Articles for tag: baloch missing persons, Balochistan, enforced disappearances
A Daughter’s Cry for Her Father
This year, 2025, has been a nightmare for my family, the Qambranis. Since January, Pakistani forces have raided our home, abducted eight of my family members, and taken them to unknown locations. Their whereabouts remain a mystery, their supposed crimes undisclosed. We are left asking: What have we done? How long must we prove that ...
فدائی سِلاهے یا مردمے؟
من چارَگ لۆٹَگا اَتاں که بارێں چه گوَستگێں جنوَریءَ تاں انّونءَ چینچو بلۆچ مُرتگ؟ بلوچستانءَ مرگءِ کِسم باز اَنت، پمیشکا ھساب یک جاگھے نرسیت. هرکَسءَ وتی کارءِ هسابءَ هسابے داشتگ: اِنسانی هَکّانی گَلاں هما مردمانی هساب داشتگ که کُشگ بوتگ‌اَنت، گێشتر سرکارءِ دستءَ، فلاهی ادارهاں هما مردمانی کَمّے باز هسابے داشتگ که آهانی کرّ ءُ ...
دو مارچ بےسُهب اِنت
دو مارچ 2020ءِ ائوَلی بێل اَت. کساس یازده بج. چه اِسٹکهُلمءَ، واجه مالک بلۆچءِ لۆگءَ، ساجد دَر اَتک ءُ اُپسالاءَ، دێم په وتی نۆکێں کۆٹیءَ شُت، من وتی لۆگءَ. منی لۆگ کساس سئے گنٹهءِ راه اَت. سجّهێں شپءَ رێل شۆدگءِ جان‌کۆشێں کار ءُ راهءِ ژندیءَ وَپتاں. رۆچءِ واب وابے وَه نبیت. بلے پدا هم، جُهد ...
ڈاکٹر مھرنگ باید اِنت پارلیمنٹءَ برئوت
ڈاکٹر مھرنگءَ، کوئٹهءِ جلسهءَ گُشت که ”منا چه اے جلسهءَ انقلابءِ بۆ پێداک اِنت.“ اے راستے ءُ کَس انکار کُت نکنت. بلۆچ لانگ‌مارچ که چه ماھےءَ گێش اسلام‌آبادءَ نِشت، زۆراکی سَگّت ءُ بلۆچستانءَ واترئےِ کُت، مھلوکءَ انچۆ وَشّ‌آتک کت ٹیمے ورڈکپے بکٹّیت. اے بلاهێں آشۆبے اَت که ڈاکٹر مھرنگءِ گْوانکےءَ اینچو مھلوک اَتک ءُ شالءَ ...
Dr Mahrang Baloch should consider parliamentary politics
You could not fault Dr Mahrang Baloch for saying she smelled a revolution during one of the largest political rallies in Balochistan’s history last week. The Baloch long march – which survived the hostilities in Islamabad for over a month and returned to Balochistan like a World Cup-winning team – was a revolution in itself, ...
په بێگواهاں جُهد ءُ شالءِ جلسه
ریاستءَ هزار زۆر جَت، بلے 27 جنوَریءَ شالءَ هزاراں مردم مُچّ بوت، مُزاهره کنگ بوت. جلسهءَ مردم انچۆ باز اَتنت که کَماشے گُشیت ”من وتی هۆشءَ شالءَ چُشێں مزنێں مُچّی ندیستگ.“ اے جلسهءَ چه کراچی ءُ چه بلۆچستانءِ بازێں دمَگاں بلۆچ اَتکگ ءُ هئوار بوتگ‌اَنت. هالانکه سرکارءَ، په بلۆچ یکجهتی کمیٹیءِ اے مُزاهرهءِ دێمءِ دارَگا، ...
Death squads of Balochistan
Death squads are groups of local men, mostly thieves and drug peddlers, whom Pakistan’s intelligence agencies use to counter the resistance in Balochistan. Most areas in the province have such groups, that sell drugs, loot, abduct and kill without fear of consequences as a reward for their services of organising celebratory car rallies on occasions ...
I saw the courage of Baloch women in the face of police brutality
I met Bibi Zargul for the first time at the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons’ camp in Quetta. We barely spoke for ten minutes as I interviewed her for a story I was working on. I had to rely on an interpreter to understand her because she spoke in Brahvi, but I needed no interpreter ...
The Palestine in your own backyard
The Pakistan army’s atrocities in Balochistan are as condemnable as Israel’s actions in Palestine. If you express solidarity with one oppressed group and remain silent about the other, you are a hypocrite. The fervor displayed by Pakistani media, political figures, social activists, and celebrities in expressing support for Palestinians since October 7 has been evident. ...
