Today the Baloch mothers are being punished for raising the slogan of a secular and democratic Balochistan.
The Pakistani occupation has adopted a more sinister strategy to suppress the Baluch Independence movement. In order to save itself from charges of "˜crimes against humanity' it now employs a multifaceted strategy that focuses not only on eliminating Baluch Resistance Fighters, but also on taking out politicians, activists and civilians with the use of death squads.
Once the relationship turned abusive and I feared for my life, I decide to call it quits. Today, the divorce comes through. Her name is Pakistan. And today, I am leaving her for good.
My trip to the "˜dream city' of Gwadar is preceded by a reality check: "The situation here is volatile," warns my friend, "Baloch political activists routinely disappear and are killed."
Riding a motorbike one fine afternoon in Lahore, on January 27, 22-year-old Faizan Haider and 26-year-old Faheem Shamshad breathed their last. Ten bullets fired from a 9mm Glock pistol handed them their death warrant.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the civilian face of the country's powerful military establishment is a continuation of the former dictator General Pervez Musharraf's policies in Balochistan. He is the one who sanctioned and devised the policies of empowering Frontier Corp (FC), the Pakistani paramilitary, in Balochistan involved in enforced disappearances and the "˜kill and dump' activities.
More than 80 million children and mothers will needlessly die in the developing world by 2015 unless the Millennium Development Goals are met. Those spending money on the military, oblivious to human suffering, are concerned only about their profits
English subtitles, Al Jazeera documentary on the freedom struggle in Balochistan
As the Islamist nightmare envelops Pakistan, the Obama administration ponders what the United States should do. But the bitter reality is that the United States is already doing too much in Pakistan. It is the American shadow everywhere, the Pakistani feeling of being smothered by the U.S. embrace, that gives the Islamists their principal rallying cry.