You could not fault Dr Mahrang Baloch for saying she smelled a revolution during one of the largest political rallies in Balochistan’s history last week. The Baloch long march – which survived the hostilities in Islamabad for over a month and returned to Balochistan like a World Cup-winning team – was a revolution in itself, ...
Death squads are groups of local men, mostly thieves and drug peddlers, whom Pakistan’s intelligence agencies use to counter the resistance in Balochistan. Most areas in the province have such groups, that sell drugs, loot, abduct and kill without fear of consequences as a reward for their services of organising celebratory car rallies on occasions ...
I met Bibi Zargul for the first time at the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons’ camp in Quetta. We barely spoke for ten minutes as I interviewed her for a story I was working on. I had to rely on an interpreter to understand her because she spoke in Brahvi, but I needed no interpreter ...
The Pakistan army’s atrocities in Balochistan are as condemnable as Israel’s actions in Palestine. If you express solidarity with one oppressed group and remain silent about the other, you are a hypocrite. The fervor displayed by Pakistani media, political figures, social activists, and celebrities in expressing support for Palestinians since October 7 has been evident. ...
The Baloch liberation movement, a complex and enduring struggle for autonomy and justice, has long been revered for its resilience and commitment. However, beneath its noble objectives lies a disturbing truth: the prevalence of a deeply entrenched patriarchal structure and mentality within its core organizations. One cannot help but notice that the parties advocating for ...
ترا جُستے کناں. اگں زندگی ترا بَس یک کارےءِ کنگءِ مۆکهءَ بِدنت، چے کنئے؟ آ کُجام کار اِنت که تئو گُشئے من چه رئوَگا پێسر اے کارءَ الّم کنگ لۆٹاں، تُری دگه هِچ کت مکناں. اگں اے مۆکه منا بِرسیت، زانئے من چے کناں؟ من یَک برے وَه دزبندی کناں که ”دواِش کن، پلیز.“ دو ...
On the fateful night of September 15, 2023, the Baloch people came together to mourn the irreplaceable loss of one of their most illustrious poets, Qazi Mubarak. This profound grief flowed like a river, transcending boundaries and uniting diverse segments of Baloch society – from parliamentarians to resistance fighters, from commoners to students, from women ...
کَسانیءَ، لَٹّ ورگءِ وھدے فِکس نه‌اَت. ھر وهدا که گْونڈُکێں شِکایَتے بوت یا ناکۆےءِ دلءَ لۆٹِت، مئے گُلّ سُهر تَرّێتنت. پدا چۆں بلَد بوتگ‌اَنت جنَگا، ءُ چۆناها مئے لَٹّ جنۆک هم همے پئیما رُستگ‌اَنت. نسلانی نسل کَسترێنانی جنَگءِ ٹْریننگ چلَگا بوته. منی سرا، ناکۆاں بگر تاں مسترێں ناکۆزاتک ءُ تروزاتکاں، دُرستاں، ٹارچر کنگءِ، اگں ڈِگری ...
مرچی شاھینه شاھینءِ کۆشءَ سئے سال کُبل بوت. شاهینهءَ چه لَبزانک، هالکاری، فائن آرٹ، انسانی هکّ ءُ چاگردی سرگرمیانی راهءَ جنِکّانی آوازءِ تئوانا کنگءِ راه دَر رُپتنت. شاهینه، مئے چاگردءَ هما سجّهێں سِلّێں نام پِر بَستنت که اے دابێں دلێرێں جنِکّےءَ بندگ بوت کننت. کُشنده تاں رۆچِ مرچیءَ آزاد اَنت، البت جنێنانی اِمپاوَرمنٹ ءُ جنِکّانی، ...
مرچی زۆر بێگواه کُتگێں مردمانی جهانی رۆچ اِنت. یو اینءَ اے رۆچ هما مردمانی نامءَ ندْر کته که بێگواه کنگ بوتگ‌اَنت. چه بێگواه کتگێں مردماں بازێنے رندا یله دئیَگ بیت، بازێنے کُشَگ بیت ءُ بازێنے اُمرے تا زندی بێگواه مانیت. مردمے که بێگواه کنگ ءُ ٹارچر کنگ بیت، آ واتَر بکنت هم، نه آئیءِ جند ...
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