2014: Land of impunity

By Naziha Syed Ali The very first day of 2014 brought with it a graphic reminder of the daunting challenges that bedevil Balochistan when a suicide bomber targeted a bus full of Shia Hazara pilgrims returning from a visit to Iran. One person was killed and 30 injured. As the year unfolded, the widening repercussions of […]Read More

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impact on region

In 2010 in a conference in London the heads of different states around world have agreed to set up a timetable about withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan and gradually give the security of the country to Afghan Army. Later in June 2011 the president of US, Mr Barak Obama, also in a speech announced […]Read More

Balochistan: Pakistan army intensify its aggression against Baloch people

Pakistani forces have been conducting a military operations in Kech district of Balochistan since Sunday 4th  January, 2015. Local sources from Makuran region confirm that eleven gunship helicopters and fighter jets were seen flying over the region and bombing civilian population in different areas of Dash in Kech district of Balochistan. The military have reportedly burnt […]Read More

Balochistan: Iranian security force arrest at least 30 people from

SARBAZ: Independent sources informed ‘Baloch activists Campaign’ that on Sunday the Iranian security forces stormed the village of Nasir Abad in Sarbaz, Iranian occupied Balochistan, and arrested at least 30 people. The BAC also reported that security for detained Molavi Dost Mohammad Raeesi, the head of Friday prayers in in the village, and Haji Gul […]Read More

Balochistan: Seven including a woman and two children reportedly killed

AWARAN: Pakistani security forces reportedly backed by Pakistan Air Force helicopters conducted a military operation in Sannari area of Mashkay, Balochistan on Friday. According to details Pakistan forces attacked the house of late guerrilla fighter Mahmood Baloch and reportedly killed his two daughters and five other male members of same family – some reports suggest […]Read More

Balochistan: 455 mutilated bodies found in 2014: Nasrullah Baloch

QUETTA: The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, an organisation representing the families of abducted, has rejected the statistics of government of Balochistan that 164 mutilated bodies were discovered in Balochistan in 2014. Nasrullah Baloch, the head of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, in a press conference in Quetta on Thursday, said that last year a […]Read More

BNM’s baseless accusations and twisted facts

By Ramen Baloch Currently Baloch politics is going through extreme debate between different groups, organisations and schools of thought due to conflicting ideas, malpractices and mismanagement some people who claim to be part of liberation struggle yet want to promote their own agendas. The signs of these conflicts first appeared in late part of the […]Read More

The threats of growing religious extremism and Balochistan

The new waves of religious extremism and the attack on a school in Peshawar which killed 142 people including 130 schools kids have initiated a new debate. The Pakistani government and the army also seem to be active. The government has lifted moratorium on hangings and implemented it within three days whereas the military also […]Read More

Two residents of Balochistan injured in Iranian forces firing

PANJGUR: Iranian border guards have shot and injured two Baloch residents of Panjgur, Balochistan Wednesday. According to detail both of the injured were shot in their legs while they were allegedly transporting Iranian patrol from Eastern Occupied Balochistan. The victims were shifted to hospital where they have been identified as Jasim Fazal and Fida Ahmed, […]Read More

Pakistan’s “Other” Insurgents Face IS

By Karlos Zurutuza SARLAT MOUNTAINS, Afghanistan-Pakistan border, Dec 24 2014 (IPS) – The media tend to portray Balochistan as “troubled”, or “restive”, but it would be more accurate to say that there´s actually a war going on in this part of the world.   Balochistan is the land of the Baloch, who today see their […]Read More