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America's
Favorite Dictator: Pakistani Gen. Pervez Msharraf's power was
made in the United States, by Selig Harrison, TheDay.com,
Nov. 18, 2007
Meddling
Aggressively in Iran, by Selig Harrison,
The Indypendent, Nov 16, 2007 Intl ed.
The
US meddles aggressively in Iran, by Selig
Harrison, Le Monde Diplomatique, Oct 9, 2007
Pakistan's
Baluch insurgency, by Selig Harrison, Le Monde Diplomatique,
October 2006
Also by Selig Harrison: In
Afghanistan's Shadow: Baluch Nationalism
and Soviet Temptations, Carnegie Endowment,
1981
Baluch
Nationalism and Superpower Rivalry,
Intl. Security, Vol. 5, No. 3, Winter 1980-81
Nightmare
in Baluchistan, Foreign Policy, No.
32, Autumn 1978
And by Aijaz Ahmed: The
National Question in Baluchistan, Pakistan
Forum, Vol. 3, no. 8/9, Focus on Baluchistan,
May-June, 1973 |
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| New: Khan
of Kalat raises the stakes, By Saleem Shahid, Dawn.com, Aug
12, 2009: "QUETTA: The Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Dawood, announced
on Tuesday formation of a council for ‘independent Balochistan'
and rejected any reconciliation with the government of Pakistan
without the mediation of European Union and United Nations..." (reposted
here) |
| New: Baloch
leader forms Council for Independent Balochistan, bso-na.org,
Aug 12, 2009: "Khan of Kalat Suleiman Dawood has announced
the formation of a council for Balochistan's independence. Announcing
the formation of Council for Independent Balochistan in London,
Dawood said "reconciliation with Pakistan was impossible without
the participation of the United Nations and the European Union..." |
Baloch
observe "Independence Day"
click here to download large
poster |
From
the editors:
August 11, 2009, I-Day Balochistan.
The recent escalation of crackdowns on Baloch activists has been written of by
K.P. Nayar in The
Telegraph. And the Times of India has just published an editorial by Balochistan
Daily Times bureau chief Malik Siraj Akbar: A
Home-grown Conflict, on Aug 10, 2009, which further outlines the roots of
crisis in Balochistan. Daisann McLane posted an article rich in background detail
for those unfamiliar with recent Baloch history: The "Disappeared" of
Balochistan.
From the New York Times, 1947, and Related
articles from the NY Times:
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New: Centre's
policies created trust deficit: Shahzain Bugti, by Mumtaz
Alvi, reposted at intellibriefs from Dawn.com, Aug 9, 2009 |
| "...Shahzain
alleged that not the people of his province, but the Centre’s
policies were responsible for the rampant trust deficit and discontentment
among them. Shahzain has a Masters degree in Political Science
from the University of Houston..." |
| New: How
your tax dollars support the Taliban, Daisann McClane (MsExPat),
Corrente, Aug 5, 2009 |
| New: Battle
in India Over Balochistan, by J. Sri Raman, reposted from
truthout.org, Aug 8, 2009 |
Baloch
crackdown after statement - Pakistan accused of torturing students
and extracting confession of Indian hand, by K.P. NAYAR,
Aug 5, 2009:
"...In addition to illegal detentions, abduction and torture,
Pakistan’s government is now using new ways in the wake of
the joint statement to shut down legitimate outlets for Balochi
opinion. For example, Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency
(FIA) a few days ago used that country’s draconian Cyber
Crime Act to shut down a popular Balochi website, www.balochunity.org. |
| Balochistan’s
Sovereignty & the Emerging Empire Part - I, by Ahmad Marri,
Aug 5, 2009 |
| US
shrugs off Pakistan-Taliban links, By Gareth Porter, atimes.com; Pakistan
minister says Karzai admits anti-Pakistan terror camps in Afghanistan,
by Hadi Mayar, Aug 1, 2009 |
| Let's
talk about Baluchistan!, by Mohan Guruswamy, rediff.com,
Jul 31, 2009: "... The three pillars upon which the Pakistani
state rests are still Allah, Army and America. The people of
Pakistan do not figure in this scheme at all. The Pakistani leaders
want a diplomatic engagement with us on Jammu and Kashmir again.
