Far from plain sailing on the Maritime Silk Road

Author: Sinderpal Singh, RSIS China’s South Asian ambitions for its Maritime Silk Road (MSR) have hit foul waters. On the one hand, the MSR must navigate the strategic competition between India and China, and on the other it needs to satisfy the divergent interests of Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (the South […]Read More

Free Balochistan Movement demands denuclearisation of Pakistan

LONDON: Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) held simultaneous protests, rallies, and awareness campaigns in different cities of the world on Monday, against testing of Pakistan‘s nuclear weapons in Balochistan in 1998. The protests were held on the 20th anniversary of the nuclear tests, codenamed Chagai-1. In the UK, the USA, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Canada, Norway and Sweden, the FBM activists highlighted the […]Read More

Chagai: The Fukushima and Chernobyl of Balochistan

By Shahdad Baloch On May 28, 1998, the Pakistani army has carried out series of atomic explosions in district Chagai Balochistan – the district which is abundant with porous rock – owing to which the Geologists believe that the tests have not only caused a decline in groundwater but have also contaminated both surface and […]Read More

Zahra Baloch – an unsung hero of Balochistan

By Faiz M Baluch On 14 May 2018, a daughter of Balochistan along with her brother took a taxi home not knowing that it would be their last ride. She had just finished her final year exams and was going to visit her brother in Iranian occupied Balochistan when a Land Cruiser overtook their taxi […]Read More

Congressman Sherman Condemns Assault on Families of Disappeared Persons during

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), released the following statement regarding the ongoing human rights situation in the Sindh province of Pakistan: “I express my grave concerns about the human rights situation in the Sindh province of Pakistan, with special reference to enforced disappearances of persons at the hands of Pakistani security agencies. Many of the disappeared persons are from the Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM), Jeay Sindh […]Read More

Pakistani forces attack protest camp against enforced disappearances in Sindh

KARACHI: May 20 (ANI): Pakistani forces have attacked the protest camp settled by the families of missing Sindhi political activists abducted by the PakistaniMilitary Intelligence and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The families of missing Sindhi political activists conducted a three-day hunger strike camp in front of Karachi press club Sunday morning. The protest camp was joined by various political parties and human rights organizations including […]Read More

Balochistan: Contaminated water claims six lives and affects hundreds of

QUETTA: At least six people including a woman have died and hundreds of other severely affected after drinking contaminated water from a pond in Tedanch village of district Awaran Balochistan. The reasons for the sudden outbreak of the gastro breakout are unknown. However, some unconfirmed reports suggest that the only water resource in the village has […]Read More

Chakar Baloch knew the Effects of colonisation

By Chakar Ahmed Baloch Chakar Baloch a wonderful and much-loved 10-year-old smiling child was busy in convincing his fellow friends about the Balochistan freedom movement and about the genocide of Baloch people since 1948 when Pakistan forcibly occupied their country – Balochistan.  Hardly, one expects it from a student of Level. A few know about […]Read More