Opinion

By Adnan Aamir The budget presented by Balochistan government is nothing but a set of empty promises. Ruling coalition of Balochistan consisting of National Party (NP), Pashtunkhaw Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) has badly failed in every sphere of governance. The current budget is just a traditional budget that makes high claims but at the ...

By Bari Baloch Bravery and courage are God-gifted abilities and those who have these abilities are in fact the luckiest persons in this world. Undoubtedly, if you have these abilities, you can make a bright destiny despite hardships and challenges. There is such a character in Khuzdar district of Balochistan who, through her extra-ordinary courage and bravery, has become a ...

By Adnan Aamir The Baloch Students Organisation, or BSO, has earned itself national recognition in recent months. However, many outside of Balochistan hardly know either its history or various factions and their respective affiliations. Below is an attempt to trace BSO’s roots and map its various factions. The earliest available educational records of Balochistan are of 1891. In that year, present ...

By I.A. Rehman NAWAB Khair Bakhsh Marri, who had to be in coma before death finally overpowered him some days ago, had been living for the better part of his life with a broken heart. Nobody could prevent him from struggling for the right of his people but he was never allowed to serve them the way he wanted to. Greater ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

By Zareef Gul Baloch Nawab Khair Bux Marri, a veteran Baloch nationalist leader passed away in karachi . He was suffering from a protracted illness admitted in a Karachi in local hospital given the fact that the government did not approve their appeal for his medical treatment in international countries. The denial of the so-called government further put more complications ...