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 ...
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In remembrance: Father of modern Baloch nationalism
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 ...
Read More »Sardar Khair Bakhsh Marri
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 ...
Read More »End of an era
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 ...
Read More »A man of Principles
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 ...
Read More »The Future of Baloch Nationalism After Nawab Marri
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 ...
Read More »Khair Bakhsh Marri: a fighter all the way
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, ...
Read More »Baloch Nationalist Leader Khair Bakhsh Marri Passes Away
Karachi : Baloch nationalist Leader Khair Bakhsh Marri passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at private hospital in Karachi. Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, 86, was hospitalized in Liaquat National Hospital Karchi up on his serious illness where he was under treatment in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). According to the doctors because of a brain stroke he was unable to ...
Read More »Government would take every possible step to protect the people: Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch has said that government would take every possible step to protect the people and their property. “Arrangements should be for early shifting of dead bodies of Shia pilgrims who were killed in Taftan tragedy and better treatment should be given to injured persons,” he issued these direction this while chairing a high-level ...
Read More »Nine people abducted by armed forces during a search operation in Sui, and Dera Bugti : BRP
Dera Bugti: Baloch Republican Party (BRP) alleged that military troops in a large number surrounded the entire Bugti colony area of Sui and launched a door to door operation. “Nine people have been abducted by armed forces during a search operation in Sui, and bombardment by forces has claimed eight innocent lives in Dera Bugti’s Geyandari region while two more ...
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