Baloch Nationalism Archive
Why Pakistan army should divorce Lashkar-e-Jhangvi: Source: Adapted with minor edits and additional information form the Baloch Hal The city of Quetta observed a day of mourning on Sunday (16 June 2013) against the killing of more than 24 people in Saturday’s coordinated attacks on a university
Fair and free elections are not possible in Balochistan where people are still receiving dead bodies of loved-ones – Akhtar Mengal: QUETTA: Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the chief of his eponymous faction of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-M), has said that environment is not conducive for general elections in the volatile province. “Fair, free and transparent elections are not possible in
پراسرار نجم سیٹھی اور پراسرار ادارے – از آصف جیلانی: سینئر صحافی اور بی بی سی اردو کے سابق تجزیہ کار جناب آصف جیلانی نے سندھی زبان میں لکھے گئے ایک کالم میں نجم سیٹھی صاحب کی پر اسرار شخصیت کے کچھ اسرار سے پردہ اٹھایا ہے اردو ترجمہ
PTI’s slogans do not provide answers to FATA, Balochistan problems – by Ali Arqam: The Imran Khan phenomenon seems to have fortified with a reshuffle in the lines of political parties. many big names have been pulled into Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). massive show of popular support through public gatherings and rallies, generous coverage
پاکستان میں 65 سالوں میں انصاف نہیں دیکھا – سردار اختر مینگل: بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (مینگل) کے سربراہ سردار اختر مینگل پیر کو اپنی خودساختہ جلا وطنی ختم کر کے کراچی پہنچ گئے۔ ان کے کراچی پہنچنے کے ساتھ ہی ان کے آبائی علاقے خضدار میں نامعلوم افراد نے فائرنگ کرکے
Pakistani Generals’ War on Innocent Baluch: Asian Human Rights Report: PAKISTAN: For the arrest of one guerilla leader, military units kill more than fifty innocent citizens, including women and children In the middle of the night of Dec 24-25, more than 12 gunship helicopters started shelling on Mehi village,
Cricket hysteria provides cover up to Military bombings in Mashkay Balochistan: Pakistan Army has moved with a massive action against unarmed Baloch civilians in Mashkay, Balochistan while media so called Free Media has intentionally blackened out the news about military operation, using Jets, Gunship helicopters in Mashkay, the hometown of
Don’t insult our dead by electing Pakistan to UN Human Rights Council: Related post: Shia genocide database Hina Khar tries to hide Shia genocide, paints rosy picture of human rights in Pakistan While unveiling the country’s national report at the UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC) on Tuesday, the government glossed over
Asad Rahman, aka Chakar Khan, died of ill-treatment by Punjab Police: The Baloch Hal report QUETTA: Asad Rahman,62, a renowned intellectual, social activist and ardent supporter of Baloch movement, passed away on Tuesday, media report. Son of a former chief justice of Pakistan Supreme Court, Mr. Rahman had advocated for Baloch
Sardar Akhtar Mengal is demanding what the Bengalis were denied – by Babar Sattar: Wages of Prejudice There is no simple explanation for our new normal reflected in the craziness that has come to define Fridays. Religious intolerance, ignorance projecting regression as progress, being stuck in poverty with no prospect of upward social
Usual suspects activate Zaid Hamid and Ansar Abbasi to misrepresent Nawab Akbar Bugti’s murder: It is a historical fact that oppressive regimes often try to rationalize, hide or misrepresent their heinous crimes against innocent people. For example, the Umayyad Caliphs used a large number of sell out historians and narrators to misrepresent and
Let’s jointly mourn all target killed Balochs, Shias and Settlers: Human rights violations in Balochistan: Compiled from various sources listed below Balochistan, with 9m out of Pakistan’s 180m people, covers 44% the country’s territory and contains its most valuable deposits of gas, copper, iron ore and oil. It has a new deepwater port, Gwadar,
BNCHR report misrepresents Shia genocide in Balochistan: The Baloch National Council for Human Rights (BNCHR) has released a report titled “Sorry Saga of Baloch Miseries” highlighting Baloch Genocide. Previous reports by HRW, HRCP etc have documented that hundreds of Balochs have been killed by Pakistan Army
BLA, LeJ and Taliban have blended their violent operations in Balochistan – by Fahd Hussain: Raisani should resign. And that’s a start. He goes by the title of the Chief Minister of Balochistan. But in reality, there is no Chief Minister in Balochistan. In fact, there is no one really incharge in Balochistan. It’s
Baloch nationalists and Takfiri Deobandis jointly mourn the death of a Baloch LeJ-ASWJ terrorist: We condemn the expression of support by some Baloch nationalists to Baloch LeJ-ASWJ terrorists. The evidence of links between Baloch nationalists and Baloch LeJ-ASWJ terrorists is very disturbing. Overlapping membership of BRP and LeJ-ASWJ The very fact that a
Persecuted by the persecuted: HRCP’s report on Balochistan’s Settler community: Related report: HRW Report 2010: Balochistan Militants Killing Teachers Based on The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP) 2012 Report on Balochistan An HRCP mission had visited the province from May 15 to 19 in order to assess the
Why don’t Baloch comrades attack LeJ-Jundullah-Taliban instead of killing innocent settlers and labourers?: Related posts: In defence of Punjabis: Stop target killing of Punjabi settlers in Balochistan LUBP has previously published several posts highlighting and condemning attacks on innocent (non-combatant) civilians particularly those of Punjabi, Sindhi, Saraiki, Muhajir and Pashtun backgrounds in
