The dead body of a senior Baloch lawyer Zaman Marri, who was “kidnapped” on August 19, 2010, was finally found in Mastung district. The family members of the veteran lawyer identified him when his body was taken to the Bolan Medical College Complex in Quetta. Doctors say Zaman had been tortured before being shot at [...]
Balochistan’s entire media family is in the grip of prodigious grief and utter disbelief over the tragic killing of one of the most talented young news cameramen, Ejaz Raisani. Thirty-year old Ejaz, who was killed in indiscriminate firing on a religious rally he was covering as a press cameraman, was laid to rest in his [...]
By Amjad Hussain The provincial capital of Balochistan witnessed another mass massacre of innocent citizens on Friday which caused at least 75 people dead and over 200 wounded. The carnage was jointly carried out by a suicide bomber and Pakistani security forces. The bomber ripped at a rally taken out by Shiite Muslims, mostly belong [...]
By Malik Siraj Akbar I know what killed Ejaz: The pressure of pleasing his bosses. He wanted to impress them with the good quality of his work. It had been hardly a few days since thirty-year old Ejaz Raisani had joined the news media outlet, Samaa TV. All of us who knew Ejaz very closely [...]
The BBC Urdu Service, while covering the final burial of several people who were killed in Friday’s suicide bomb blast in Quetta, reported that enraged family members of the victims directly blamed the religious leaders for being responsible for the carnage. Devastated with the grief of losing their sons, the mothers of the slain Hazara [...]
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By Malik Siraj Akbar The title of this column will surely disappoint the brave journalists who cover wars and deadly conflicts. It also comes as a let-down to the aspiring journalists interested in war reporting. Western journalists do contribute to the bulk of war correspondents but their conditions still drastically vary from the circumstances reporters [...]
By Khalid Hayat Jamaldini Torture and kidnapping of the Baloch in Balochistan by law enforcement agencies, especially the paramilitary forces, has become common practice in the last few years. They kidnap us, arrest us on false charges, torture us, brutally murder us and then throw our corpses away. Many of us are still missing. The [...]
At least seventy five people were killed and two hundred were injured in one of the worst suicide bomb blasts in the history of Balochistan. The blast took place at Mizan Chowk, a popular venue in Quetta for political congregations, when the members of Shia community expressed solidarity with their Palestine brethren. The loss of [...]
By Malik Siraj Akbar Dr. Abid Shah and I went to the sme English langauge class at the American English Language Center in February 1996. Known now as the Oasis Academy, the then American English Language Center of Sir Zahir Baloch, is indeed the greatest thing that has ever happened to Panjgur. Educated in the [...]
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