Monthly Archives: December 2009
Third martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Asad Marri observed
Quetta: BSO (azaad) Lasbela zone has held the third martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Asad Marri here on Tuesday. One minute silence has been observed in the memory of Baloch martyrs and Baloch National anthem was played to began the proceedings … Continue reading
Baluchistan and the Af/Pak War
An Interview with Ahmar Mustikhan By STEWART J. LAWRENCE US news reports about the widening war in the “Af-Pak” region have made increasing reference to the presence of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Baluchistan, a Texas-sized swath of territory located … Continue reading
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Families of Baloch missing persons hold demo
QUETTA – Families of Baloch missing persons staged a protest rally on Tuesday to agitate on the disappearance of their relatives on the eve of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani’s two-day long visit to Balochistan’s coastal town of Gwadar.
“Baloch sardars are stooges of establishment”
By Murtaza Ali Shah TNS: What is Baloch movement for you? How do you define it? Mehran Baloch: It’s a retrospective movement. The new generation has revived the origins of the Balochistan movement. There was a time when the occupation … Continue reading
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Analysis: Forced or volitional?
By Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur The problem of missing persons and torture is not a new phenomenon here. It has been practiced against dissidents the establishment felt threatened by, with varying degrees of brutality and gruesomeness. Balochistan has had more … Continue reading
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