Opinion

By Jeeyand Kashif Sajidi Boko means western education and Haram is an Islamic term referring to things forbidden in Islam. Thus, the meaning of Radical Islamic Organization of Nigeria is western education is prohibited in Islam. After the abduction of 200 girls, the militant organization has been on the spotlight of international and national media of Pakistan. But another Boko ...

By Zareef Gul Baloch The history of Baluchistan has witnessed number of brave personalities and well-known Yousaf Aziz Magsi is one of them who devoted his life to gaining independence and autonomy from the brutalities of the British during its reign of barbarism in Baluchistan. Yousaf was born in 1908 at Tahal hailing from the royal family of Nawab Naseer ...

By Malik Siraj Akbar A religious extremist group that is determined to prevent girls from going to school in Pakistan’s Balochistan province left a bizarre warning on Tuesday outside a private school: “This is your last chance,” read a hand-written threatening letter that had been affixed outside the main entrance of the best known local school, the Oasis School. They had also ...

By Anushe Noor Faheem. A tide of protests have swept Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan after threats from shadowy militants forced dozens of private schools in Panjgur, a district in the province, to close their schools.   The warning of “dire consequences” for private schools providing “western education” intimidated at least 35 private schools and 30 English language centers in Panjgur to shut their doors on May 7. Government schools ...

By Khurshid Qazi  Panjgoor,  a backward district of Baluchistan with insufficient amenities of life; however, is ranked as the most literate district of the least developed province and is nothing less than a glooming star in a cluster of a dark sky. Unfortunately, the contemporary upheavals of the district have resulted the closure of 23 private schools including English language ...

By Zareef Gul Baloch  Since the dawn of Baluchistan it has critically been deprived of both male and female education sector and it has been constantly confronting with numerous other impediments before the emergence of this terrorist group, whereas the Baloch have always been secular in terms of giving equally the authority of the attainment of education to their male ...

Issue of missing persons is the most complicated matter of  Balochistan and unfortunately no efforts have been made by the government to resolve it. The chairman of Baloch student organization Azad (BSO-Z) Zahid Baloch, was abducted on 18 March, 2014 from Quetta allegedly by the secret agencies of state. On April 22, 2014 Baloch student organization announced a hunger strike ...

By Shoaib Durrazai Boko Haram is basically an Islamic extremist group opposing Western education. They began with activities on a smaller scale which included attacking and then escaping. Majorly affected were clerics. Later the activities grew up into attacks on churches, police, army and political authorities. In its major attacks the UN office and central police were targeted in the ...

By Bahram Baloch Panjgur is known  for being  peaceful and education  lightening  district  of  Baluchistan, however, it  has been  under  the  sufferings  of  opprobrious  problems  of peace  destructions. Before recovering from critical hurdles, it has been made to face forced abandonment of its all private schools after receiving threats by armed group calling itself  Tanzeem-ul-Islam-ul-Furqan. The   threats  given  by  the  ...

By Yousaf Ajab Baloch Everyone knows about Nigeria’s Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram who kidnapped more than 200 girls in Chibok last month. Known for its offensive acts against girls education, Boko Haram is also notorious for targeting education institutions, churches, mosques, and police stations. However, few pundits and analysts have noticed another Islamic extremist organization that is forcing schools to abandon educating girls ...