Views of a baloch girl (in Urdu)
Interview with youth regarding Balochistan independence
Nothing to lose in Balochistan "” but Balochistan
Balochistan cannot be kept glued together by the use of violence; we have already tried that and still are. To put it vaguely, a new social contract will have to be devised, if it is not too late already.
Reposted: Dr. Nazar: a man's struggle for his country
In a rare glimpse into this conflict and into a region veiled by its near-blackout media status, Dr. Allah Nazar, one of the best-known Baloch resistance leaders with boots on the ground, agreed to an interview.
Balochistan: Winds of Change
For once, it is a treasure to read the wave of euphoria sweeping through the tweets of the Baloch people. After six decades of cries for help going into some inexplicable void, it is a moment of recognition. US Republican Representative Dana Rohrabacher, who first chaired a US Congressional hearing on Balochistan, has now introduced a resolution calling for self-determination for Balochistan.
Pakistan's festering wound
The landmark initiative Dana Rohrabacher has taken in support of Balochistan, together with five other Congressmen, should spur liberals in India and Afghanistan to move similar resolutions in their respective parliaments. It is for both the countries to decide to what extent they can stand by the Balochs.
"Congress should support dismembering Af-Pak"
Over the last two months, a small faction of Congressmen has laid the foundation for an alternative Afghanistan-Pakistan policy. They do not favour strengthening relations with the Pakistan government nor do they accept normalising relations with the Taliban, if it leads to Pashtun dominance in Afghanistan. Instead, they propose backing remnants of the Northern Alliance seeking to establish semi-autonomous provinces in Afghanistan and Baloch nationalists hoping to create an independent state of Balochistan.
"No peace in Balochistan without referendum"
As the only witness of Baloch ethnicity to speak at the recent Baluchistan hearing before the United States Congress, Mr. M. Hossein Bor disagrees with comments that he was not relevant to the proceedings.
The weak hands of justice
People often wonder why these agencies and their henchmen invite condemnation and ire by displaying abducted persons' brutally tortured dead bodies. There is a very simple bully's logic behind it: instilling fear in the hearts of those who dare to fight for Baloch rights
Pakistan's Colonial State of Mind Keeps Baloch in Chains
Ever since the country's establishment the Punjabi elite, in viceregal tradition, have ruled Pakistan's provinces as if they were colonies while undermining ethnic identity and nationalist sentiment by using Islam as a unifying element. Ali explains why this misguided strategy backfired:
"Stick it to the Pakistanis" (with comments on Ms. Fair's statements by CB)
In the days before last week's Congressional hearing on Balochistan, Dr C. Christine Fair, an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University, was extremely critical of the proceedings, going so far as to call the hearing a "political stunt" and one of her fellow witnesses a "nut" in a series of Twitter exchanges.
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