Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur
Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur is a regular commenter on Balochistan. He has been associated with Baloch politics since 1970s.
Who is to blame?
Augusts do not augur well for Baloch people. Not that other months are any less gory and less punishing for them but somehow this...
Is PTM an ‘engineered protest’?
The statement from the Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said on April 12 that “engineered protests” would not be allowed...
Balochistan: Political awakening
Recently, Brahumdagh Bugti, the leader of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP), through a tweet, subscribed to the Pakistani version of the events of March...
On the question of Baloch-Pashtun unity
I do not want to be seen as someone throwing a monkey wrench into the works and undermining the move towards a prospective Baloch-Pashtun...
MQM-Altaf not a friend to Baloch
A Baloch activist friend who lives abroad recently wrote to me and expressed concern that some quarters among the Baloch are trying to forge...
‘O’ Gracious God
This is the English translation of Gul Khan Naseer's Balochi poem 'Ya Khuda Wanda'.
‘O’ Gracious God bestow the Baloch nation with people who are:
Sagacious,...
Khush Hal Balochistan or Khush Hal China?
Recently the Pakistani army chief, during his visit to Quetta, said that the army would provide full support to the federal and provincial governments...
Baloch, Balochistan and their Struggle
Nations cannot be manufactured on basis of common religion, ideology or geography as has been the case in Pakistan, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. Soviet...
A slow motion Chernobyl disaster
Coal is an unforgiving servant as it exacts its proverbial ‘pound of flesh’ from its masters.
To begin with, mined coal needs to be washed...
Balochistan and March 27
The present situation in Balochistan is critical in the political context which is naturally overshadowed by an armed conflict that has ebbed and flowed...
