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Asghar Baloch

پیشی کسّہے

فرانز کافکا ءِ اے کسّہ اصغر بلوچ ءَ چہ انگریزی ءَ رجانک کتگ۔ انچو دَرا بوّگا اَت کہ مئے پَہازگی سسٹُمءِ توکا بازیں چیزّے گر ءُ دار کنگ بوّگا نہ اَت۔ کسےءَ ہم چُرتے پِر نہ اَت، ہرکس گوں وتی کاراں گلائیش اَت، بلے آہانی لہتے چستءُ ایر مارا پریشان کنگا اَت۔ بادشاہءِ کلاتءِ دیم ...

Sheraz Baloch

Zaraab sets new standards for nascent Balochi cinema

Movie: Zaraab – Heat Haze (2018) Cast: Anwar Sahib Khan, Shah Nawaz Shah, Ehsan Danish and Aziz Azul Director: Jaan Albalushi   It was almost a decade ago when the Balochi feature film, Balach, was released. There had been full length feature films in Balochi before, but Balach set the standard. Since then, with starry-eyed ...

News Desk

Pashteen blocked from visiting families of Baloch missing persons

Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen was blocked by security officials on Monday when he reached the Quetta airport to visit the protest camp of families of Baloch missing persons. FIA officials stopped the PTM leader at the airport and forced him to return on the next flight. Pashteen had arrived in the city ...

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Editorial: Death toll reaches 15 in Turbat cylinder blast

The death toll in the Turbat gas cylinder blast tragedy has climbed to 15, as another child, Ayaz, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday. On November 28th, a mini-bus carrying schoolchildren and teachers back to their homes made a stopover at a local snack stall in front of Park Hotel in the city of Turbat. ...

Qambar Malik Baloch

Source: Reuters

Pakistan’s collapsing economy and its impact on Baloch and Sindhi national struggle

The collapsing Pakistani economy is not only worrying for its patrons and lenders but minorities like the Baloch and Sindhis are increasingly expressing their concerns about its political and social implications on these two nations. Pakistan: the changing allies? As a client state, since its existence, Pakistan has been rescued by the US and its ...

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Editorial: The case of missing Shabir

 The recent momentum in the case of missing persons has rightly caused a stir among political and social circles within and outside Balochistan. It started after the participants of a peaceful really led by missing student leader Shabir Baloch’s family, among others, were manhandled by police in Quetta to stop them from visiting Chief Minister’s ...

Mehlab Naseer

کیچی دوچ

(منی امّاں، بی بی آمنہ ءِ نامءَ) بلوچی دوچ الّم چہ یک سادگیں شولےءَ بندات بوتگ۔ انچو کہ انسانی تاریخءَ بنیادی پکاریں چیزانی تہا یکے الّم ہمے شول بوتگ، وہدے انسانءَ پہ وتا پوشاک اَڈّ کُتگ۔ اشیءِ سوب لجءُ میار بوتگ یا وتا چہ موسماں رکّینگ، بلے شول الّم ہما اولی دوچ بوتگ کہ انسانءَ ...

Seth Halir

رُژناێن اِستال

اے چارلس ڈکنزءِ کسّہے کہ سیٹھ ھلیرءَ چہ انگریزیءَ ترّینتگ۔   ہست اَت گونڈوے۔ گونڈوءَ ہَست اَت گوَنڈکیں گوہارے۔ دوئیں براتءُ گوہار ہداءِ کُدرتاں ہیران اَتنت۔ برے پُلّانی رَنگءُ برنگیءَ ہیران، برے آزمانءِ سبزیءَ ہیران، دریاءِ جُہلیءَ ہیران، ہداءِ شَرّیءَ ہیران، ہداءِ طاقتءَ ہیران۔ ہیران کہ مہربانیں ہداءَ چونیں جلوَہ ناکیں دنیایے سازِتگ۔ سجَّہیں روچءَ ...

Qambar Malik Baloch

The Islamization of Balochistan

Bordering Iran to the west, Afghanistan to the north and laying at the Strait of Hormuz to the south, Balochistan is generally known for its strategic importance, prodigious riches, an ongoing nationalist insurgency, and human rights challenges. Underneath this lies a systematic and diabolic subversion triggered by the military establishment of Pakistan which, as a ...