Dompas on November 14, 2015The colonists in South Africa knew they had to control all forms of dissent and ensure that they could engineer and monitor the demography according to their needs and wishes. Consequently, they introduced the pass, which was dubbed as dompas in Afrikaans, meaning stupid pass by Blacks affected by this inhuman and derogatory method of […]
An unbridgeable chasm of distrust on November 7, 2015An unnamed security officer told journalist Zahid Gishkori: “We are going for a four-layer plan for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), integrated with a new security policy and an estimated 32,000 security personnel will guard over 14,321 Chinese workers engaged in some 210 small and mega projects in Pakistan.” This means some two-and-a-half security […]
Courage under fire on October 31, 2015Mir Jalil Reiki Shaheed, son of Mama Abdul Qadeer Reiki, was abducted on February 13, 2009; he was the information secretary of the Baloch Republican Party. Mama Qadeer naturally strove to secure the release of his son because the systematic policy of ‘kill and dump’ had started in earnest and the severely mutilated bodies of […]
Qasids and naib qasids on October 17, 2015A few days back, Dr Abdul Malik, the Islamabad-installed, allegedly middle-class nationalist Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan, in a meeting said they had decided to engage the local people in major projects, including the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), to remove their sense of deprivation. He and the Commander Southern Command, Lieutenant General Aamir Riaz, […]
Draining the sea on October 10, 2015Chairman Mao once said, “The guerilla must move amongst the people, as a fish swims in the sea.” Anywhere, people fighting for their rights understand this basic principle. The guerillas of Balochistan, or the Sarmachars, as the Baloch call them, are no different. They thrive and survive on the support of the people who are […]
Never a day of indignation on October 3, 2015Thousands of protestors marched in Mexico City on the Day of Indignation marking the first anniversary of 43 students’ disappearance on September 26, 2014 in Iguala. People from the entire spectrum of society participated. They chanted: “They were taken alive, we want them back alive’” and also “No more disappearances and no more deaths.” Marcelo […]
Confronting injustices on September 20, 2015Colonisation, like slavery, degrades humans because both deprive them of freedom and the ability to live up to their potential. This degradation continues until slaves and the colonised understand the reality of their situation and begin resisting injustices. Resistance is the only salvation available to them. Rosa Luxemburg said, “Those who do not move do […]
Not the brinjals servant on September 12, 2015In July, a debate raged on among those eyeing benefits from the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and all expressed support for this or that route in utter disregard for what the Baloch people thought of this scheme of ‘development’. Dr Malik’s Policy Reform Unit, headed by economist Kaiser Bengali, came up with a report […]
Crossing the red lines on August 22, 2015Recently, I came across a piece in the Saudi Gazette of April 2014 titled ‘Balochistan and the unity of Pakistan’ by one Dr Ali Al-Ghamdi, a former Saudi diplomat claiming to specialise in Southeast Asian affairs. It made me wonder what interest a former Saudi diplomat would have in Balochistan but then I realised this […]
What you allow is what will continue on August 15, 2015The argument presented by one Attaur Rehman, who news reports call a local elder, in the Supreme Court (SC) for the petition regarding the ban on decimation of the endangered Houbara bustard by Arab rulers during their yearly excursions in Balochistan (where these migrating birds rest) was shocking to say the least. He said: “The […]