The Coronavirus pandemic has engulfed the whole globe in just a few months. It has given birth to such an unprecedented crisis that the world is not sure if it will ever be the same again. It has brought with it new social, economic and political challenges. But for Pakistan, the virus has become a ...
Our home felt empty so I texted him: “Sajid, I miss you.” His reply was quick. “Come to Quetta and stay with me.” I left the very evening and spent some of my best time with him, the time I now cherish more since he’s not replying to my Miss Yous any more after disappearing ...
In Balochistan, almost every day ends with a sad, painful story and dying hopes. Last Sunday, it ended with the news of the passing away of Ilahi Bakhsh, the father of former BSO chairman Zahid Baloch who has been in the illegal custody of Pakistani intelligence for the past six years. The old man waited ...
A month and a half has passed since Sajid Hussain disappeared in Sweden and the police have still not been able to find out what has happened to him. The fact that he went missing in a European country is a source of grave concern for his friends and family. But it should be worrisome ...
من ساجد ندیستگ بَلِه گِندگا وه چد و پێش جهانا کُرئونا هم ندیستگ، بَس چیزے ماه اِنت که جهانا آتکگێن وَبا ’کُرئونا‘ آ مردمی جان و مالی تاوانانی بنیادا مردمانی تها مزنێن بێتاهیریے ودی کرتگ. هر رۆچیێن هالانی وانگا پد برے برے من همے مارِتگ که منا هم کُرئونا مبیت من چه کسانیا نئوشاتر، ...
Who would’ve thought history would take such a turn where Africa will shut its borders to the rest of the world? Scientists say it started because a man ate a sick bat. And now we have the entire human race running for its life. With all the science and millennia of knowledge to cure illnesses ...
تئو، اڑئے چه کرئونایا مسترێن ٹاپکے اتۓ. دردناکتِرێن. چۆ گندۓ دنیاۓ وشترێن گپ و چیز بتئورێننت، نون ما انچُش اتێن ساجد. نون ما کُدَگا اتێن. نون یکّے دومیۓ چمّانی تها چارت کنگا نه‌اتێن. چیا که هر کسی چمّانی درد پوره گێشتر اَت. نون ما سِدان اتێن. نون ما اێوک بئیان اتێن… نون ما درامد بئیان ...
After words of taunt over a Coronavirus ward were seemingly not conveying the right images, leaders in Balochistan on Thursday started an emoji war. Current and former chief ministers, MPAs and spokesmen all took part. They laughed, cried and rolled on the floor, while Twitter watched. It began with poetry. “This is just really sad,” ...
I had always thought of Balochistan as a land of poets and storytellers until I was introduced to yet another perspective the other day. “Balochistan is the land of lucky people,” said my local Pakistani shopkeeper here in Germany with an envious smirk. “All of the Baloch get asylum here.” The perspective of the lucky ...
Uzair Baloch was on Monday produced before an antiterrorism court after Pakistan army handed him over to the prison authorities. He had been in the army’s custody for three years. Uzair Baloch is the last living boss of the decades-long Lyari Gang War. All his friends — and enemies — have over the years been ...
