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Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement chief Manzoor Pashteen on Saturday visited families of Baloch missing persons in Islamabad.

The charade that’s the Missing Persons Commission

Families of some abducted Baloch activists recently complained about the behaviour of members of a commission formed by the government for the recovery of missing persons. A few said they were even told not to appear before the commission if they were not satisfied with its workings. They were ridiculed and asked the same basic ...

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Karima Baloch’s funeral

Pakistan’s security officials abducted Karima Baloch’s body from Karachi airport early Sunday morning. Against her family’s wish, armed soldiers escorted them and the ambulance carrying her body out of the city. Initially, we thought the thinking behind this drastic action was to stop the family from passing through Lyari on their way to Balochistan as ...

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Gwadar fencing

The decision to fence Gwadar has given validity to the concerns of Baloch people that Pakistan’s rulers have always seen Balochistan as a region of opportunities, but unfortunately not for the real inhabitants of the land. It has been clear for long the Gwadar development projects were not meant for the locals, yet the news ...

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رۆهێلِ مهلب نسیر، سویڈنا زمینئے امبازاں دئیگ بوت

نامیێں بلۆچ نبشته‌کار مهلب نسیرئے یکّێں چُک، چارده سالی رۆهێل، 7 دسمبر، دو شمبهئے سُهبئے ساهت دَها، سویڈنئے شهر اوپسالها زمینئے امبازاں دئیگ بوت. رۆهێل و مات نومبرئے ماها کرۆنائے نادراهیا گپتگ‌اتنت. رۆهێل تاں چارده رۆچا اوپسالهئے اکێدمِسکا هسپتالا اَت و همے هسپتالا 23 نومبرا بێران بوت.رۆهێلئے بێرانیئے هال که شنگ بوت ته سویڈنا چُکانی ...

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August a dreaded month in Balochistan

August is a dreaded month in Balochistan. It’s full of important, painful dates, with almost every year adding yet another death anniversary in the calendar. This year has already added Hayat Baloch to the list — and, frighteningly, we are still only about halfway through the month. In August, Balochistan experiences violence as the security ...

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FC soldiers deliberately targeted Hayat Baloch, say witnesses

Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers deliberately targeted Hayat Baloch and the claims that he was killed in an exchange of fire between suspected militants and the security forces are false, according to witnesses. “I saw five or six FC men beating him,” an eyewitness told the Balochistan Times on the condition of anonymity. “Whenever he raised ...

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بلۆچ کماش حمیدالله سردارزئیی چه کرۆنائے نادراهیا بێران بوت

 نامدارێن بلۆچ کماش واجه سردار حمیدالله سردارزئیی، دۆشی، یکشمبها، تهرانا، چه کرۆنائے نادراهیا بێران بوتگ. واجه سک نادراه بوتگ و تهرانئے هسپتالا آیی سی یوا بوتگ. واجه حمیدالله سردارزئیانی کماش بوتگ. آییئے اُمر شَست سال بوتگ. واجه سکێن بااسرێن مردمے بوتگ و سجهێن بلۆچان، هاس چهبارئے مردمان پتێئے چمان چارتگ. مردم آییا مهروان و زانتکارێن ...

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Prominent Baloch elder Hameedullah Sardarzahi dies from Covid-19 in Tehran

Prominent Baloch tribal leader Sardar Hameedullah Sardarzahi died from Covid-19 related complications in Tehran last night. He had been critically ill and was in the ICU at a hospital in the Iranian capital. He was the chief of the Sardarzahis. The 60-year-old was an influential elder in the Balochistan region, officially called Sistan and Baluchestan, ...