Baloch Martyrs Day

The Baloch nation at home and abroad observes on 13 November of every year as the National Remembrance Day (Baloch Martyrs Day) to commemorate the struggle and sacrifice of Khan Mehrab Khan Baloch who fought against British Empire forces and embraced martyrdom on 13 November 1839. After this attack, the British divided Balochistan into three […]Read More

ICJ urges government to engage with process for improving HR

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Friday urged Pakistani authorities to meaningfully engage with the process to improve the human rights situation in the country. Frederick Rawski, ICJ’s Asia Director said, “Pakistan’s past engagement with the UPR has been characterized by denial and defensive posturing. As a recently-elected member of the UN Human Rights Council, it […]Read More

Balochistan: A Pakistani court sentenced three Baloch IDPs to death

BAHAWALPUR: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday sentenced three Baloch Internally Displaced Persons to death alleging that the men were involved in blowing up gas pipelines and belonged to a banned Baloch militant organisation. The death sentence was handed under Sections 302/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 3/4 of the Explosives Act and 7 of […]Read More

Brahumdagh Bugti rejects Pakistani media allegations against his party

GENEVA: The pro-freedom Baloch leader and president of Baloch Republican Party, Brahumdagh Bugti, in a statement on Friday rejected the allegation by a Pakistani English daily that his party was struggling for provincial autonomy. “We strongly disown this report as an attempt to spread confusion,” he reiterated. Elaborating about an upcoming meeting of Baloch political […]Read More

U.S. Afghan strategy will be governed by events in Balochistan

By LAWRENCE SELLIN, PHD The Pentagon is spinning its wheels in Afghanistan, continuing a questionable counterinsurgency and nation-building strategy because, quite literally, it knows that it won’t work, but cannot think of anything else to do. It will not succeed because the U.S. and NATO will never regain the military dominance the alliance had in the […]Read More

THE LEGACY OF NOVEMBER 13 IN BALOCH HISTORY

By Shahdad Baloch The reign of Mehrab Khan was one of a long struggle with his chiefs. He became dependent on men of the stamp of Mullah Muhammad Hassan and Sayyid Muhammad Sharif by whose treachery at beginning of first Afghan war Sir William Macnaghten and sir Alexander Burn were deceived into thinking that Mehrab […]Read More

Top Baloch leaders held telephonic conversation about future cooperation

LONDON: The pro-freedom Baloch leaders Brahumdagh Bugti the president of Baloch Republican Party and Hyrbyair Marri the head of Free Balochistan Movement held a telephonic conversation on Monday about cooperation in the Baloch freedom struggle. According to Humgaam News, both leaders agreed to initiate talks and discuss to mutually resolve future problems of the Baloch […]Read More

Hunger strike for restoration of Baloch students at QAU continue

ISLAMABAD: The condition of two Baloch students of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) deteriorated as they continue their hunger strike for the restoration of the expelled friends in Islamabad. One of the students, Saddam Baloch, was shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Friday to due to deteriorating health issues. Students sitting on hunger […]Read More