data, according...
The failure in Balochistan
By Malik Siraj Akbar
Days before the completion of President Asif Ali Zardari’s three years in office, Senator Lashkari Raisani, the former provincial president of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), disclosed that at least...
The dangers of national security reporting in Pakistan
Now, to Pakistan, where local journalists who report on national security issues do so under constant threat of death. Ali Chisti is the national security and counter terrorism correspondent for the Friday Times, an independent weekly newspaper...
Ideology of an independent Balochistan state
The nationalist stance adopted by a number of groups operating in Balochistan building on the ideology of an independent Balochistan state has its roots in the pre-partition indigenous narrative where some tribes had opposed the Pakistan movement...
Balochistan thrash AJK 12-0 in Women Football
ISLAMABAD – Four matches of the 7th National Women Football Championship, currently underway at Pakistan Sports Board Jinnah Stadium and Outer Football Ground on Saturday.
In the first match, between Model Town Women Football Club and...
Provincial govt destroyed Balochistan: BHC CJ
The Balochistan High Court (BHC) Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Essa has observed that the provincial government has destroyed the province and sought a reply whether it was committed to provide security to the people.
UNPO event draws attention to climate of fear in Balochistan
Below is an article published by UNPO:
UNPO and the Society for Threatened Peoples hosted a parallel event on Thursday [15th September 2011] at the 18th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council titled ‘Climate of Fear: Enforced Disappearances,...
IT is not for the first time that Hazara Shia minority is targeted by sectarian outfits in Balochistan.
According to media reports, 29 pilgrims were killed while going to Iran, including three other people who were trying to bring the injured to a hospital. According to the bus driver, Khushhal Khan, the victims’ identity cards were checked...
Int’l community must intervene in Balochistan: Noordin Mengal
The international community must intervene in Balochistan to allow the Baloch to exercise their right to national self-determination like East Timor and South Sudan, says Noordin Mengal, a Baloch representative at the UN Human Rights Council...
Secular Newspaper, editor and staff face life threats by Pakistan’s military goons
Balochistan: Daily Tawar (Daily Voice), a Balochistan based Newspaper, has been receiving threats from Pakistani intelligence agencies from the day it started Publication said Khadam Lehri Baloch “editor of Daily Tawar”. He also said that...
Demo on Balochistan situation at UNHRC
GENEVA: A parallel event and demonstration on the human rights situation in Balochistan was held at the ongoing 18th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The title of the event was ‘Climate of Fear: Enforced Disappearances,...
PAKISTAN: A Baloch missing person’s body found
Sri Lanka Guardian Occupied Balochistan: Police have found yet another bullet-riddled body of missing person near Khuzdar district on Monday. The body was shifted to districts headquarters hospital Khuzdar where he was identified as Abdul Ghafoor...
UNPO To Highlight Abuses In Ethiopia And Pakistan At UN Human Rights Council
UNPO aims for these two events, occurring in parallel to the Human Rights Council, to raise awareness on the international stage of the alarming situations facing its Members in Ethiopia and Pakistan. The people of Balochistan and Ethiopia’s...
Demonstration Against Human Rights Violations in Balochistan
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) will co-host a parallel event at the 18th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.