The mission of the ICRC (International committee of Red Cross)
To protect the lives and dignity of Victims of war and internal violence and provide them with assistance. To prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian Principles. ICRC Orthopaedic centre, Quetta. Real help to those wounded in war/natural disasters You might have visited different hospitals in cities and could have seen [...]
Balochistan is no Bangladesh
By Sushant Sareen The separatist sentiment sweeping through the province of Balochistan has led many in Pakistan to draw parallels with the situation that prevailed in East Pakistan and which ultimately culminated in the formation of an independent state, Bangladesh. But such parallels, while they sensationalize the issue of Balochistan and help to draw attention [...]
Plans to sabotage the Balochistan package —Malik Siraj Akbar
Smooth implementation of the Balochistan package, as announced by Prime Minister Gilani, is extremely essential to immediately de-escalate tensions in the insurgency-stricken Balochistan province. Two months after the announcement of the package, indications have now emerged on the political milieu to foresee the sabotage of the multi-pronged Balochistan package. What Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, General [...]
A case study on the lack of democracy and socio-economic development of Balochistan
Exclusively for the Baloch Hal A case study on the lack of democracy and socio-economic development of Balochistan By Sheikh Asad Rahman Introduction Democracy is defined as a system of governance which bases itself on people’s representation aptly described in the maxim “By the People, Of the People, For the People”. In Pakistan, this system [...]
The roadmap to peace in Balochistan
By Nasir Saleem Baloch The coalition government of Nawab Aslam Raisani has made concerted efforts to reduce the grievances of the people of Balochistan. The last month National Finance Commission (NFC) Award meeting at the District of Gwadar, Balochistan is unique and unprecedented in the history of Pakistan. In this meeting, unanimously a consensus was [...]
Legal Alien
By Seema Hassan I lived in these surroundings since my birth, but despite the truth that I belong to this land and my ancestors are buried under these grounds I never felt a part of it. My blood, the pure Baloch blood, had never accepted to be called Sindhi. I am a Baloch, born and [...]
Secure Pakistan first
By Siddiq Baluch Pakistan is in deeper crisis endangering its national security as all the hostile elements have seemingly joined hands against it. It is a point of serious concern for the people in general it is the duty of the national leadership to take the country out of the crisis first, defuse it, so [...]
Hyrbyair’s fresh stance on Balochistan
By Anwar Sajidi Nawabzada Hyrbyair Marri has been resident abroad for a long period. For the last four years he has lived in London. Two years ago, at the behest of the government of Pakistan, cases had been registered against him and Faiz Baloch, but they were exonerated by the courts. However the British government [...]
Analysis: Anti-Baloch clique? — I
By Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur The secret, if it ever was, is eventually out that there is in fact an anti-Baloch clique with its own agenda and powerful enough to threaten even the highest office of the land. No, this not the surmise of a pro-Baloch columnist but comes direct from the horse’s mouth, well [...]
Motives Behind the Abolition of Local Bodies in Balochistan
By Amjad Hussain The patriarch-dominant Balochistan Assembly has ultimately got its last eight-year-long dream materialized with the passage of a bill by the house to dissolve the local bodies and appoint administrators in districts and towns/tehsils across the province vice district and tehsil nazims. The concurrence of all the members to dislodge nazims and their [...]