Their prime minister has once again donned the cloak of democracy
that hangs outside General Ashfaq Kiyani's bunker. But we must
not shirk from talking about self-determination with them. It's
a two edged sword and cuts both ways. Let's
take the case of Baluchistan..." |
The "Disappeared" of
Balochistan, by Daisann McLane (MsExPat),
CorrenteWire.com, Jul 17, 2009:
"..But the meme that the Baloch are terrorists, Taliban and/or
agents of the CIA (or the Indian government) keeps repeating.
And Baloch keep disappearing." |
Quetta, 2006, photo by MsExPat |
| BALOCHISTAN:
The Pak Psywar, by B. Raman, South Asia Analysis Group, Jul
28, 2009 |
| Good
News in Balochistan? Editorials from Dawn and Dailytimes.com.pk: Baloch
Rights, Dawn.com, Jul 26, 2009; What ‘good
news' from Balochistan?, Dailytimes.com.pk, Jul 26, 2009;
Related: Pakistani
security forced started search operation in Quetta, 25 arrested,
Balochwarna.org, Jul 26, 2009 |
| Settling
scores, but at whose cost?, by Kamal Siddiqui, The News,
Jul 27, 2009 |
| CTC
Sentinel: The Terrorist Threat to Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons ,
by Shaun Gregory, July 2009 (right click to download), (excerpt
on Balochistan: A
New Phase of Resistance and Insurgency in Iranian Baluchistan) |
| New
Book: To
Live or to Perish Forever, Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan,
by Nicholas Schmidle, Review: Eyewitness:
Pakistan, reviewed by Joshua Kurlantzick, NYTimes.com, Jul
10, 2009 |
| On
target killings of Punjabi teachers in Balochistan, by Malik
Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk, Jul 9, 2009; Threats
to Punjabi teachers in Balochistan, Jun 28, 2009; Sectarian
Violence in Balochistan-2009, satp.org |
| Miners
bank $3bn on Baloch project, by Syed Fazl-e-Haider, atimes.com,
Jul 3, 2009: "...Critics say that the government in Islamabad
blundered by selling what may be the world's biggest untapped
copper and gold deposits, worth over $100 billion, to foreign
mining firms at a throwaway price, to the disservice of the people
of the country's most backward province and economy..." |
photo by Malik Siraj Akbar, IDP camp, Jaffarabad
Until lions have their own 'story tellers,' tales of a lion hunt will always
glorify the hunter." - African proverb, quoted in Hastings Center article
below. |
| In
the Kidney Trade: Seller Beware, by Denise Grady, NYTimes,
June 30, 2009:
"...But who sells their kidneys, and what becomes of these
people afterwards? The article, by two doctors and a psychologist
from Karachi, paints an ugly picture of the kidney business and
challenges the argument made by some that selling organs is a great
financial boon to the poor and that they are grateful for the chance
to do it..." (original research here, log in to read for free: Conversations
with Kidney Vendors in Pakistan: An Ethnographic Study, The
Hastings Center, May-June, 2009. |
| The
lost generation, by Noreen Haider, The News, Jul 2, 2009 |
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An
unfair deal, by Sanaullah Baloch, Dawn.com, Jun 29, 2009 |
| "...No doubt Pakistan’s civilian establishment
has made a historic blunder by signing such a costly gas purchase
accord. The price formula and the gas deal with Tehran indicate
a great level of injustice as well as the inability of the
political and official leadership of the country to negotiate
a reasonable price formula with Iran; a country faced with
immense global and economic pressures caused by international
sanctions..." |
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| Iran-Pakistan
pipeline not a done deal, by Robert M Cutler, atimes.com,
Jun 26, 2009 |
| Special
Report-Separate
Ways: The separatist movement in Balochistan dates back to
the beginning of Pakistan itself, by Yasir Babbar, Newsline.com.pk,
Jun 2009 |
| Iran's
streets are lost, but hope returns, by Pepe Escobar, atimes.com,
Jun 25, 2009 |
| Iran's
enemies are circling, by Syed Saleem Shahzad, atimes.com,
Jun 17, 2009 |
| Pakistan
on the Brink, by Ahmed Rashid, NY Review of Books, Jun 11,
2009 |
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The
shadow war in Balochistan, by Pepe Escobar, atimes.com,
Jun 4, 2009 |
'...Philip Alston of the United Nations Human
Rights Council has been an almost isolated voice denouncing
US shadow, "targeted assassination" teams working out of Afghan
bases in Kandahar and Nangarhar, and allied with wily, local
militias. The victims are mostly Afghan civilians. In Balochistan,
the available "local militia" will always be Jundallah. The
base will be in the Afghan "desert of death". In the absence
of Taliban or al-Qaeda, victims of "decapitation" are plenty
of Iranians across the border.
