Baloch Students Attacked AT QAU

Baloch students at the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) in Islamabad were reportedly injured in clashes on Monday that involved other students and outsiders. Groups of students fought with sticks and machetes. Dozens of Baloch students had to be admitted to the hospital, some with life-threatening injuries.

The university has been closed for an indefinite period of time. Social media updates say that even university teachers were assaulted in the violence.

Baloch artist Kaifi Khalil’s ‘Kahani Suno 2.0’ bags 8th spot in YouTube’s top 10 global videos

Baloch artist Kaifi Khalil was over the moon as his viral song, ‘Kahani Suno 2.0’, broke records and bagged the 8th spot in the YouTube top 10 global videos. The singer took to social media to thank his fans for their support and love for his work.

Khalil’s ‘Kahani Suno 2.0’ has garnered over 115 million views on YouTube and sits in the top 10 most popular videos on the platform, the first song in the region to do that. Others at the top include Rema and Selena with Calm Down, Shakira and Miley Cyrus, and a recent Latin hit Que Veulvas. World-renowned artists like Blackpink, Rihanna, and Arijit Singh sit just outside the top 10.

Mar 1: Shaheed Naeem Sabir Jamaldini

Executions, Extrajudicial Killings, And Beatings Target Iran’s Oppressed Regions

The past week has seen the Islamic Republic of Iran double down on its repression in regions where Iran’s oppressed minority nationalities and ethnic groups live. The regime has dredged up and reactivated prior criminal cases and carried out tortures and killings while shutting down internet access to prevent people from communicating with each other, and news of its crimes getting out.

On February 22, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces in Zahedan carried out the extrajudicial execution of Dr. Ebrahim Rigi. Rigi was a Baluch doctor who treated those injured in the September 30 Bloody Friday massacre in Zahedan. At that time, he was arrested, tortured, and sentenced to death for Moharebeh. After an international outcry, his sentence was revoked and he was released on bail. Last Wednesday, the IRGC forces arrested him again and this time he died under torture at a police station.

Feb 29: Shaheed Abdul Waheed Baloch & Shaheed Salman Baloch

“Death is unavoidable; if we overcome the fear of it, then nobody in this world can keep our motherland a slave in rotten shackles.” Shaheed Abdul Waheed Baloch 

Tribute to Major Muhammad Karim aka Mullah Bahram and his comrades: BLF

Major Ghoram Baloch, the spokesperson of Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), said that on February 22, 2023, a squad of BLF Sarmachars (freedom fighters) under the leadership of Commander Major Muhammad Karim, aka Mullah Bahram attacked a convoy of four vehicles of the occupying Pakistani army at 2:30 pm with rockets and automatic weapons between Mukander and Dukop in Mand, Kech, killing 7 personnel of the Pakistan army and injuring several others.

In the attack, the vehicles of the Pakistan army were also badly damaged. After the successful attack, Sarmachar retreated back into the mountain range of Mazan Band.

Abductions Of Baloch Women, The New Wave Of State Repression In Balochistan

By: Safar Khan Baloch.

Protests continued in Quetta, Karachi, Kech, Khuzdar, Mand and other parts of Balochistan against the enforced disappearances of Baloch women.

New series of these protests are taking place after the enforced disappearances of Baloch women. On February 3, Pakistan Army in collaboration with intelligence agencies forcibly disappeared Rahim Zehri, his mother Mahbas Khatoon, his wife Rasheeda Zehri, and their two children from Gishkori Town in Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan.

In the same fashion, Pakistan Army whisked away Mahal Baloch, her two daughters and other women, and shifted them to an unknown location.

Memories of Another Day

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

The Baloch resistance to the unwarranted and unjust military operations – after the illegal and unfair dismissal of Sardar Ataullah Mengal’s government in February 1973, only 10 months after being sworn in – was the most protracted, pervasive, and forceful struggle in the province’s history.

The Mengal government was sworn in on May 1, 1972, amid high hopes and expectations but from the first day encountered hurdles in its path. The federal government created upheaval in Lasbela by encouraging supporters of Jam Ghulam Qadir, the last ruler of the former state, to take up arms against the provincial government alleging persecution. The Mengal government had to raise a Levies force to quell the trouble as the federal government refused to send help. Jam Ghulam Qadir, the Jam of Lasbela, later became the chief minister following the dismissal of Mengal’s government.

At a public meeting in Lahore in 1973, Nawab Akbar Bugti claimed that a plan for a ‘Greater Balochistan’ had been hatched, which envisaged independence of Baloch majority areas in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan through military means. The issue of sending Punjabi officers to serve in Balochistan also became a sore point, though later, it emerged that Ghulam Mustafa Khar, then governor of Punjab, had encouraged the officers to return. Iran, too, was insecure about the Baloch being granted minimal autonomy, fearing a resistance movement within its own borders.

If We Do Not Fight Against This System, The Whole Of Our Society Will Become Apathetic. Dr. Mahrang Baloch

Baloch student leader Dr. Mahrang Baloch has said in a statement on the social media website tweeter that curses this thinking and tribalism! A Baloch girl’s body is lying in the middle of the road and tribalism claimants are leaving her.

She said that the problem is in this system, those who died in the name of the Baloch code, today, are selling their conscience in front of a minor officer, if they do not fight against this system, tomorrow the whole society will become apathetic.

Dr. Mahrang Baloch’s statement came out when Marri Ittehad in Quetta announced the end of the ongoing sit-in with dead bodies of Barkhan incident in front of the Chief Minister’s House, saying that our demands have been met.

Barkhan incident is a state conspiracy to throw dust in the eyes of the world – Saami Deen Baloch

The Barkhan incident is a state conspiracy to convince the world that not the state but tribal chiefs are involved in the Baloch genocide. This was said by Saami Deen Baloch, daughter of the missing Dr. Deen Muhammad and leader of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons.

During a demonstration in Karachi against the recently forced disappearance of Baloch women and the Barkhan incident, Saami Deen Baloch said that the Barkhan incident was not just a horrible accident but regular planning of Baloch genocide by state institutions.