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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 ...

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Attaulla Méngal; ahdé bérán but

Wája Méngal hamá goddhi sarók at ke Balóchestánay jérhahay sará, cha gwastagén haptád sálá gón sarkári pawj o ejansián modám jang o jérhahá at. Cha nózdah sad o panjáhay zamánagá beger, tán wati goddhi napasá, Balóch o Balóchestánay hakkáni sará poshtá nakenzet. Balóchestán cha nózdah sad o chellay goddhi zamánagán Pákestánay bahré, bale Balóchestáná, sarkárá ...

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عطاءالّله مێنگل؛ اَهدے بێران بوت

واجه مێنگَل هما گُڈّی سَرۆک اَت که بلۆچستانئے جێڑهئے سَرا، چه گْوَستگێں هَپتاد سالا گۆں سرکاری پئوج و اِجَنسیاں مُدام جنگ و جێڑها اَت. چه نۆزدَه سَد و پَنجاهئے زمانَگا بگر، تاں وتی گُڈّی نپَسا، بلۆچ و بلۆچستانئے هَکّانی سَرا پُشتا نَکِنزِت  بلۆچستان چه نۆزدَه سَد و چِلّئے گُڈّی زمانَگاں پاکستانئے بهرے، بله بلۆچستانا، سرکارا ...

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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 ...

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مزدورانی چِست کنگئے سَرا

بی ایل اے ئے ترجُمان، آزاد بلۆچا جار جتگ که مئے گَلا، 26 جونا، چه شالا شَش مزدور دزگیر کرتگ. آزاد بلۆچَ گوشیت که اے شَشێن مردم انٹرنِٹئے ٹاوَر اَڈّ کنگا بوتگ‌اَنت. گوَشیت ما کمپنیئے سجّهێن سامان سۆتکگ‌اَنت و شَشێن مزدور بُرتگ‌اَنت. رَندا سئے مزدور یله داتگ و دگه سئے انگته مئے کِرّا اِنت که ...

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میر جُمّعه خان: بلۆچ آجۆییئے سرۆکے بێران بوت

گْوَستگێں رۆچا بلۆچ راجی جُنزئے دگه یک سَرۆکے، واجه میر جُمّعه خان بلۆچا اے کوڑهێں اِمرۆز یله دات. نۆزدَه سَد و پَنجاهئے زَمانَگا که واجه کَراچیا وانَگا بیت، هما زَمانَگا بلۆچ مهلوکئے بزّگی و بلۆچستانئے سَرا بئیۆکێں زُلم و جَبرا، واجه جُمّعه خان، سیاستئے نێمَگا بُرت وتی نۆدَربَریئے زَمانَگا، کراچیا وهدے پاکستانئے سَرکار، اێرانئے باگی، ...

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FC’s reign of terror

The Frontier Corps (FC) is often in the news for abducting and killing political dissidents in Balochistan but last week a family accused one of its sepoys of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy, an innocent soul without any political connections. Protest rallies were arranged in Turbat, Gwadar and Quetta against this shocking incident following which ...

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Public outcry after FC sepoy sexually assaults minor in Balochistan

The disturbing news of a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in Hoshap, District Kech, on Wednesday has drawn condemnation and shock from people in Balochistan and beyond over the often-unreported repressive conduct of the security forces in the region. According to initial gatherings, the young boy was raped by an on-duty ...

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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 ...