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Many political analysts claim that Nawab Sahib was a late convert to the idea of an independent Balochistan; but this is patently incorrect.
NAWAB Khair Bakhsh Marri, born on Feb 29, 1928, was named after his illustrious grandfather who, unwilling to provide Marris as cannon fodder for the First World War, fought the historic battles of Gumbaz and Harab against the British in 1918.
He was also a descendent of Sardar Dodah Khan, under whom the Marris in May 1840, at Sartaaf, decimated the troops led by Lt Walpole Clarke. Again in August 1840, a large force under Major Clibborn sent for relieving Kahan was routed at Nafusk.
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انہوں نے اپنے اقدار اور اصولوں پر عمل کرنے کی بہت بڑی قیمت اداکی
نواب خیر بخش مری 29 فروری 1928 کو پیدا ہوئے، انکا نام انکے نامور دادا کی وساطت سے رکھا گیا جنہوں نے پہلی عالمی جنگ کیلئے مریوں کو بطور ایندھن فراہم کرنے سے انکار کردیا تھا اور اسکے لئے انہوں نے 1918ءمیں برطانیہ کے خلاف گمبز اور ہرب کے تاریخی لڑائیاں لڑیں۔
وہ سردار دودا خان کی بھی اولاد میں سے تھے جن کے تحت مریوں نے مئی 1840 میں سارتاف کے علاقے میں لیفٹیننٹ والپول کلارک کی قیادت میں برطانوی فوجیوں کا مکمل صفایا کیا تھا۔ پھر اگست 1840 میں، میجر کلبورن کے تحت ایک بڑی فوج کاہان کی امداد کو بھیجی گئی لیکن نفسک سے ہی اسکا راستہ تبدیل کرلیا گیا۔
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Well-respected Sunni Baluch cleric Molavi Abdulmajid Moradzahi has been languishing in solitary confinement for the past four months without any formal charges.
The 63-year-old man, known for his influential role as an advisor to Molavi Abdulhamid, the country’s most prominent Sunni cleric, was arrested on January 30 during anti-government protests in the restive south-eastern city of Zahedan.
The Baluch Activists Campaign, which monitors rights violations in Sistan and Baluchistan province, reported that Moradzahi is being subjected to torture.
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In the middle of the long-prevailing enforced disappearance in Balochistan by the Pakistan Army, another young Baloch named Sakhi Bakhsh Baloch has been abducted from Turbat.
Sakhi Baloch, also known as Sakhi Sawar, hails from the Nal Grisha Siraj area of Khuzdar district in Balochistan. He relocated to Turbat with his family in search of better work opportunities. Sakhi, a Balochi language teacher, and poet, was known to teach various students through online platforms before his disappearance.
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By Vivek Sinha
It’s been fourteen years since Baloch student leader Zakir Majeed Baloch was forcibly kidnapped and ‘disappeared’ by the Pakistani security forces. His crime? Well, Zakir Majeed Baloch was well-read and had a thinking mind, which is a big crime in Pakistan-occupied Balochistan (POB). Any Baloch who talks about his rights is conveniently picked up by the Pakistani security forces or their proxies, who then join the long list of ‘missing persons’.
Baloch student leader and former vice chairman of Baloch Student’s Organisation-Azad (BSO-Azad) Zakir Majeed Baloch was born in Khuzdar’s Gazgi village on April 22, 1983. His father’s name is Abdul Majeed Baloch. Zakir Majeed Baloch’s sister Farzana Majeed and his old mother have been struggling for his safe recovery for the last twelve years.
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Zakir Majeed Baloch’s mother has said that her son was forcibly abducted on June 8, 2009, by Pakistani law enforcement agencies, and is still missing.
She said an upcoming seminar will be held in Quetta on June 8 while a one-day protest camp organized by his family members in front of the Karachi Press Club, for which all schools of thought, including students, are invited.
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