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 ...
Evidence has emerged that shows there have been military raids in the Kolwah area of Balochistan, proving media reports to be true despite the claim by a minister that no such action was taking place in the area. Local sources have told Balochistan Times that Frontier Corps soldiers have been conducting searches in most ...
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 ...
A Baloch girl who faced hatred for sharing her dance videos on Twitter has said she will not bow before trolls and will keep sharing such videos. “I don’t care about the trolls,” Minahil, 20, told The Balochistan Times on Wednesday. “What they find ugly in my videos is what they are insecure about. The ...
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 ...
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