Balochistan: two attacks, two problems
The Ziarat Residency attack is perhaps a watershed event in the Baloch nationalist-Pakistan relations but it is not exactly a 9/11 equivalent as claimed by some
Baloch Hal Editorial: Why Pakistan Should Divorce Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
The city of Quetta observed a day of mourning on Sunday against the killing of more than 24 people in Saturday's coordinated attacks on a university bus and the Bolan Medical College Hospital. When a political party within the ruling coalition, such as the Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party, calls for a strike, it implicitly shows the government's helplessness to grapple with hard challenges.
Baloch Hal Editorial: Pakistan's "Drone Operations" in Balochistan
In a recent interview with the B.B.C. Urdu, veteran Baloch nationalist leader Senator Hasil Khan Bizenjo rightly compared Pakistan's "˜kill and dump' operations in Balochistan with America's drone-strikes taking place in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). He told a Pakistani audience that if drones, as argued by the government authorities, were "counterproductive" in the war on terror and causing more militants then the bullet-riddled dead bodies of the missing Baloch political activists were doing exactly the same job in Balochistan.
Gone missing: Two months on, family still struggles to find Baloch journalist
KARACHI: Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch, 42, made sure he attended every protest held for the people who went missing in Balochistan. "These are our brothers who have gone missing. Some day when I would be gone, you would have to do the same," the tall man with a bushy moustache would say.
Balochistan: Pakistan's Next Headache?
In short, it is in the transatlantic interest to support Balochistan's cause and, in doing so, limit Iran, Pakistan, and China's influence in South West and Central Asia.
Independence is the only way forward for nations under foreign occupation
Let this day be a reminder that if we fail to unite as a nation, we are doomed to remain disunited as slaves.
2013 Pakistan Elections and Balochistan: An Overview
In a nutshell, it seems unlikely that the elections will be conducted fairly in Balochistan due to the army's presence and the outcome could be no less than that of the 2008 elections, but a responsibility lies on the Baloch stakeholders to find a feasible solution to lessen the agony of the people. While taking part in elections will not guarantee any solution to the issues all at once, it can give a fair share of hope to the Baloch political parties and allow them to gain some breathing space for reorganizing themselves. Boycotting the elections risks paving the path for the army to install a dummy government like that of Aslam Raisani's and creating more opportunity for the likes of Shafeeq Mengal and Siraj Raisani to continue expanding their reign of terror across Balochistan.
Repression is Unlikely to Make Baloch Proud Pakistani Citizens: Dr. Frederic Grare
I think Balochistan risks becoming a complete power vacuum if it is not already. Some areas of Balochistan will be totally out of control. In order to reestablish trust, the Baloch nationalists have to be included in the provincial government. But this will produce the desired effect only if they can deliver something to the population, in the form of greater autonomy, within the federal framework for example. It remains to be seen whether this year's elections will produce the desired outcome.
'Ask Forgiveness Not Permission', by Howard Leedham - review
[Howard Leedham] also agreed to Pakistani requests to use his militia for hostage releases and, more striking still, to support the Pakistani military campaign against the Baloch nationalist and tribal leader Akbar Bugti.
The choice is ours
...American historian Howard Zinn explains it very eloquently and forcefully. He says, "Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders"¦ Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience and millions have been killed because of this obedience"¦Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty.
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