Yousaf Ajab Baloch

The electoral process has not functionally started due to the huge reservations and sense of insecurity in Balochistan. It seems that 3,336,650 million voters, who are supposed to vote on May 11, 2013 for 300 candidates for the National Assembly and 941 for the provincial Assembly, may only partially be part of the voting. Intimidation […]

In an interview to Malik Siraj Akbar, Asad Rahman revealed that he was hosted by Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani, whose father Gula Khan, who died in 1975 at the age of 105, would tell him about Baloch history, folklore, customs, traditions, the do’s and don’t’s and the administration of tribal society. Mir Gula Khan had […]

It was a shocking news when I heard Asad Rahman, alias Chakar Khan, 62, a prominent human rights activist, journalist and guerrilla leader of the 1973-77 resistance movement in Balochistan passed away on October 29, 2012. Asad Rahman was a frontline campaigner for Baloch rights. As a guerrilla commander, he played a leading role in […]

The growing extremism and alarming steps being taken by radicalised outfits are a great menace to all people in Balochistan where, once again, Baloch women are confronting acid attacks. The recent three attacks on 12 women within 10 days in Pishin, Quetta and Mastung have proved that extremists in Balochistan not only target kill the […]

Baloch human rights activist Mama Qadeer, 72, with 20 other Baloch women and children has made history by breaking the 84-year-old record of Mahatama Gandhi. Gandhi marched 390 kilometers on foot from Ahmedabad to Dandi against the British government in 1930, whereas Mama Qadeer Baloch has travelled more than 2,000 kilometers on foot from Quetta […]

People from the Hazara community have, once again, become victims of sectarianism. On January 21, 2014, a suicide bomber blew himself up near a pilgrims bus and the bus caught fire. This ugly attack caused the deaths of more than 28 people and wounded 39 others. The injured and dead include children and women. This […]

Apart from man-made disasters, Balochistan is again confronting deadly natural catastrophes. The September 24 earthquake once again shocked Balochistan, as a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit one of its most backward districts, Awaran. Thousands of houses collapsed, and countless were partially damaged, affecting more than 300,000 people. Due to the collapse of mud-houses, more than 1,000 people […]

Saindak copper and gold mine is included in the Baloch mineral resources that mark Balochistan as a rich land. Despite existence of gold and copper of great value, the Baloch nation is unable to benefit from it because the Chinese exploitation of Baloch resources is continued with great assistance of the State and establishment. The […]

On Saturday, August 26, 2006, the assassination of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the former governor of Balochistan and former federal minster, proved that the establishment had utilised his loyalty merely to plunder the Baloch resources. Though the murder of the 79-year-old Nawab Bugti was a great ‘victory’ for the establishment or General Pervez Musharraf, it […]

The illegal detention of people in Pakistan, allegedly by secret agencies collaborating with the security forces, has become an extremely unsettling matter. Due to lack of political will of the establishment, human rights organisations, the judiciary and media have failed to change the mindset of the responsible authorities for the recovery of missing persons. Regardless […]