How better to apply Petraeus' tactics than to expand these
teams into destabilizing Iran and preventing Iran and Pakistan
from closer integration via a key Pipelineistan node - an integration
that also benefits China?
That is achievable with a Balochistan
mired in chaos. From the Pentagon's point of view, China profiting
from the Baloch port of Gwadar to be supplied with Iranian gas is
anathema. Islamabad may not be allowed by Washington to take out
Jundallah after all. Shadowplay rules.' |
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| Pakistan’s
Fatal Shore, by Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic Monthly, May
2009: "...With its “Islamic” nuclear bomb, Taliban-
and al-Qaeda-infested borderlands, dysfunctional cities, and
feuding ethnic groups, Pakistan may well be the world’s
most dangerous country, a nuclear Yugoslavia-in-the-making. One
key to its fate is the future of Gwadar, a strategic port whose
development will either unlock the riches of Central Asia, or
plunge Pakistan into a savage, and potentially terminal, civil
war..." |
Photo: American Friends of Baluchistan presiding council member Mohammed Ali
Baloch [extreme right] with Fauzia Deeba, Sharif Behruzand Dr. Karim Abdian
Nuclear Tests
in Baluchistan: Political and Environmental Impacts, by Ahmar Mustikhan,
Jun 1, 2009 |
| Inside
Kalat, Reviewed by Farhan Siddiqi, Dawn.com, May 31, 2009: "NOT
two, rather three political units proclaimed independence in
the middle of August 1947: Pakistan on August 14, India and the
Khanate of Kalat on August 15. By virtue of Kalat's independence,
Pakistan became a unique state in more ways than one..." |
| Blueprint
for Baloch Nationalism, by Ahmad Marri, May 30, 2009 (word
doc) |
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Ataullah Mengal,
photo: BBC Urdu.com |
| From
before: Independent
Baluchistan?, Ataullah Mengal's 'Declaration of Independence'
by Lawrence Lifschultz, Economic and Political Weekly, May,
1983 |
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| Obama
And Counter-Insurgency in Chinese Colours, International
Terrorism Monitor -- Paper No.527, by B. Raman, May 27, 2009: "I
did not know whether to laugh or cry when I read that the Obama
Administration believed that "China is skilled in counter-insurgency",
that it acquired its skills during its "war of liberation" against
the KMT troops and that it can teach Pakistan "a more sophisticated
strategy than Pakistan's current heavy-handed approach."... |
| Slouching
towards balkanization, by Pepe Escobar, atimes.com, May 21,
2009: Meanwhile, Balochistan, the biggest prize in the region
(see Balochistan
is the ultimate prize, Asia Times Online, May 9, 2009) remains
totally under the radar of the frenetic US news cycle. |
| From
before: Balochistan’s
Unaddressed Grievances, by Rahil Yasin, countercurrents.org,
Apr 19, 2009: "...Balochistan is a transit site for major
proposed natural gas pipelines that would carry gas from either
Iran or Turkmenistan to Pakistan and from there potentially to
India. One of many obstacles to the implementation of these pipeline
projects has been the threat of Baloch militant attacks to disrupt
gas supplies...Baloch nationalists have complained that the government
has developed the port and corridor without consultation with,
involvement of, or benefit to the Baloch people. The anger of
Baloch nationalists has sometimes been directed against China,
whose investment in the Gwadar project and in other Balochistan-based
ventures has been substantial..." |
| Islamabad's
divide and rule game in Balochistan, by Malik Siraj Akbar,
Malik Siraj Akbar writes, May 18, 2009 |
Rebranding
the Long War, Part 1: Obama Does his Bush Impression, by
Pepe Escobar, May 8, 2009
(Pepe Escobar's Part 1 provides good context for reading this type of article: Shaky
