Opinion

By Mariyam Suleman Baloch “The International Day for Disaster Reduction” is celebrated through out the world to find out how people and communities are reducing the risk to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reducing the risks of disaster in their regions. This day encourages every citizen and government to actively participate in building disaster resilient communities and ...

Mohammed Hanif  “Hazaras, you know, are our ladla babies,” said one of Quetta’s senior most police officer earlier this month. “We’ll do anything to protect them.” He was giving an off the record briefing and went into some detail about the number of security cordons he had thrown around the Hazara community in Quetta, particularly Hazara town. And what about ...

Sanaullah Baloch During the 16th and 17th centuries European explorers’ greed to discover El Dorado – ‘The Lost City of Gold’ – ended up wiping out entire generations of Native Americans. Coupled with technological superiority, gold-greedy Spanish conquistadors used lethal diseases against natives such as smallpox, chicken pox, diphtheria, typhus, influenza, measles, malaria and yellow fever. The natives lacked immunity ...

Mariyam Mohammed Suleman “I raise my voice not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” Malala’s words often enlighten a hope for the deprived yet courageous girls around the world. Today, we find three different reactions on birth of a girl child around the globe; the first type of reaction is when ...

Shawn Forbes  On July 12th 1927 a Legendary Baloch Leader was born in Barkhan, Balochistan; Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti son of Mehrab Khan Bugti and grandson of Shabaz Khan Bugti.  Despite opportunity to live a high & glorious life of luxury, Akbar Khan Bugti chose to live the hard life in the mountains, sacrificing everything for the sake of the Baloch ...

Jeeyand Kashif Sajidi “Avoid the company of fools because from their mouths you will never hear the words of wisdom”. “It is better to weep with the wise rather to laugh with the fool”. A wise enemy is better than a stupid friend. “The mistakes of fools are known to the world, but never revealed to him. The mistakes of ...

Aurangzaib Khan HE says he chose Cardiff in South Wales because the mountains reminded him of home. “Whenever I get bored or remember my country, I take a walk there,” Agha Mir Suleman Daud Khan, the 35th Khan of Kalat, told the BBC in 2007. But life in exile for the Baloch khan is not a break from the troubles ...

By Kiyya Qadir Baloch Violence, enforced disappearances, kill and dump policies of Baloch activists and attacks on Shia Hazara minorities including Zegri in the Balochistan territories cause sadness and anger for Muslim celebrations ending the Hajj. As Muslims worldwide celebrated Eid al-Adha, the people of Balochistan tear up over who are left after a decade long merciless fighting between insurgents, religious extremists ...

Monis Ali I live in a province where there is no room for journalists; very few journalists die their natural death and the rest are killed. It seems that being a journalist in Balochistan is quickly turning into a curse. Recently, I asked one of my teachers regarding journalism and its worth. He replied: “journalism is the deadliest profession in ...

Adnan Aamir Azadi Ka Safar (Journey of Freedom) is the latest book written by Abdul Rahim Zafar. This book consists of 216 pages and it has been published by Balucea publications in Quetta. As the title hints, the book is based on the author’s journey to Iraq to participate in Freedom movement of Iranian Balochistan. The Author, Abdul Rahim Zafar ...