Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

The writer has been associated with the Baloch movement since 1971. He tweets @mmatalpur and can be reached at mmatalpur@gmail.com.

The Latest Baloch Uprising Cannot Be Defeated

The atrocities inflicted on the Baloch people, including the disappearance of Baloch students, human rights activists, educators, professionals, and ordinary working people and tribesmen, without ever charging them with any crime, are crimes against humanity. The disappearance of individuals like Dr. Deen Mohammad, Zakir...

How Pakistan Systematically Tried To Wipe Out The Baloch Identity

Nearly all nation-states actively try to discourage diversity and the right to be different. No discourse on diversity is allowed in mainstream narratives, and a false sense of uniformity is forced upon people. History is replete with the horrors perpetrated by these dominant actors...

How The 1973 Dislodging Of Elected Govt In Balochistan Sowed The...

The only time that nationalist Baloch leadership was accorded a chance to govern Balochistan was after the 1971 debacle – and that too grudgingly– as Ataullah Mengal took the reins of the provincial government on May 1, 1972, only to remain in power for...

Balochistan’s Resources Are Being Stolen By The Centre With Impunity

The Reko Diq saga has had more dramatic twists and turns than those of a gruesome mystery thriller, but its first chapter is still incomplete. And what more pain it will bring in its wake is yet to be seen. Reko Diq is a...

Why The Baloch People Can Never Trust Pakistan’s Establishment

The world knows Balochistan as the 44 per cent land mass of Pakistan, but most do not know that becoming part of Pakistan was not its own choice. It wanted coexistence, but was forced to merge with Pakistan. Moreover, it isn’t ‘terra nullius’ (nobody's...

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Mirpurkhas Man Dies Due...

A man has died allegedly due to torture in the custody of Kot Ghulam Mohammad Mirpurkhas Police, according to...

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ISLAMABAD: The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in Islamabad on Monday night shut down indefinitely while seeking Rangers' deployment after a...

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