BHRC Condemns Paramilitary Attack on Khan of Kalat’s Relatives in Quetta

Toronto, June 1st – Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada) condemned the killing and abduction of Mir Suleiman Daud’s relatives by the Frontier Corps (FC) during a search operation on Sariab Road in Quetta. According to media sources and reports from Quetta, residence of Agha Mehrab Khan and his younger brother Agha Najib Ahmadzai, 19, came under attack by FC soldiers. During the pre-dawn raid on Friday, soldiers opened fire and killed Agha Mehrab Khan and took away his brother Agha Najib Ahmadzai to an undisclosed location.

Balochistan on complete strike from 5 to 11 May: BNF

Occupied Balochistan: The pro-independence Baloch political parties and student organisations in their separate statements have announced to boycott Pakistani elections in Balochistan.

The patriot Baloch parties that are boycotting the Pakistani elections include the Baloch National Movement, the Baloch National Voice, the Baloch Republican Party, the Baloch Liberation Party, the Baloch Student Organisation – Azad and the Baloch Salvation Front.

بلوچستان: پانچ سے گیارہ مئی تک ہڑتال کا فیصلہ

Khan of Kalat Vehemently Contradicts Achakzai’s Claims

LONDON:  The Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Dawood has categorically rejected the impression that Pashtuns living in Balochistan are facing social and economic discrimination whereas they are receiving more than their due share from the province’s economy.

He said the Pakistani Establishment had been trying to create rifts between the two brotherly nations for many years but they have not succeeded in their designs because the Balochs and Pashtuns have historically enjoyed good ties.

An Agent Provocateur or a Baloch McCarthy in the Making

An Agent Provocateur or a Baloch McCarthy in the Making:

BHRC (Canada) Responds to Accusations by Ahmer Mustikhan

Toronto, Jan.-12-12 – Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada) has expressed concern over the string of emails received by BHRC office bearers in Toronto and Vancouver from Ahmer Mustikhan, a self-proclaimed journalist and resident of Washington, DC. The disturbing contents of the emails stated baseless accusations and threats to Aziz Baloch, Vice President, BHRC (Canada) and co-ordinator, International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons. In his emails, Mustikhan, founder of American Friends of Balochistan, accused Aziz Baloch of supporting a murder that took place in Balochistan (southwest province of Pakistan). Furthermore, in his emails, Mustikhan threatened Aziz Baloch that he would report him to the Canadian authorities, police, and RCMP for his alleged support to terrorism and murdering of civilians, namely Imtiaz Ahmed of Balochistan National Party by Baloch militants in late December 2010. This document is a case presentation of Mustikhan’s history of yellow journalism, blackmail, extortion, harassment, and intimidation of Baloch political personalities and activists. He calls his writings ‘guerrilla journalism’ and believes that he can get whatever he wants from his victims by intimidating them of dire consequences if the demands were not met.

Read:  BHRC Letterhead – response to Mustikhan in PDF

UK Border Agency denied Hyrbyair Marri’s preliminary application for asylum in the UK

by Murtaza Ali Shah

Hyrbyar Marri

LONDON: A well-known Baloch leader has cried foul after the Home Office rejected his political asylum application.

Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri, one of six sons of veteran Baloch leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, had reluctantly applied for political asylum in Britain for himself and his wife and 5 children a month ago, 10 years after landing in Britain and living on a work permit visa.