Abbas Zaidi
I have just finished reading my good friend Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur’s article, “Platitudes palmed off as justice” (Daily Times, April 29, 2012). After reading the facts he has given and the interpretation he has made of those facts, only a simpleton will say that there will ever be justice for the Baloch people. Continue reading
Syed Umair Javed
Sometime back, a friend of mine posted on a social media page, asking if anyone believed a solution to the Balochistan problem was still possible. He was referring to Ataullah Mengal’s statement that it was too late to fix things. Continue reading
By Imtiaz Gul
Balochistan continues to burn. The federal government remains indifferent to the smouldering fires of militancy, sectarian violence and, above all, the wave of crime that many believe is happening under political patronage. Continue reading
Dr Qaisar Rashid
Much has been written on the challenges to the newly appointed DG ISI Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam but little has been written on the challenges to the perception and the consequent role of the ISI. This write-up tries to address the latter.
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Sayed G B Shah Bokhari
In his three-part article in The News, titled, ‘The real Balochistan,’ former senator Sana Baloch has mentioned the backwardness and deprivation of the Baloch people. This is looking at the problem in isolation, ignoring the reality that most other parts of the country are also backward and deprived.
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By: S M Hali
The troubled province of Balochistan is being painted out to be on the verge of dismemberment from Pakistan as East Pakistan in 1971 to become Bangladesh. It is portrayed that the people of Balochistan are totally disenchanted with Pakistan and would rather opt for independence; and there is a fierce war of insurgency raging to achieve this end.
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Rahimullah Yusufzai
The Balochistan issue had never received so much attention at home and abroad, but it remains to be seen if this newfound attention will do some good to the long-suffering Baloch people.
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Dr Qaisar Rashid
Every new age makes new adjustments and consigns anachronistic views, doctrines and paradigms to the dustbin of history. One undesirable, aged status quo crumbles while another desirable, fresh one takes birth. The transformation may be painful but is necessary for keeping a society dynamic. Symptoms signify that Pakistan is passing through the agonising course of replacing old trends of civil-military relations with new ones.
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Iqbal Haider
After the murder of Nawab Akbar Bugti, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Mushahid Hussain Sayed paid rich tributes to him, as reported in the print media of Aug 28, 2006. These two favourites of Gen Musharraf “slammed the killing of Akbar Bugti and stated that it should not have happened.” Continue reading
Babar Ayaz
To understand this issue it is time to refresh our memory about the history of mismanaging Balochistan by Pakistan’s ruling elite.
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