A ‘weak-state’ package
By Khaled Ahmed The Baloch have suffered because of lack of good governance and sheer neglect. Now the province is in the grip of a militant movement that intimidates but derives its strength from the ‘state of nature’ in Afghanistan where external elements are gathered to pressure Pakistan The PPP government has offered to Balochistan [...]
Band-aid on a bullet wound
By Alia Amirali “We’ve seen this before. They say sorry. Then the military operation intensifies. More deaths, more disappearances, more destruction. I wish they’d stop apologising. Whenever they do, it means something bad is brewing.” This is what a young Baloch writer said to me last year in the wake of President Zardari’s apology to [...]
Lashkari for preparations for 2nd BB death anniversary
QUETTA: Provincial President Pakistan Peoples’ Party Senator Haji Lashkari Raisani on Thursday directed all party cadres to speed up preparations for the second martyrdom anniversary of late chairperson of PPP, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The main ceremony in this connection would be held at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on ecember 27 and a large number of workers [...]
JI Balochistan rejects Balochistan package
QUETTA, Dec 3: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Balochistan chapter has rejected the Balochistan package and termed it a hub of excesses and injustices meted out to the province by the center. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, JI Provincial Amir Abdul Matin Akhunzada said the package was limited to announcements, in which Pakhtoon dominated areas have [...]
Govt to respect judicial verdict on NRO: Humayun Aziz Kurd
QUETTA: Federal Minister for Livestock and Dairy Development Humayun Aziz Kurd has said that the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) is no more and whatever decision the country’s superior judiciary gives will be acceptable to the government. Addressing a Press conference here on Thursday, he said NRO existed no more. Judiciary has become independent due to [...]
Dormant NACP in the wake of mounting HIV&AIDS in Balochistan
By Bari Baloch QUETTA, Dec 2: As the number of HIV and AIDS in Balochistan mounts to 330, the Balochistan office of the National National Aids Control Programme (NACP) continues to remain dysfunctional owing to a chronic fiscal crunch, official sources said on Wednesday. According to sources, the number of patients suffering from AIDS was [...]
Railway track blown up in Quetta
Baloch Hal News QUETTA, Dec 2: Unknown people blew up the rail track linking Quetta with other parts of the country in Sariab area of provincial capital, Quetta, on Wednesday evening, the railway authorities confirmed. Officials said that unknown persons had placed explosive on rail track in Sariab area which blew up one feet long [...]
Man shot dead over illicit relations
Baloch Hal News MACH, Dec 2: One person was shot dead and a woman was injured when a person opened fire on his wife and her alleged lover on suspicion of illicit relations in Mach Tuesday night. According to details, Qaim Khan opened fire on his wife Ms Bibi Begum and her alleged lover Mir [...]
Balochistan situation getting bleaker by the day
On August 26, Pakistan’s volatile Balochistan province marked the third death anniversary of its slain leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, amid widespread violence. Ten people were killed; several gas pipelines blown up and electricity pylons destroyed across Balochistan by Baloch insurgents who challenge the authority of the Pakistani state in the province. Nawab Bugti, a 79-year-old [...]