In praise of prolly: Gawadar, UAE and the Baloch – by Sheherzade Adil: Since LUBP has aimed towards traducing Baloch resistance groups for some unknown reasons, they have started publishing poorly argued pieces by regular and new contributors. First, they have published a piece based on hearsay against Baloch comrades asking them to
Has Arab-sponsored Salafism infiltrated Baloch struggle?: Ikhtiar Hussain If you look at it: the rise of the UAE, especially Dubai, is proportionate to the fall of Karachi. You may not believe it today, but the fact is that Karachi used to be as significant a
In defence of a secular Baloch – by Niaz Betab: Recently an article carrying the title, “Baloch comrades must not ignore anti-Shia terrorists making inroads in Balochistan”, published on the blog LUBP, famous for raising the problems the minorities and persecuted communities face in Pakistan, which was authored by
Baloch friends must not promote thugs who misrepresent Shia genocide as Hazara ethnic issue – by Mukhtar Askari: Cross-posted from World Shia Forum This is a humble request not only to our Baloch friends but also to all those who condemn Shia genocide at the hands of Pakistani State sponsored Shia genocide. It is common knowledge that
Nawab Akbar Bugti the martyr – by Sanaullah Baloch: The world watched incredulously as Pervez Musharraf declared war on Balochistan, and particularly against Nawab Akbar Bugti. Prior to fabricated rocket “attack” on Musharraf in December 2005, tanks rolled into Dera Bugti and other parts of Balochistan in January
Shia Killings and Baloch Nationalists: A response to Ali Ahsan: In a recent piece on LUBP, a sports enthusiast who has picked up the pen to write on Balochistan. Believing in hearsay and individual accounts on the happenings in Balochistan, he advices Baloch comrades to keep an eye on
Baloch comrades must not ignore anti-Shia terrorists making inroads in Baloch nation – by Ali Ahsan: Related Articles: Don’t take human rights lessons from Iran and Saudi Arabia – by Qudsia Siddiqui ISI-sponsored Baloch Jundullah-LeJ terrorists kill Shia judge, guard, driver in Quetta Shia Killings and Baloch Nationalists: A response to Ali Ahsan Baloch friends
Missing Baloch vs Missing Tweeple: On NYT Pakistan bureau’s priorities: In Pakistan’s alternative media and critical circles, increasingly there are concerns about elitist agendas and dubious discourses of foreign correspondents in the country. One such example of crooked priorities is Declan Walsh who has an elaborate trail of dubious
Please Raise your voice in support of Nausheen Qambarani – By Naseem Chaudhry: Editor’s Note: The following bulletin has been forwarded to us via our friends and supporters on social media. We urge Pakistan’s media and alternative/social media activists and human rights groups to highlight this issue on an urgent basis. We
We condemn brutal massacre of Pashtun labourers in Balochistan – by Sheherzade Adil: Background: In plunging Balochistan into perpetual violence, Pakistan’s powerful military establishment is no different from the colonial powers it replaced in 1947. Since its annexation by Pakistan in 1948 when it was the State of Kalat, Balochistan has witnessed five military operations.
Balochistan National Party terms Shia killings a bid to defame Baloch struggle: Balochistan National Party (BNP)’s Acting Central President Dr Jahanzeb Jamaldini has termed the wave of Shia killings in Balochistan a bid to defame Baloch national resistance. He alleged that activities of extremist religious outfits and sectarian killers have been
A response to Dr Syed Mansoor Hussain’s Daily Times op-ed – by Mureed Bizenjo: I was indeed shocked to read opinion of Syed Mansoor Hussain regarding Baloch in his piece, “All good things must come to an end” published 25th June 2012 in Daily Times. In it he says he never wasted ink on
Baloch social activist killed by state backed drug mafia – By Archen Baloch: Karachi: A Baloch Doctor has been killed in Malir City as the extra judicial killings of innocent people by the government backed drug mafia groups continue across Karachi. According to details on Wednesday 20 June 2012, Dr. Rahim Baksh
Rehman Malik must resign: It is now abundantly clearly that the PPP government’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik has failed to protect innocent Pakistani citizens, particularly ethnic and sect-based target killing in Karachi, Baloch massacre in Balochistan, Pashtun massacre in FATA and Khyper Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan’s forced marriage with Balochistan – by Samreen Anwar: پاکستان کا بلوچستان سے زبردستی کا رشتہ ایک دفعہ تاتاریوں کے سردار چنگیز خان سے کسی نے پوچھا “اے خان تاتارتو نے کبھی کسی پہ رحم کیا ہے ؟ ہاں ! چنگیز خان نے جواب دیا . “ایک دن
27 March I celebrate or I cry with the Baloch? – by Salma Jafar: Today the Baloch nation is observing black day to mark its annexation to Pakistan. For me it is not a black day it is a day I want to celebrate. I want to celebrate because it gave me the
Baloch activists condemn misrepresenting report by HRCP: Related post: HRCP’s dark humour on Shia massacre in Kohistan VFBMP condemns the report of HRCP, figures listed are not accurate – Abdul Qadeer Baloch Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VFBMP) has condemned the misrepresenting report of Human Rights
Balochistan is not Kashmir! – by Saad Mansoor: From Facebook statuses to Twitter tweets and from online blogs to statements by secessionists Baloch leaders published in Pakistani newspapers, I am perturbed to see the comparison of Balochistan to Kashmir. The innuendos of familiarity of the word
Cyril Almeida’s story on Balochistan is attributable to…?: Cyril Almeida’s column on Balochistan (Balochistan, the unattributable story, Dawn, 26 Feb 2012) is an example of how Pakistan’s military establishment manufactures confusion and obfuscation through friendly journalists. The column is an example of how false neutrality and contrarian