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 …
ایوب بلیدی ایماندار ءُ دلێرێں سرۆکے اَت
Akram Dashti
سرۆکےءِ تها، منی نِزّءَ، سئے سِفت اَلّمی اِنت؛ ایمانداری، مخلسی، بهادُری یا نه‌تُرسی. ءُ من که ایوب بلیدیءِ ترانَگءَ کپاں، اے سےئێں سِفتاں آئیءِ تها گِنداں. 1987ءَ مئے چێرێں گَلءِ سنگتاں سَلاه ءُ مشئورهءَ رند پئیسله کت که ما سرفیس سیاست کنێں، ءُ اِشیءِ واستا یک سیاسی گَلے، بی این وائی ایم جۆڑ کنگ بوت. …
کئے واب ءُ کئے آگه؟
Sajid Hussain
”مردکا، پادا که تئی ڈگار بگّاں آدْره کته.“ دلوَشّءَ چه وابءَ جَه جت. اینگو آنگو چارِت‌‌ئےِ، بلے کَش ءُ گْوراں آدمی‌زاتءِ بۆدشتے هم نێست‌اَت. آئیءَ زانت که آ هما نێکءَ ناوَلّتگ که سکّیءِ وهداں مدام آئیءَ بشارت دنت. آ که تھتءِ سرا وپتگ‌اَت، پاد آتک ءُ نِشت. اِنشپی ماهءَ پانزده اَت ءُ شپ انگه رُژنا …
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
I saw the courage of Baloch women in the face of police brutality
I met Bibi Zargul for the first time at the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons’ camp in Quetta. We barely spoke for ten minutes as I interviewed her for a story I was working on. I had to rely on an interpreter to understand her because she spoke in Brahvi, but I needed no interpreter
The Palestine in your own backyard
The Pakistan army’s atrocities in Balochistan are as condemnable as Israel’s actions in Palestine. If you express solidarity with one oppressed group and remain silent about the other, you are a hypocrite. The fervor displayed by Pakistani media, political figures, social activists, and celebrities in expressing support for Palestinians since October 7 has been evident.