As Martin Luther King Jr aptly said, “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” The Baloch nationalist political parties in Balochistan may have committed blunders in wheeling and dealing with the establishment. On the political gauge, Baloch nationalists stood at which side of the history is a […]
The woeful state of education in Balochistan
It is said that if an authoritarian regime wants to ensure its longevity, the first thing it attacks is the educational system of the country, for an uneducated and an illiterate nations is nothing by herd of a cattle that can be easily exploited. The fact that fascism depends on obscurantism cannot simply be gainsaid. […]
Balochistan’s cry for justice
A new book is out on Balochistan. It has been written by Kaiser Bengali, titled A Cry for Justice: Empirical Insights from Balochistan. The book painstakingly sheds extensive lights on some five core aspects of under-development and deprivation in Balochistan including gas, development funding, civil services issues, federal social protection and structure of electoral representation […]
The need for a counter narrative
Pakistan continues to drift towards religious extremism and intolerance. Both Muslims and non-Muslims find themselves insecure and unsafe in the prevailing air of terror and hatred. Peace seems to remain a distant dream. The vile dogmatic ideological theories of extremist forces have taken the society into outright hostage. The hate-mongers under the banner of false […]
State of affairs in Balochistan
One may rave about the in-house change in Balochistan. It appears that power-making decisions this time are not directed by anyone in Raiwand, Murree or someone else, but taken by the provincial leadership regarding a no-trust motion against Sanaullah Zehri. After the 18th amendment to the constitution, it is the first time that the assembly […]
The failing civil service system
The PCS aspirants in Balochistan breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) is likely to hold Provincial civil services exams against posts of AC/SO in March 2018. As the aspirants have anxiously waited for the said posts, at the same time the BPSC also learned that many […]
Speculations ahead of next general elections
With a general election on the horizon like many other mainstream political parties, the Baloch nationalist groups as such BNP-Mengal, BNP-Awami and National Party are also scaling up their pre-poll campaigns. The parliamentarian politics in Balochistan remains submissive for the powers that be available for anyone who would be willing to get the best bargains […]