The Chairman of Higher Education Commission(HEC) Pakistan, Mr Tariq Banuri on 18th March announced that his institution has apprised all the universities to commence the classes ‘online’. He also added that they have asked broadband companies to...
The fishermen of Gwadar have been protesting for last two months. They demand stoppage of fish trawling in the sea, which has destroyed the natural habitats and has risked extinction of marine life. The practice has also resulted in...
Panjgur, one of the most insurgency-ridden districts in Balochistan, has become a breeding ground for violence and oppression. Death squads operate with impunity, engaging in looting, enforced disappearances, and killings. Numerous young individuals have fallen victim...
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...
On March 22, Chief Minister Balochistan's spokesperson, Babar Yousafzai, and DIG of CTD Aitzaz Goraya held a press conference at the Balochistan Civil Secretariat to discuss the detention and charges against Mahal Baloch. During the conference,...
The rulers of Pakistan have consistently maintained over the past two decades that the Baloch people should advocate for their rights within the constitutional framework of the country. However, a political movement that emerged in Balochistan,...
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...
Pakistani state agencies are known to have been engaged in the forced disappearance of numerous political activists in Balochistan, some of whom have been missing for over two decades. Zakir Majeed, the Vice Chairman of the...
Ten years have passed since the enforced disappearance of Zahid Baloch and Asad Baloch. Zahid Baloch, Chairman of Baloch Students Organization Azad, and Asad Baloch, Junior Joint Secretary, were forcibly abducted by the Pakistan Army on...
On Friday, March 28, online newspaper Balochistan Times revealed its editor-in-chief, Sajid Hussain has been missing since March 2. The 39-year-old was last seen at 11am on March 2 in the Swedish city of Uppsala.
