Monthly Archives: June 2012
Pentagon calls symposium on Balochistan
The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a subsidiary of the Pentagon, is all set to convene a controversial symposium on Balochistan issue at Washington DC next week, it was reliably learnt on Friday.
Drug ban that laid Pakistan boxer low before Olympics
I first met Mehrullah Lassi nearly five years ago on a day in Karachi when discontent hung so heavy in the air it never lifted. Pervez Musharraf, the president, had entered the political vortex that would first chew him up, then spit him out...
10 more killed in Karachi violence
Salis bin Perwaiz
KARACHI: Ten more people, including a policeman, were killed in incidents of targeted violence in various parts of the city on Friday. Four of the killings took place in the Garden area.
Student among 3 kidnapped in Balochistan
Quetta - Three people, including a student, were kidnapped from different towns of Balochistan on Wednesday. According to police, some gunmen kidnapped Muhammad Akthar, a student, from Sariab Road of Quetta near his residence. Police said...
Plots Against Human Rights Campaigner
Asma Jahangir, a leading Pakistani lawyer and human rights campaigner
A lawyer who is perhaps Pakistan’s most prominent human rights campaigner vows that she’s undeterred by an alleged plot to kill her. Asma Jahangir told RFE/RL...
Karachi violence claims two more lives
KARACHI: One person was killed and a body was found in a gunny bag in the Lyari area of Karachi, Express News reported on Thursday.Within the limits of Baghdadi Police Station, unidentified men threw a sack-packed body, in front of Ghausia...
Independence for Balochistan backed by the USA?
The genocide in Balochistan committed by the Pakistani Army is finally coming to light. Independence is a matter of time!
Eyewitness Balochistan-12 The two realities of Pashtuns and Baloch
Eyewitness Balochistan-12 The two realities of Pashtuns and Baloch
Amir Mateen
QUETTA: People in Balochistan hate it when the self-styled armchair experts sitting in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi generalize about them. Baloch intellectual Dr...
Winning back the Baloch
After the stern warning by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry that Balochistan’s worsening security situation warranted imposition of a state of emergency, Prime Minister Gilani embarked on long-awaited visit to Quetta, his first...
Two hand grenades found from Lyari expressway
KARACHI, (SANA): Two hand grenades were found from Lyari Expressway near Hassan Square area on Thursday. According to police sources, bomb disposal squad was called as soon as the hand grenades were spotted while PIB area police also reached.
Balochistan problem being addressed democratically
Islamabad—Federal Minister for Sci-ence and Technology Mir Chengez Jamali has said that the Balochistan problem was being addressed democratically while consultation with all the stakeholders is in progress.
Resolution of Balochistan, FATA problems govt’s priority: Farzana
Prompt solution of the problems faced by the people of Balochistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is priority of the government and it will leave no stone unturned to resolve their rightful problems on permanent basis. This was...
Resolving Balochistan conflict
After the warning of the Chief Justice of Pakistan that the situation in Balochistan was fast heading to a state where imposition of emergency would be warranted, the government took some steps.