I once tasted houbara bustard meat. In March 2015. At an influential royal Abu Dhabi sheikh’s palace. Actually, at the palace’s servant quarters. Pakistani passport doesn’t suit me. I’ve lost two of them as of yet. After applying for a new passport at the Pakistan embassy in Abu Dhabi, I was asked by a friend ...
In 2013, Saeeda Hameed became the first girl in her family to leave her hometown of Zehri in Khuzdar district of Balochistan to pursue an education in the cosmopolitan city of Karachi. Other girls of her age in the family had already got married and mostly looked after their children. Saeeda now goes to university ...
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، ...
In the early morning of May 20, Noor Jan, a farmer, hanged himself near his village in Awaran, Balochistan. He did that to avoid the continuous threats and summons from Pakistani army officials, who had ordered him to hand over his daughter to them. His crime was that he had married off his daughter Nazal ...
After much effort, Saeed Ahmed and Hafiz Abdullah received approval from their superiors to take the weekend off. Cousins Saeed and Hafiz served in Balochistan Levies, a law enforcement force in the rural areas with its origins back in the days of the British raj. Their last day at work, August 29, 2013, was also ...
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 ...
On Thursday, thousands of people rallied to the Karachi Press Club to pay tributes to Karima Baloch and also demanded a thorough investigation into her death under circumstances that her family says are suspicious. The protesters called on Canada to carry out a deeper probe and ensure the truth is uncovered. They held pictures of ...
نامیێں بلۆچ نبشته‌کار مهلب نسیرئے یکّێں چُک، چارده سالی رۆهێل، 7 دسمبر، دو شمبهئے سُهبئے ساهت دَها، سویڈنئے شهر اوپسالها زمینئے امبازاں دئیگ بوت. رۆهێل و مات نومبرئے ماها کرۆنائے نادراهیا گپتگ‌اتنت. رۆهێل تاں چارده رۆچا اوپسالهئے اکێدمِسکا هسپتالا اَت و همے هسپتالا 23 نومبرا بێران بوت.رۆهێلئے بێرانیئے هال که شنگ بوت ته سویڈنا چُکانی ...
Former England striker Gary Lineker hosted a Baloch refugee, who came to his house in August, for 20 days and, by the looks of it, he is not a bad host. “During my stay at your beautiful home, I never felt that I am a stranger or guest but it seemed to me as if ...
Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers deliberately targeted Hayat Baloch and the claims that he was killed in an exchange of fire between suspected militants and the security forces are false, according to witnesses. “I saw five or six FC men beating him,” an eyewitness told the Balochistan Times on the condition of anonymity. “Whenever he raised ...
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