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Maryam Khanzai

You were wrong, Sajid, the dead haunt us more

  Sajid is not missing anymore but he was wrong when he said the missing haunted more than the dead. He proved those famous words of his wrong with his death, which is haunting me significantly more than his disappearance. I wish he was still missing. It’s painful to write about a friend after he ...

News Desk

ساجد هسئینۓ گُڈّی دیوان

نۆٹ اے ساجد هسئینۓ گُڈْی دیوان اِنت. چۆناها، چۆنکه وت اهوالکارے، باید اِنت ساجد وت جُست بکنت و دێمۓ مردم جواب بدنت، بله اے رَندا ساجدۓ جند وتی سنگت هَمّلۓ جُستانی جوابان دئیگا اِنت. اے دیوانا دوێن سنگت سیاست، اهوالکاری، ادَب و زندگیۓ سرا گپَّ جننت.   همّل: ساجد تئیی کرّا زندگیۓ مانا چے اِنت؟ ...

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Sajid Hussain found dead

  Sajid Hussain, the editor-in-chief of Balochistan Times, has been found dead. The Swedish police informed his family last night (Thursday) that they had discovered his body from a river in Uppsala. He had been missing from the Swedish city since 2 March this year. Sajid, 39, was a prominent journalist and hailed from Balochistan. ...

News Desk

Baloch student Shahab Rahmat abducted by agencies

Shahab Rahmat Baloch, a student of Philosophy at the University of Karachi, was abducted from his home in Turbat, Balochistan, last night. At about 2 AM, dozens of Frontier Corps soldiers along with intelligence officials in plainclothes raided his home and whisked him away without showing any warrant for his arrest. “I was cooking Sahoor ...

Wasif Khalil

مۓ بندێکۓ گارێن سَر

“لۆگ ابێتک اَت گُڑا من آییارا مئیسج کُرت: “ساجد! آیی مس یو “آییا هما دمانا جئواب دات: “گُڑا بیا نه منی کرّا، کوئیٹها -من همے بێگاها در آتکان په کوئیٹها. من وتی زندگیئے لهتێن وشترێن وهد همۆدا گوازێنت بله هما انت که ساجد چه سویڈنا گار اِنت و منی “مس یو” والا مئیسجان جئوابَ ندنت ...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

‏من ساجدا دو بر گندگَ لۆٹان  زهیر بلۆچ چد و پێسر من ساجد هجبر ندیستگ‌ات. اے ائولی رند اَت که ما ادارُکی دۆچار کپتێن. آ هم ساجد منی سنگتێئے همراهیا درملکا آتکگ‌اَت. چش که منا زُبانزانتی و لبزانکۓ هُب هست‌ات، ما زبان و لبزانکۓ سرا باوَست کرت۔ ساجد مهروانێن مردمے. منا سک باز سَکێن ا ...

Waleed Lal Baloch

The pandemic and (no) change

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 ...

Wasif Khalil

The missing link between us and the world

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 ...

News Desk

Evidence refutes minister’s claim of no military raid

  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 ...

Lateef Johar

Farewell, Kamash Ilahi Bakhsh

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 ...