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Our missing editor’s case

Prominent journalist and Chief Editor Balochistan Times Sajid Hussain has been missing from Uppsala, Sweden, since March 2 of this year. What is worrying is that the Swedish police have as of yet failed to make a breakthrough in the case even after a month of his disappearance. His family, friends and journalist unions have ...

Mehlab Naseer

ساجد که واترَ بیت

مالی بله نَکسے. کسَم اِنت. اَنچێن ٹێمبان انچێن گپّ کنت، مردم نزانت بِکندیت اگن بِگرێت. تئو که گار اتۓ، سۓ شمبئیئے شپا چه منا پێسر اوپسالاها رَستگ‌اَت و تئیی بِلڈنگۓ دێما اۆشتاتگ‌اَت. تان دێران. و بانُکا گوَشتگ‌اَت که هَشتا و رند اۆدا باید مه‌اۆشتیت. گُڑا بَسے گپتگ‌اَتی و کُمپێس والا جاگها ردیۓ سرا اێر کپتگ‌اَت، ...

Sameer Mehrab

A withdrawn man

I first met Sajid Hussain in my hometown of Tump, a small insignificant place in the middle of nowhere in Balochistan. I can’t remember the year, but it was sometime in the late 90s or early 2000s. His cousin Asif Baloch, who was a student political activist, proudly introduced him: “Meet Sajid. He is a ...

Mureed Baloch

Hope you like it, Sajid

First of all, this is messed up. There’s no other way to put it: Sajid Hussain has suddenly vanished. Where to? Nobody knows. Not even the otherwise proficient Swedish Police say they have a clue. What is going on? Where is Sajid Hussain? For a people who is used to having people go missing and ...

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Family says too early to accuse anyone in Sajid Hussain case

Family members of Sajid Hussain, who has been missing in Sweden since March 2, have said they are not yet accusing anyone in his disappearance case. According to them, it is an uncertain time for them and while they are thankful for the media coverage of the case, they are concerned about some speculative reports. ...

Naimat Haider

Since our friend is missing

What I’m doing here is not right. How could I be writing about the disappearance of the man who took special interest in how best to portray the Baloch missing persons’ cases? About the man who once said the dead did not haunt him as much as the missing did? That too on his own ...

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ساجد هُسئین سویڈنا بێگواه اِنت

بلۆچستان‌ٹایمزۓ سَرشۆنکار، بلۆچی زبانۓ لبزانت و انگرێزی زبانۓ نامیێن بلۆچ اهوالکار ساجد هُسئین چه 2 مارچا بێگواه اِنت. ساجدا 2007آ اهوالکاری  بندات کرتگ. پێسرا ڈئیلی ٹایمز و پدا گۆن دی نیوز انٹرنئیشنلا بندۆک بوتگ. ساجدۓ گۆن انگرێزی رۆتاکان اهوالکاریۓ اے سَپر تان 2012آ برجم بوتگ. ای نیاما ساجدا انگرێزی زبانا بلوچستانۓ بازێن سرهالانی سرا نبشته ...

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Chief editor Sajid Hussain went missing in Sweden

The editorial board of the Balochistan Times has decided to share the deeply concerning news about the disappearance of our Chief Editor, Sajid Hussain. He has been missing from Uppsala, Sweden, since March 2, 2020. A formal case was filed with the Swedish police on March 3, 2020. As of today, there is no clue ...

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Two Balochistan-based human rights groups announce merger

Two Balochistan-based human rights groups on Sunday announced their merger. The decision came in the midst of escalating rights abuses in war-torn Balochistan where thousands of cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings have come to limelight since early 2000s. The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) and the Baloch Human Rights Organization (BHRO) announced ...