Balochistan: Heavy-handedness Undermines Moderate Voices
Pakistani army operations in Mashkay, Balochistan, to capture Dr Allah Nazar Baloch have left property destroyed and many civilians abducted or believed killed - against this backdrop calls for peaceful solutions to Balochistan's problems will have to argue even harder to justify such a nonviolent path - but the cycle of violence must end.
Balochistan bill bars seminaries from preaching militancy
The Balochistan Assembly adopted a bill on Friday barring madressahs from preaching militancy and terrorism and stopping them from publishing literature promoting sectarianism and hatred.
Modern-Day 'Great Game' Plays Out In Baluchistan
Almost since Pakistan's birth, its government has been battling a low-level insurgency in the southwest region of Baluchistan.
Minister Condemns "Fresh Mekeran Operation"
A minister in Balochistan Assembly (BA) pointed out on Thursday that security forces had unleashed a new phase of operation in Mekran Division, arresting several political workers and whisking away some others to unknown locations.
In the region: Afghanistan's "˜Royal' Outcasts
The nomadic Kuchi are being driven from their lands, says Karlos Zurutuza. They're second-class citizens in their own country.
Independence of nations recognized in new humanitarian era, says Kachkol Ali
Former fisheries minister and former opposition leader in Balochistan state assembly, Kachkol Ali--who has been a noted lawyer in his professional life and defended human rights activists--has said that demanding national liberation is a just right of people under foreign occupation and has stressed that this right is fully protected under international law.
When a book guides a gun
Dr. Allah Nazar, blamed by the government for the assassination of Maula Bakhsh Dashti, Habib Jalib and other moderate politicians, has denied killing his political opponents. "It's the government's propaganda. I don't believe in eliminating political opponents. I'm a political worker, not a bandit and I've taken up arms for a political ideology," he stresses.
Afghan Parliamentary Elections by Karlos Zurutuza
Nine years after 9/11, Afghans are voting in parliamentary elections. The mood is a mix of frustration and uncertainty.
Pakistani Journalist Speaks Out After an Attack
An investigative reporter for a major Pakistani newspaper was on his way home from dinner here on a recent night when men in black commando garb stopped his car, blindfolded him and drove him to a house on the outskirts of town.
Aims of Zardari, Musharraf govts same: Brahamdagh Bugti
Although the tactics of the incumbent government led by President Asif Ali Zardari are different from those adopted by former president Pervez Musharraf, the aim of both governments remains the same, exiled Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti told Daily Times on Wednesday.
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