1972 - How Islamabad ignored Balochistan Assembly's resolution against Sardari System
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It is not widely known nowadays but in 1972 a resolution was moved in the Balochistan Assembly demanding that the Federal Government abolish the Sardari, the Jirga System and the Tribal System since the Provincial Assembly did not have the authority to do so. The Federal Government took no action in this regard and about eight months later, on 14th February, 1972 the National Awami Party (which was responsible for presenting the resolution in the Assembly) Government was overthrown and a military operation was launched in Balochistan.
"We only receive back the bodies"
Murder and mayhem in an ugly but little-known Pakistani conflict
Internet Censorship in Pakistan
Free Speech is again curtailed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority & Pakistani Institutions.
Balochistan: In the Shadow of the Gun
The real debate in regard to Balochistan is not about the exact number of missing people, but rather about the government's failure to exert its authority in the province.
The real Balochistan (Parts I, II and III)
Pervez Musharraf's article "˜Understanding Balochistan' was not only misleading, it was full of distortion of facts about Balochistan and the Baloch people. As could be expected of him, he failed to acknowledge in his article the folly of his misplaced military policies (which among other things resulted in that shameful defeat at Kargil). Nor, of course, did he apologise for the loss of lives in Balochistan. Instead, the Commando - who appears to believe that spreading of misconceptions and malicious propaganda can continue to mislead the people of Pakistan on the Balochistan issue - made a crude attempt at disinformation. He thereby sought to acquit himself, the army and the FC of the countless charges of killings, human-rights violation, disappearances, ethnic-cleansing and systematic suppression of the Baloch people.
Baloch rebels inspire separatists in Sindh
Bomb attacks on railway tracks across Sindh indicate the rise of a separatist movement that takes inspiration from the freedom movement in Balochistan
Respect for mandates!
The army has the authority to ensure that all Baloch people get to see a "˜ten rupee note' in their lifetime, though it has often enough shown them the devastating prowess of multi-million dollar F-16s, helicopter gunships and artillery shells
Tarek Fatah speaks about the Balochistan Freedom Movement on Canadian SUN Television
This is the first time the subject of Balochistan has been discussed on a Canadian TV channel. SUN News Network is a Canada-wide Current Affairs TV Network reaching millions of Canadians every day. The show where this was discussed is called "The Arena" and is hosted by Michael Coren.
Deep Waters; Baluchistan's Fight for Independence
Pakistani government and/or military and security agency efforts to control Internet content, install listening posts to monitor communications, kill Web activists, commit indiscriminate assaults on Baluch civilians, mass military resources, demand the repatriation of Baluch diaspora and employ antagonizing tactics to threaten citizens all point to what may be termed as a "contain & kill" policy.
Balochistan & Bangladesh - Enduring Pakistan's Selective Genocide
In the rugged mountains of southwest Pakistan, exists a place of great violence, tremendous strife, and a distinct lack of world media attention, called Balochistan. Like so many places, the people of this place do not see themselves as part of the nation that swallowed them up in a post-WWII land grab that robbed their national autonomy like a thief in the night. Time and time again, Balochistan has been an ethnic battlefield for a never-ending conflict that came to be known as 'Pakistan's Dirty War'
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