Opinion

By: Umar Baloch Since  merger of Balochistan with Pakistan , a grand strategy has been adopted by state to oppresses and plunder Baloch resources with the force of power. Whenever Baloch move to protect their resources, language and culture, they are disappeared or killed allegedly by state law enforcement agencies. The Baloch movements for their rights gifted thousands of Baloch ...

By Shawn Forbes   Mass abductions, torture and executions, target killing of Baloch have become daily routine in Balochistan,  Where the state  forces   are alleged for conducting  brutal and  endless campaign of violence against the indigenous people of Balochistan. Since the late 1940’s Pakistan has been plundering the natural resources of Balochistan, using the energy  and  mineral rich region to ...

By Bari Baloch Quetta, capital of Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area , was famous for its chilly weather, natural beauty and lofty mountains covered with blankets of snow. Situated at an altitude of 5,500 feet (1,675m) above sea level and stretching over an area of 2653- km, Quetta has become a city of more than 2 million. ...

By Muhammad Akbar Notezai Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest and mineral rich province has been burning since 1947, at times piece by piece, at times wholesale. Problems facing Balochistan have never been addressed by any government to date. Now, when Baluchistan has its first middle-class Chief Minister, Dr. Malik Baloch, dumped bodies of “missing persons”, Hazaras’ genocide, and the exodus of Hindus ...

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur Last week, the Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, dispatched ten trucks loaded with quilts and shawls worth Rs 9.2 million from Lahore for earthquake-stricken areas of Baluchistan. Talking to media he said that 30 thousand quilts and warm shawls costing Rs 92.4 million, as 90 more trucks laden with similar supplies, would be sent to the ...

By Baloch khan “People occasionally dropped by to express their solidarity. International media came TV, camera but didn’t really do nothing changed”, Farazana Majeed. Since media has been technically advanced globally; rapid growth of various modes of media has taken place such as Face book, twitter and blogs etc. Global flow of information interconnected one state to another. Liberal democratic ...

The Baloch Hal Editorial Mama Qadeer Baloch, the leader of the recent 750-kilometer long march from Quetta to Karachi, is not a prominent politician or a leading cleric. He still managed to draw an impressive crowed in a seminar held at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday, December 10, which was the International Human Rights Day. Mama Qadeer is the father ...

By Qaisar Shehzad Farooq Talking about the increasing wave of fundamentalism and sectarianism he explained the role of syllabus books, madrasah’s literature and opinion leaders i.e. Imam Masjids and media person in promotion of extremism and terrorismin global historical perspectivecomprehensively. That was a pleasant evening, and we were sitting in the guest house of Agriculture University Faisalabad where he has ...

Climate change is also contributing a lot in deforestation   By Bari Baloch QUETTA: The mineral rich province of Balochistan not only covers 44 percent of entire Pakistan’s land mass but has also a 780-km long coastal area, a 7000 year old civilization of Mehrgarh to its credit and is bestowed with unique juniper forests stretching on thousands of acres ...

Daily Times Editorial Nelson Mandela died quietly in his home aged 95 on Friday, leaving behind memories of one of the most unforgettable leaders of the twentieth century. His struggle stood out as much for his resistance to the mindboggling racial segregation policies of the white supremacist National Party in South Africa as for his ability to take his country ...