On January 27, twenty-three members of AWP (Awami workers party) and PTM (Pashtun Tahafuz Movement) were arrested in Pakistan's capital—Islamabad. They were protesting against the arrest of PTM chief Manzoor Pashteen. Pakistan's leading newspapers...
Let’s forget for a moment that Baloch movement is not 70 years old and stories of enforced disappearances had not started half a century ago, but all this started at the beginning of this millennium. What have the last...
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of the Pakistani Army, security forces have arrested high-value target Gulzar Imam, also known as Shambay, in an intelligence operation. Gulzar Imam is the founder and supreme commander of...
In front of the Islamabad Press Club, hundreds of families affected by policies aimed at countering the Baloch insurgency and state repression continue their sit-in. However, instead of addressing the issue of forcibly disappeared persons, state...
The Pakistan People’s Party led government in 2009 announced the much hyped-up Aghaz-e-Haqooq e Balochistan project to “address the longstanding grievances” of the area. The package included political, administrative, economic and educational initiatives for people of the poor region...
In an effort to restore stability in the insurgency-ridden region of Balochistan, the ruling elite in Pakistan has implemented several policies. However, these policies have come under scrutiny for their contribution to undermining political institutions through the use of...
On 16th April 2020, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan issued non-bailable arrest warrants against 15 people, allegedly belonging to the banned Balochistan Liberation Army, for being involved in an attack on the Chinese consulate on November 23, 2018. The...
A seminar titled “Reimagining Pakistan” was held in Quetta. Several including Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, former federal finance minister Miftah Ismaeel, former People’s party leader and...
Sardar Mengal along with Balochistan National Party chief Akhtar Mengal, and Shafiq Mengal's group, have been engaged in a months-long conflict in Wadh Tehsil, Khuzdar. In response, Balochistan National Party Mengal has announced a long march.
The seventy years of ‘forced marriage’ between Balochistan and Pakistan has a long history of betrayal and fake promises. It begins with the betrayal of Khan Kalat’s brother Prince Abdul Karim and continues with the imprisonment of Nawab Noroz...