KARACHI: Pakistan Peace Coalition Secretary General BM Kutty and Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER) Executive Director Karamat Ali have expressed deepest condolences to the family members, friends and political associates of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, who passed away in Karachi recently, says a press release. The condolence message reads: “Despite varying opinions on the late Nawab Khair ...

By Shahid Husain Veteran Baloch Marxist Nawab Khair Baksh Marri bowed out on Tuesday after protracted illness. He was 86.  Born in Kohlu in Balochistan on February 1928, Marri was the founding member of the erstwhile National Awami Party and inspired several generations of Baloch youth. He was equally revered by Sindhi nationalists. He was seen as the kingpin of ...

Quetta: The Balochistan government has imposed educational emergency in the province. We are concerned over depleting standard of education and seriously making efforts to address the shortage of qualified teachers, schools buildings and the dropout. These remarks were made by the provincial advisor on education Sardar Raza Mohammad Barech in a seminar organized by Save the Children Pakistan programme. “The ...

Quetta:  Baloch Political Philosopher and veteran Baloch nationalist Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, who passed away on June 10th, has been laid to rest in New-Kahan, Quetta on Thursday. Thousands of Baloch people, political leaders, students participated in the Funeral. Nawab Khair Buksh Marri (86) died on Tuesday in Karachi at a private hospital after his worse health condition. His dead body was ...

By Gibran Peshimam KARACHI: The chief of the Marri tribe will be quietly buried on Thursday  at 86 years old in Balochistan’s Kohlu district, but the “father of modern Baloch nationalism” was born amidst the swelling decibels of a military crackdown on the same soil some 50 years ago. He was the original irreconcilable Baloch born out of Pakistan’s original ...

By Ashraf Jehangir Qazi   Khair Bakhsh Marri is no more. He was my brother-in-law. I did not always share his political views. But I always admired his personal and political character. If the Pakhtun had Bacha Khan, the Muslim Bengalis had Suharwardy and the Sindhis had G M Syed, then the Baloch had Khair Baksh Marri. Each one of ...

Editorial Daily Times  The passing away of Nawab Khair Bux Marri, Baloch nationalist leader of towering standing and chief of the Marri tribe, brings to a close an entire era of struggle under his leadership and guidance against the usurpation of the rights of the Baloch people and the repressive policies of successive regimes in Pakistan. Born in Kohlu, Marri Area ...

By Adnan Aamir On 10th June 2014, Nawab Khair Baksh Marri breathed for the last time. He was one of the most respected and revered politicians and tribal leaders of Balochistan. He epitomized a person who never compromises on his principles. It’s indeed a great loss of people of Balochistan because the man of Principles is no more.  Nawab Khair ...

The Baloch Hal Editorial Nawab Khair Baksh Marri, the prominent Baloch nationalist leader finally passed away without brokering a deal with any of the Pakistani governments to end the  ongoing conflict in Balochistan. The veteran Baloch leader, who passed away on Tuesday, remained firm on his demand for a free Baloch country. His commitment to his principles has transformed him into ...

By Hasan Mansoor KARACHI: Veteran politician Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, who died on Tuesday, never gave up his dream of a homeland for the Baloch in the face of heavy odds. Born in Balochistan’s Kohlu region in one of the most influential families of the province in Feb 1928, Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri got his education in his native land, ...