On Saturday, May 11, 2019, four gunmen stormed the luxury Pearl Continental hotel in the heavily-guarded city of Gwadar, a port-city that Pakistan has been long advertising as the “safest” in ensuring China’s success with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), all thanks to the host country’s uptight security measures. The media-savvy operation, claimed by ...
This article was first published in German magazine Pogrom. It has been translated from the German by the writer himself. It is one of China´s boldest steps to shape economic globalization towards a Chinese model and there cannot be a better partner than Pakistan on this front. On the offer are trade routes, resources and ...
On January 21st, a passenger bus enroute to Panjgur collided with an oil tanker resulting in the tragic loss of 26 people and leaving another 16 injured. The awful incident in Bela brought serious tragedy to the people of Balochistan, especially Panjgur. The fire spread rapidly causing more people to die . The incident stunned ...
On the morning of January 10th, 2019, I received an email notification from Twitter’s legal team informing me of my supposed violation of Pakistani laws. The message read that Twitter had received official correspondence regarding my account but hasn’t yet taken any action and that I am being informed about the official complaint. The email ...
By definition, enforced disappearance occurs when a person is, “arrested, detained or abducted against their will by or with the support of government officials, followed by a refusal to disclose the fate or whereabouts of the persons concerned, which places such persons outside the protection of the law”. The victims in most cases are made ...
Movie: Zaraab – Heat Haze (2018) Cast: Anwar Sahib Khan, Shah Nawaz Shah, Ehsan Danish and Aziz Azul Director: Jaan Albalushi It was almost a decade ago when the Balochi feature film, Balach, was released. There had been full length feature films in Balochi before, but Balach set the standard. Since then, with starry-eyed ...
The death toll in the Turbat gas cylinder blast tragedy has climbed to 15, as another child, Ayaz, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday. On November 28th, a mini-bus carrying schoolchildren and teachers back to their homes made a stopover at a local snack stall in front of Park Hotel in the city of Turbat. ...
The collapsing Pakistani economy is not only worrying for its patrons and lenders but minorities like the Baloch and Sindhis are increasingly expressing their concerns about its political and social implications on these two nations. Pakistan: the changing allies? As a client state, since its existence, Pakistan has been rescued by the US and its ...
The recent momentum in the case of missing persons has rightly caused a stir among political and social circles within and outside Balochistan. It started after the participants of a peaceful really led by missing student leader Shabir Baloch’s family, among others, were manhandled by police in Quetta to stop them from visiting Chief Minister’s ...
Bordering Iran to the west, Afghanistan to the north and laying at the Strait of Hormuz to the south, Balochistan is generally known for its strategic importance, prodigious riches, an ongoing nationalist insurgency, and human rights challenges. Underneath this lies a systematic and diabolic subversion triggered by the military establishment of Pakistan which, as a ...
Taj Baloch
Razzak Sarbazi
