Opinion

By Aziz Ullah Kakar Borderlands of many post-colonial states most frequently pay the price for protecting the centre. They are prima facie kept intentionally for such purposes when required. Nonetheless factual raison d’être for this objective is based more paradoxically on constructing discursively the existence of state as a natural phenomenon. In nitty-gritty while fathoming historically this is not the ...

By Shoaib Durrazai‏ On 25th April this year, threats to girl’s education in Panjgur started to appear. Masked militants intruded into the class rooms and took the school teachers and students hostage for a while. They looted their mobiles and cash. The private school teachers conducted a press conference outside the office of DC Panjgur and shared their ordeal at ...

By Naseeb Ullah Developed countries of the world not only spend huge amount of resources on education sector but they have also established robust monitoring and evaluation systems to put a check and balance on faculty attendance, their responsibilities and performance. Unfortunately, in Balochistan the education system is so corrupt and it’s hard to believe that it will produce highly ...

By: Yousaf Ajab Baloch The growing extremism and alarming steps being taken by radicalised outfits are a great menace to all people in Balochistan where, once again, Baloch women are confronting acid attacks. The recent three attacks on 12 women within 10 days in Pishin, Quetta and Mastung have proved that extremists in Balochistan not only target kill the Hazaras ...

By Adnan Aamir In an act of shear desperation, the ruling National Party (NP) has started a criticism spree against Balochistan National Party (BNP). The recent onslaught of NP in form of newspaper statements against BNP is nothing but a desperate move by desperate group of people. Since taking power, NP has absolutely failed in good governance and they incorrectly ...

Mariyam Suleman Baloch                                                                                                                   ...

By Faisal Sheikh I contemplate that we, the citizens of Balochistan, are not living in 21st century. I profoundly lament on the current issues of Balochistan .It is beyond my thoughts that from where should I start, by enlightening the enormities of Balochistan. Each and every issue is on the horns of dilemma and each issue is essential to overcome. ...

By  Farooq Abdullah For Most of us, the group of words like violence against women, harassment at institutions or work places, rape, honor killing and gender disparity are not that staggering because we listen about these so often in mainstream media–both domestic and international–that it offers none but very little appall by now. Besides, it is way too “ordinary” a ...

By Muhammad Akbar Notezai At least 23 private schools and English language centers in Balochistan’s western Panjgur district have been closed since April 25 because of threats and intimidation by a previously unheard-of militant group Tanzeemul Islamul Furqan. Armed men belonging to the group barged into schools and warned the teachers and students against co-education, which they said was not ...

By Jameel Jansheer A heedful glance at golden pages of era-to-era history of Balochistan will reveal the true story of the Baloch nation and their identity as autonomous people on earth. Whereas, from the very beginning the secular Baloch nation has been always fighting hard against many internal or external powers in order to preserve their recognition; be it in ...