MSF Still Without Authorization to Work in Earthquake-Affected Balochistan

Eleven days after the first of two severe earthquakes hit the Awaran area of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) still has not received authorization to work in the affected area, despite daily discussions with the Pakistani government.

Aftermath of a Pakistani Army operation in Panjgur, Balochistan

The suffering of the people in Pakistan-occupied Balochistan continues at the hands of the Pakistan Military. These pictures show the aftermath of Pakistan Army operation in Paroom, Panjgur where troops destroyed most of the homes and property in the village.

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Occupying forces have accelerated terroristic activities in the quake affected areas of Balochistan

Baloch Students Organization – Azad (BSO-A) central spokesman has said in a press release that Pakistan army has accelerate its terroristic activities in the quake affected areas of Balochistan. The previous day, army helicopters and ground troops attacked the house of Rahim Baloch in Parwaar area of Mashkay and abducting one family member. Women and children were brutally beaten up in the operation.

بلوچستان زلزلہ…کچھ اور پہلو – عابد میر

قدرتی وسائل کی بہتات اور انسانی آفات کا مارا بلوچستان، اب کے ایک بار پھر قدرتی آفت کا شکار ہوا۔ یہ بات ایک بار پھر درست ثابت ہوئی کہ ہمارے ہاں کوئی بھی قدرتی آفت اتنی نقصان دہ اور تکلیف دہ نہیں ہوتی جتنی کہ انسانوں کی بے حسی اور انتظامیہ کی بد انتظامی۔ خبر کے مرکزی دھارے سے کٹا ہوا اور الگ تھلگ پڑا بلوچستان کا یہ حصہ اتنی بڑی آفت کے باوجود خبر کے بھوکے میڈیا میں خاطر خواہ جگہ نہیں لے پایا تو یہ بات اہلِ بلوچستان کے لیے اتنی حیرت انگیز نہیں، البتہ یہ ان کے لیے لمحہ فکریہ ہونا چاہیے جنھیں ملکی سالمیت کی ہر دم فکر ستائے رہتی ہے۔

5 martyred and 16 Baloch abducted by Pakistan Army from Panjgur: BSO-Azaad

Baloch Students Organization – Azaad (BSO-A) spokesman said that Pakistan army launched a deadly operation in Panjgur, abducted 16 Baloch and 5 Mutilated dead bodies found including BSO Azaad Panjgur’s zone former member Wahab Hassan, while other four others are still unidentified were transferred into Panjgur civil hospital for identification.

Quake deprives at least 10,000 children from schooling in Awaran

by Syed Ali Shah

BALOCHISTAN: A powerful earthquake that hit Balochistan’s Awaran district last week has deprived more than 10,000 students from schooling, an official of UNICEF revealed Friday.

Sanaullah Khan Panezai, the Education Chief of UNICEF told Dawn.com that 191 girls and boys schools were razed to ground in the aftermath of a strong earthquake that struck Awaran, sparsely populated and the most backward district of Balochistan.

Foreign donors be given direct access in Balochistan: Hayrbyar Marri

Self-exiled Baloch nationalist says military should hand over relief work to NGOs and int’l humanitarian organisations, saying relief operations are not military’s job

By Kiyya Qadir Baloch

ISLAMABAD: Expressing support for the Baloch insurgency, self-exiled Baloch leader Nawabzada Hayrbiya Marri urged the international community to pressure Pakistan to allow international humanitarian organisations direct access to Balochistan’s earthquake-affected areas.

A call for int’l help from quake-hit Balochistan, a letter to Ban Ki-Moon

To,
His Excellency Mr Ban Ki-Moon
United Nations Secretary-General
UN Headquarters New York,
NY 10017 USA

Dear Mr Secretary General,

We write to you from the middle of Balochistan’s worst quake-hit area, Awaran, where a deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed more than a thousand people on September 24th, 2013. The powerful quake toppled numerous mud-built houses in Awaran and Turbat districts affecting nearly 350,000 people.