Fahad Desmukh For several years, Pakistan has been facing a separatist insurgency by ethno-nationalist rebels belonging to the Baloch ethnic group. The guerrillas in the southwest province of Balochistan have become increasingly daring with their attacks. Two weeks ago, they shocked the rest of Pakistan by destroying the historic residence of Pakistan’s founding father Mohammed Ali Jinnah in the town ...

By Yousaf Ajab Baloch Last year the former chief minister of Balochistan, Aslam Raisani, responded to a journalist’s question regarding the massacre of the Hazara community at Mastung: “The population of Balochistan is in millions, 40 dead in Mastung is no big deal.  I can send a truckload of tissue paper for them to wipe their tears.” Did the former chief ...

Quetta: Gunmen killed four people, including a Levies constable, in the Khuzdar district of Balochistan on Thursday. According to the sources that militants, who had already taken up positions on the roadside, opened fire at a vehicle near Gazgi Chowki area of Khuzdar district.  The targeted vehicle was carrying Levies officials who were bringing injured from an earlier firing incident ...

Islamabad: The federal government on Wednesday formed a task force to look into the issue of missing persons. The additional secretary of the Ministry of Interior would be the head of task force, while additional IGs of all provinces, interior secretaries, ISI and MI officers will be a part of the team. A notification in this regard will soon be presented in the Supreme Court According ...

Sanaullah Baloch    Balochistan’s dormant conflict was triggered by the exploitative nature of the multi-billion mega projects introduced by Musharraf. The general signed off on the Gwadar Port project and gave away the world’s best copper-gold project, Saindak, to the Chinese without a fair and transparent bidding process. To ensure the smooth and uninterrupted expropriation of Balochistan’s natural wealth he ...

Islamabad: The leader of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) and grandson of late Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, Gohram Bugti, announced that he would move from Islamabad to Dera Bugti on July 24. Addressing the media in Islamabad, Gohram Bugti said he had talked to all political parties in Islamabad and Balochistan and they had assured him of their support for ...

Quetta: The Senior Voice Chairperson of Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad) Kareema Baloch has said that BSO-Azad still exists as a strong voice for the Baloch revolution.   She said this while as chief guest at BSO-Azad’s senior body meeting of Hub zone. In the meeting report, released to the media, The Senior Vice Chairperson BSO-Azad Banuk Kareema Baloch said that “the ...

Quetta: The Frontier Corps (FC) and police personnel arrested twenty eight suspects during a security operation conducted in the Geo area of Quetta on Saturday night. According to the media reports, security forces recovered weapons and explosive materials from the suspects during the operation. All twenty eight suspects were interrogated by the senior police officers. Fayyaz Sumbal, the Deputy Inspector ...

  It seems that the One-man government in Balochistan is running only on suspending   teachers and doctors to make its performance better. Since being elected as Chief Minister of Balochistan till today Dr, Abdul Malik has not done anything remarkable which proves that the situation in Balochistan is getting better. The law and order condition   is getting bad to worse, ...

By Muhammad Akbar Notezai Day by day, Balochistan is becoming a battleground for journalists who barely and rarely dare write and report independently. They regularly receive threats from security forces, underground organizations, sectarian organizations, political parties, student associations, etc. These warnings come as a price the journalists have to pay while endeavoring to perform their journalistic duties with honesty in ...