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Waleed Lal Baloch

Govt misuses public safety law to keep activists behind bars

Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders remain behind bars weeks after they were arrested on what lawyers say are bogus charges, despite widespread condemnation and appeals for their release from international organisations, such as Amnesty International. Dr Mahrang Baloch, chief organiser of the BYC who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, has been held for ...

کئے پێسر ءُ کئے رَند؟

ما چار برات اێں۔ مسترێں واجد اِنت، پدا من، عدنان ءُ منیب اێں۔ ما که کَسان اتێں،مسترێن ءُ کسترێں برات مدام کَسان کسانێں چێزانی سرا مڑتێں۔ یک رۆچے مئے کماش واجه مُلّا مقصودءَ ما چارێں ێکجاہ نادێنتنت ءُ کسّھے آورت‌ئےِ:  ”ھست‌اَت باگے۔ باگءَ وڑ وڑێں دْرچک مان اَت؛ سْرۆپ، مۆز، انار، اَمب، مَچ، اَنگور۔۔۔ آ وھدی مێتگءَ دگه کسّءَ اے پئێمێں باگ نێست‌اَت، یکّێں ...

Shahyak Jan

Law Through Time

In the early days of human society, people lived in small communities and tribes, guided only by customs and traditions. Respect for elders, fear of the Gods, and mutual understanding directed human life, and disputes were settled by elders, and based on a sense of right and wrong.  As societies expanded and human life grew into larger communities, societies, and civilizations, conflicts arose. How could ...

Hazaran Rahim Dad

Sahil Gulab: A Family’s Young Grief

Last week, the narrow streets of Passini — a coastal town nestled beside the Arabian Sea in Pakistan’s Gwadar district — overflowed with people. Men walked with clenched fists. Women’s voices cracked as they chanted “Kamsin Sahil Kay Qatilon Ko Giraftar kar kay Phansi do.” Children, some barely older than the boy they were marching for, joined ...

Banari Mengal

A daughter’s Heart In A Long March

My Father, My Fear, My Pride Fearing for my father’s life is not something I learned recently — it’s something I’ve lived with for as long as I can remember. When your father is Akhtar Mengal, you don’t grow up with the luxury of ordinary fears. From a young age, I knew that the man ...

Nakia Qambrani

A Daughter’s Cry for Her Father

This year, 2025, has been a nightmare for my family, the Qambranis. Since January, Pakistani forces have raided our home, abducted eight of my family members, and taken them to unknown locations. Their whereabouts remain a mystery, their supposed crimes undisclosed. We are left asking: What have we done? How long must we prove that ...

بلۆچی سْیاھگءِ سِتک ءُ سیاست

پئیسبُکءَ بازێں بلۆچے وتی نامءِ اسپیلینگاں بدل کنگا اِنت‌۔ Taj Baloch  نوں  Táj Balóc اِنت۔تاج ائولی مردم اَت که وتی نامءِ لکّگ‌ئےِ بدل کُت، دو ھزار ءُ دوازدهءَ۔ تاج زُبانزانتے، شائرے، ءُ مُدّتے بیت بلۆچی سْیاھگءِ بَدل کنگءِ سُر ءُ پُران اِنت۔ بلۆچی اێرانی زُبانے، ھبر کنۆک کم ءُ گێش 2 کُرُڈ بنت، بےریاست اَنت ...

Akram Dashti

ایوب بلیدی ایماندار ءُ دلێرێں سرۆکے اَت

سرۆکےءِ تها، منی نِزّءَ، سئے سِفت اَلّمی اِنت؛ ایمانداری، مخلسی، بهادُری یا نه‌تُرسی. ءُ من که ایوب بلیدیءِ ترانَگءَ کپاں، اے سےئێں سِفتاں آئیءِ تها گِنداں. 1987ءَ مئے چێرێں گَلءِ سنگتاں سَلاه ءُ مشئورهءَ رند پئیسله کت که ما سرفیس سیاست کنێں، ءُ اِشیءِ واستا یک سیاسی گَلے، بی این وائی ایم جۆڑ کنگ بوت. ...

Sajid Hussain

کئے واب ءُ کئے آگه؟

”مردکا، پادا که تئی ڈگار بگّاں آدْره کته.“ دلوَشّءَ چه وابءَ جَه جت. اینگو آنگو چارِت‌‌ئےِ، بلے کَش ءُ گْوراں آدمی‌زاتءِ بۆدشتے هم نێست‌اَت. آئیءَ زانت که آ هما نێکءَ ناوَلّتگ که سکّیءِ وهداں مدام آئیءَ بشارت دنت. آ که تھتءِ سرا وپتگ‌اَت، پاد آتک ءُ نِشت. اِنشپی ماهءَ پانزده اَت ءُ شپ انگه رُژنا ...