Sindh observes partial strike against PPB on JSMM’s call

SINDH: A partial strike is being observed today (Wednesday) in parts of Sindh on the call of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) in protest against the most controversial Pakistan Protection Bill (PPB) bulldozed in the national assembly yesterday, Geo News reported.

Sources said that petrol pumps are closed in Nawabshah, shutter down strike being observed in Ghotki, while life stands paralysed in several districts and towns of Sindh including Golarchi in Badin, Matli, Tando Bago, Talhar. Traffic remained thin on the roads. A partial strike is being observed in Naushehroferoze.

PAKISTAN: Balochistan – rule of law or the maintenance of law and order?

Mr. Jinnah, could not differentiate between the rule of law and the rule by force which has resulted several military actions in Balochistan

The provincial Interior Minister of Balochistan has stated that a terrorist attack on a passenger train resulting in the death of 18 persons was an attempt to avenge the Frontier Corp (FC) Kalat operation by the militants and Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). The minister tried, as is the usual practice of the government, to place the blame for the deaths on some militant groups in an effort to hide the negligence and failure of the government to protect the people. If the statement of the provincial minister is accepted as correct then it means that the deaths were a result of retaliation by the terrorists against the FC operations and not as a direct result of their operations.

Social Media: Boon or Bane For The Baluchistan Freedom Struggle.. By Laila Baloch

Social media being a powerful communication tool of twenty first century is playing a vital role in highlighting the excesses against deprived, aggrieved and oppressed people at both national and international level. Apart from this, history is replant with the examples where Social media did miracles in the world of international politics. Along with Egypt there are many other nations of the world which used social media as a source to get relief from the oppressors and to get their rights. These states’ elements by utilizing social media properly become successful in vibrating the wires of internal as well as external forces against occupiers and imposed rulers to get an absolute freedom.