Last week, the narrow streets of Passini — a coastal town nestled beside the Arabian Sea in Pakistan’s Gwadar district — overflowed with people. Men walked with clenched fists. Women’s voices cracked as they chanted “Kamsin Sahil Kay Qatilon Ko Giraftar kar kay Phansi do.” Children, some barely older than the boy they were marching for, joined
A daughter’s Heart In A Long March
Banari Mengal
My Father, My Fear, My Pride Fearing for my father’s life is not something I learned recently — it’s something I’ve lived with for as long as I can remember. When your father is Akhtar Mengal, you don’t grow up with the luxury of ordinary fears. From a young age, I knew that the man …
State Violence in Balochistan: Bodies, Killings and Crackdowns
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baloch missing persons, Balochistan, enforced disappearances
A Daughter’s Cry for Her Father
Nakia Qambrani
This year, 2025, has been a nightmare for my family, the Qambranis. Since January, Pakistani forces have raided our home, abducted eight of my family members, and taken them to unknown locations. Their whereabouts remain a mystery, their supposed crimes undisclosed. We are left asking: What have we done? How long must we prove that …
baloch missing persons, Balochistan, enforced disappearances
بلۆچی سْیاھگءِ سِتک ءُ سیاست
Sajid Hussain
پئیسبُکءَ بازێں بلۆچے وتی نامءِ اسپیلینگاں بدل کنگا اِنت۔ Taj Baloch نوں Táj Balóc اِنت۔تاج ائولی مردم اَت که وتی نامءِ لکّگ‌ئےِ بدل کُت، دو ھزار ءُ دوازدهءَ۔ تاج زُبانزانتے، شائرے، ءُ مُدّتے بیت بلۆچی سْیاھگءِ بَدل کنگءِ سُر ءُ پُران اِنت۔ بلۆچی اێرانی زُبانے، ھبر کنۆک کم ءُ گێش 2 کُرُڈ بنت، بےریاست اَنت …
Dr Mahrang Baloch should consider parliamentary politics
You could not fault Dr Mahrang Baloch for saying she smelled a revolution during one of the largest political rallies in Balochistan’s history last week. The Baloch long march – which survived the hostilities in Islamabad for over a month and returned to Balochistan like a World Cup-winning team – was a revolution in itself,
په بێگواهاں جُهد ءُ شالءِ جلسه
ریاستءَ هزار زۆر جَت، بلے 27 جنوَریءَ شالءَ هزاراں مردم مُچّ بوت، مُزاهره کنگ بوت. جلسهءَ مردم انچۆ باز اَتنت که کَماشے گُشیت ”من وتی هۆشءَ شالءَ چُشێں مزنێں مُچّی ندیستگ.“ اے جلسهءَ چه کراچی ءُ چه بلۆچستانءِ بازێں دمَگاں بلۆچ اَتکگ ءُ هئوار بوتگ‌اَنت. هالانکه سرکارءَ، په بلۆچ یکجهتی کمیٹیءِ اے مُزاهرهءِ دێمءِ دارَگا،
Death squads of Balochistan
Death squads are groups of local men, mostly thieves and drug peddlers, whom Pakistan’s intelligence agencies use to counter the resistance in Balochistan. Most areas in the province have such groups, that sell drugs, loot, abduct and kill without fear of consequences as a reward for their services of organising celebratory car rallies on occasions