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An academic history of Balochistan’s ‘accession’ with Pakistan

Brahumdagh Bugti’s refusal to accept March 27 as the day of occupation of Balochistan by Pakistan has opened a pandora’s box with nationalist leaders across the board asking the Baloch Republican Party leader to take back his statement. In all this noise, however, historical facts are being ignored. Neither Brahumdagh nor his critics are offering ...

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Quddus Bizenjo to launch new party today

Chief Minister Balochistan Quddus Bizenjo has said that he will announce the formation of a new political party in a press conference today (Thursday). Geo News reported that 32 other members of the Balochistan Assembly will be part of the new party. Bizenjo, who secured only 544 votes in a constituency of 57,666 voters in ...

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Brahumdagh takes major shift from Baloch nationalist narrative

President of the Baloch Republican Party Brahumdagh Bugti on Tuesday took a major shift from the mainstream Baloch nationalist narrative by denying that Pakistan occupied Balochistan on March 27, 1948. Brahumdagh has been on the forefront of the ongoing Baloch separatist movement that seeks its justification from the alleged March 27 occupation. “On March 27th ...

Razzak Sarbazi

کرزگ

منی میتگءَ سیر لاپ ءُ زنڈیں کُچک باز اِنت۔ چونیں چونیں کُچک انت۔ یکے ءِ گوش مزن انت، یکے ءِ پُٹ انچش انت گُشئیگا گوَرانڈے۔ یک انچیں ھڈ کشتگیں مزن بالادیں کُچکے ہم من یک روچے بازار ءَ دیست کہ بالاد ئےِ اسپیگ ءُ دیم ئےِ کُچکیگے ات۔ منی ہمساہگ دو پیریں مرد ءُ جن ...

Mureed Baloch

The true story of slaughtering a mid-aged hen

“But why are you so scared of birds, cousin? They’re cute. And delicious. I slaughtered this one before you guys arrive,” she said in a shyly proud tone while splitting the boiled hen in portions to serve her polio-ridden brother. “That’s really brave of you,” I replied. For some odd reason in life, birds have ...

Sameer Mehrab

A photo by an unknown artist about power politics.

The role of law in Baloch-Pakistan conflict

Why ask the Baloch to follow Pakistan’s constitution, when the state itself disregards its laws in punishing the Baloch for not following Pakistan’s constitution? The constitution is a social contract between the state and its citizens to govern and to be governed under a set of agreed-upon laws. The Baloch people had no role in ...

Dr Naseem Baloch

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Tales from the Dungeon: Dr Naseem Baloch (Part II)

In the Tales from the Dungeon series of Balochistan Times, former victims of enforced disappearance recount their ordeal. Dr Naseem Baloch was forcibly disappeared twice. He was first whisked away by security forces in 2005 along with Dr Imdad Baloch, Dr Allah Nizar, Dr Yousuf Murad, Ghulam Rasool, Akhtar Nadeem and Ali Nawaz Gohar, all ...

Asa Bijjar

بَلُّک ءِ نماسگ

ہست ات بادشاہے۔ بادشاہ ہدا وندء تالا وت انت۔ بلے اے سرزمین ءِ بادشاہ ‌ات، بادشاہ گریب پرور ءُ مسکیں نوازے ات۔ بادشاہ ءِ گریب دوستی ءِ نام ءُ توار کُلیں جہان ءَ پرشتگ ات، ہر ہلک ءُ دیارءَ ہمے بادشاہ ءِ توسیپ ءُ سپت ات، مجلس ءُ دیواناں، میتگ ءُ بازاراں، دہکان ءُ مزدرو، ...

On the question of Baloch-Pashtun unity

I do not want to be seen as someone throwing a monkey wrench into the works and undermining the move towards a prospective Baloch-Pashtun unity but there are certain things which all those advocating and proposing this unity should understand and keep in view. I for one would be the happiest if this much-wanted unity ...

Internet photo

سائیکل ءِ سر ءِ ورنا

اے نبشتانک چہ نامداریں اہوالکار ءُ ناول نویس محمد حنیف ءِ انگریزی کتاب ءَ تاج بلوچ ءُ ساجد حسین ءَ رجانک کُتگ۔ اے کتاب بیگواہیں بلوچانی سرا انت۔ اشی ءِ پش کپتگیں بہر یک یک ءَ بلوچستان ٹائمز ءَ شنگ کنگ بنت۔ چہ سریاب روڑ کوئٹہ ءَ بیگواہ بوگا شش سال رند پولیس ءَ حافظ ...