By Lawrence Sellin It seems like all the players in the South Asian power game think Balochistan, Pakistan's southwest province on the Arabian Sea, is important - except the United States. For the sake of argument, imagine that Balochistan reverts to...
The Balochistan based armed group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has said that fighters from their organization were behind the attack on Pakistani forces in Turbat. Baloch Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for attack on a Pakistani outpost, which was carried...
China's one billion dollar loan to Pakistan has come at a time when the South Asian country has been officially placed on a terrorism financing watchdog's grey list. The latest loan highlights Islamabad's growing dependence on Chinese loans to buffer...
A Pakistani minister in Balochistan, who is de-jure head of security apparatus in the region, has declared that genocide is the only option to resolve security crisis in Balochistan. Home Office Minister, Sarfaraz Bugti, made the shocking comments on Sunday...
On August 4,1947, a conference was held in Delhi, presided over by Viceroy of the British India, Lord Mountbatten, and attended by the ruler of Balochistan, the Khan of Kalat, and representatives of the proposed state of Pakistan for...
In spite of all attempts to ban and censor its adverts, the World Baloch Organisation has this week launched the third phase of its “#FreeBalochistan” advertising campaign: more than 100 London buses are carrying adverts that say “Free Balochistan”,...
Kamal Baloch is Senior Vice Chairman of Balochistan's largest and most popular student organisation called BSO-Azad. While Mr. Baloch was a student of MA Sociology in University of Balochistan, he was 'kidnapped' and tortured for 3 months in Pakistani...
"Baloch militant groups are now using children to explode their bombs," a chuffed Quetta City Police Chief Mir Zubair Mehmood told a hurriedly called press conference on 13 March 2013. He seemed very proud at this new 'discovery'. The police...
Pakistani security forces have "abducted" wife of famous Baloch leader Dr Allah Nazar. Dr. Nazar heads pro-independence armed organisation Baloch Liberation Front. Dr. Nazar's wife, Fazeela and their adopted daughter Popal Jan were abducted by Pakistani state forces today from Sariab...
As part of its ongoing #FreeBalochistan awareness campaign in New York City, the World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched billboards across the iconic Times Square, highlighting Pakistan’s human rights abuses in Balochistan. Over half a dozen billboards carrying the slogan...