I am obsessed with reading novels, short stories, or any literature about people who left their homes, were expelled from their countries or persecuted. A part of keeping informed is I don’t get weary of watching movies and documentaries about the lives of refugees or victims of torture and imprisoned for unjust reasons. Of course, ...
A video of a young Baloch woman, Hani Gul, is making rounds on the social media in which she accuses officials of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency, ISI, of torturing her and her fiancé at a secret detention center for months. Gul, who appears to be in her 20s, says she and Mohammad Naseem, to whom ...
Last week, US President Donald Trump shocked friends and foes alike by abruptly pulling off months long talks with the Taliban, a day before they were scheduled to secretly meet at the historical landmark of Camp David, where it all first began after the September 11 attacks. In this episode of BalochistanTimes podcast series, Zahid ...
ڈان کِهوٹئے که چه مُسافرخانها در آتک، سَک گَل اَت، تئو بگوش گَلا بال اَت که واهگ ای پورا بوتگ. نوں ڈان منّتگیں شهسوارے اَت. آییا مسافرخانهئے واجهئے هما پنتانی سرا پکر کت که آییا گوشتگاَت، ڈان! لهتیں چیز الّمی اِنت که هر شهسئوارئے هُرداں ببیت. یکے وَه زَرّ، دومی لهتیں شُشتگیں پَشک، و یک ...
As enforced disappearances and kill-and-dump operations continue in Balochistan, an increasing number of evidence is surfacing to prove Pakistan army’s involvement in extorting money from the families of victims. On August 20, 2019, a friend sent me a link to a news story on WhatsApp with the headline: “[Pakistan] Army major gets life term for ...
This short story by Altaf Baloch has been translated, from Balochi, by Mahganj Taj. He lived alone and there was nobody else living in the entire city. He was so fond of his loneliness that no one else settled there but himself. The city was so lively and beautiful that it could bring back ...
ڈان کِهئوٹئے، نان تهنا هسپانوی و جھانی ادبئے تها کلاسِکے منّگ بیت بلکێن اگان جهانا چه بایبل و کُرانا رند ێک کتابے سک باز وانگ بوتگ، گڑا همێش انت. اے ناول میگویل سروَنتِسا، ھبدھُمی کرنا نبشته کتگ۔ چه دهمی کرنا بگر تان پانزدهمی کرنا، یورپئے تها شهسوار و نایٹانی کسّه سکّ مشهور بوتگانت. اے کسّه ...
من نور خانئے مِرَگا 2 روچا وَرگ نئوارت۔ بلکیں ہمے واستا کہ ائوّلی رندا یَک مردمے من زندگا دیستگات، پدا آییئے سئوت گوش داشتگاَتنت، و پدا ہالا گِپت کہ مُرتگ۔ پدا ہال آتک کہ عارفا کُشتگ۔ رندا ہالا گِپت کہ عارِفا نکُشتگ، وَت مُرتگ۔ من دنیگه نزانا کہ نورخان چیا مُرت؟ منی ائوّلی اِشک، نورخان، ...
دلگوش: ما بلوچ نبشتہ کارانی گچینے کَم کَمّا شنگ کنگا ایں۔ اے شئیری ٹُکّر چه رند و لاشارئے اهدی شئیراں زورگ بوتگ، وهدے میران رند چه برادر کُشیا اِنکار کنت میرانا دِلا شر زانتگ تْرندیں مرکبا ایر کپتگ سردارئے سرا زَهر گپتگ واگ اِی دَست جَتنت سردارئے چاکر، تئو چیا بے سار ائے راجاں ماں ...
Note: If you ever get stuck on who was the first to write on a certain subject in Balochi, Sayad Hashmi would be a safe guess. He even composed music for the famous Faiz Mohammad Faizok. Beginning in 1949, Sayad Hashmi wrote and often self-published dozens of books, covering almost all the major literary genres, ...
