Articles for category: Opinion

Mureed Baloch

Karima’s ordeal in Canada

“I am not a terrorist. You never believed it when I said I was right,” Karima finished angrily as she stood up before we walked out of the office. The Canadian Borders Service Agency officer, a lady who at the beginning of the meeting had walked in with a straight face, had now humbled down ...

Ahmed Kulmeer

CPEC: the hype, the reality and the resistance

Residents of Gwadar recently blocked the Makkoran coastal highway in protest. They were not asking for much. They just wanted water, electricity and a right to go to the sea — their own sea. But wait, were we not told in the early 2000s that in the then-near future Gwadar would become, depending on the ...

Taj Baloch

Labz jérhagáni mát ant

Yak baré ke taw nám kaptay ke Balóchiay nebeshtehkáré ay, mardom awali kárá hameshiá kanant ke har chizzay Balóchiá cha taw josta kanant. Kaséá jost kort ke kampyuthará Balóchiá ché gwashant? Man nazánt. Dega kaséá hál kort: Salám Ostád! Mani del cha poppán sest. Bale hayr. Hál kort. Ostád, Sinimáthógráphek Ekpreshanay Balóchi ché ent? Man ...

Taj Baloch

لبز جێڑگانی مات اَنت

یک برے که تئو نام کپتئے که بلۆچیئے نبشته‌کارے ائے، مردم ائولی کارا همِشیا کننت که هر چیزّئے بلۆچیا چه تئو جستَ کننت. کَسێا جُست کرت که کمپوٹرا بلۆچیا چے گوَشنت؟ من نزانت دگه کسێا هال کرت: سلام اُستاد منی دل چه پُپّان سِست. بله هئیر. هال کرت اُستاد، سینیماٹۆگرافِک اِکپرِشَنئے بلۆچی چے اِنت؟ من ...

News Desk

Conveyor belt of dead bodies

Balochistan’s people stopped being important long ago but it seems now the dead too do not count. Pakistan’s rulers probably think that as long as the mainstream media is forbidden to report killings in the region and the courts are silenced, Balochistan victims remain dispensable. They feel they can keep getting away with it, and ...

Issa Hassan

Chársad kass o má é dega sajjahén mardom

(Pákestáná jensi tashaddod o badchammiay sará Mahmad Hanipay kálam) Má jánwar én. Haywán én. Márá chárráhani sará lónján kanét, yá Imrán Khánay pármulahay hesábá, márá gwahtag kanét. Agan é kárá korta nakanét, wa márá cha párk o bázáráni áyagá band kanét. Mátán begwashét ke márá adab bedayét o sharriá beródénét. Gohárán begwashét ke janénáni bestáray ...

Issa Hassan

چارسَد کَسّ و ما اے دگه سجّهێں مردم

(پاکستانا جِنسی تَشَدّد و بَدچَمّیئے سرا مھمد ھنیپئے کالم) ما جانوَر اێں. هئیوان اێں. مارا چارراھانی سرا لۆنجان کنێت یا عمران خانئے پارمولهئے هِشابا مارا گْوَھتَگ کنێت. اگن اے کارا کرتَ نکنێت، وَه مارا چه پارک و بازارانی آیَگا بند کنێت. ماتاں بگوَشێت که مارا ادَب بدئیێت و شَرّیا برۆدێنێت. گُھاراں بگْوَشێت که جنێنانی بِستارئے ...

News Desk

The fate of Baloch refugees in Afghanistan

As major cities in Afghanistan continue to fall to the Taliban and the country close to the brink of complete collapse, hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, are fleeing their homes and taking refuge in the capital Kabul and the neighbouring countries. In several cases, families have stayed but sent their daughters away fearing the ...

Taj Baloch

Akl o Del

(É nebeshtahá Arabi rahbandá ham wánta kanay) Yakkéá má sajjahénáni chapurtiáni sambálagay thékah zortagat o domiá, har jágah ke watandiwánagé dist, wati sáhi dótkagat. Yakkéá may hazárán sáláni gwastay sapará, may kortagén radi chó cherágéá dastá atant o hamok gámá rozhná kanán at, koppán o norondhán at ke Balóch inchok sál ent hamé yakkén radiá ...

Taj Baloch

اَکل و دِل

(اے نبشتها لاتینی رهبندا هم وانتَ کنئے) یکّێا ما سهجّێنانی چپورتیانی سَمبالگئے ٹێکه زُرتگ‌اَت و دومیا، هر جاگه که وتن‌دیوانَگے دیست، وتی ساهی دۆتکگ‌اَت یکّێا مئے هزاران سالانی گْوَستئے سپرا، مئے کرتگێں رَدی چۆ چراگێا دَستا اتنت و همک گاما رُژنا کنان اَت، کُپّان و نُرُنڈان اَت که بلۆچ اینچک سال اِنت همے یکّێن رَدیا ...