Pakistan Is Seen as a Target of Plots by Al Qaeda, by Mark Mazzetti and Eric
Schmitt, May 10, 2009)
Part 2: Balochistan-the
ultimate prize: "Balochistan is totally under the radar of Western corporate
media. But not the Pentagon's... How crucial Balochistan is to Washington can
be assessed by the study "Baloch Nationalism and the Politics of Energy Resources:
the Changing Context of Separatism in Pakistan" by Robert Wirsing of the
US Army think-tank Strategic Studies Institute. Predictably, it all revolves
around Pipelineistan...There's fear in Islamabad that the government has taken
its eye off the Balochistan ball - and that the BLA may be effectively used by
the US for balkanization purposes. But Islamabad still seems not to have listened
to the key Baloch grievance: we want to profit from our natural wealth, and we
want autonomy. So what's gonna be the future of "Dubai" Gwadar? IPI or TAPI?
The die is cast. Under the radar of the Obama/Karzai/Zardari photo-op in Washington,
all's still to play in this crucial front in the New Great Game in Eurasia."
Washington's
Imperial Attitude: We Talk About Countries Like We Own
Them, by Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. May 9, 2009:
...Keep in mind a certain irony here: We essentially know
what those crisis meetings will result in. After all, the
U.S. government has been embroiled with Pakistan for at
least 40 years and for just that long, its top officials
have regularly come to the same policy conclusions -- to
support Pakistani military dictatorships or, in periods
when civilian rule returns, pour yet more money (and support)
into the Pakistani military. That military has long been
a power unto itself in the country, a state within a state.
And in moments like this, part of our weird extremism is
that, having spent decades undermining Pakistani democracy,
we bemoan its "fragility" in the face of threats and proceed
to put even more of our hopes and dollars into its military.
(As Strobel and Landy report, "Some U.S. officials say
Pakistan's only hope, and Washington's, too, at this stage
may be the country's army. That, another senior official
acknowledged Wednesday, 'means another coup.'")...
As one unnamed expert commented recently in the insider Washington newsletter,
the Nelson Report , "I find it troubling that we are hyping the 'security
situation' in Pakistan. Pakistan is not being taken over, the FATA [Federally
Administered Tribal Areas] is. This has been happening since 2004."...
By the way, for all our kindly talk about how the poor Pakistanis just can't
get it together democracy-wise, the U.S. has a terrible record when it comes
not just to promoting democracy in that country, but to really giving much of
a damn about its people. In fact, not to put too kindly a point on things, Washington
has, over the past decades, done few favors for ordinary Pakistanis. Having played
our version of the imperial Great Game first vis-à-vis the Soviets and,
more recently, a bunch of jihadist warriors, we are now waging a most
unpopular and destabilizing air war without mercy in parts of that country, and
another deeply unpopular war just across its mountainous, porous border... |
| Pakistan's
British-Drawn Borders, by Robert Mackey, May 5, 2009, New
York Times News Blog |
| Pakistan
- The State of the Union, by Selig S. Harrison, Special Report,
Center for International Policy, April, 2009; Dr.
Wahid Baloch dissents, May 5, 2009 |
| Pakistan
is facing galloping Talibanisation: Ahmed Rashid, Dawn.com
blog, May 4, 2009: "I no longer say that there's a creeping
Talibanisation in Pakistan, it's a galloping Talibanisation."; Pakistan
is on the brink of chaos, by Ahmed Rashid, Washingtonpost.com,
May 5, 2009 |
Exile
Voices, The News, Apr 26, 2009 (orig
post):
"We are only against Punjabi-military elite",
Murtaza Ali Shah talks to Hyrbyair Marri;
"Our Demand: Greater Baluchistan", Murtaza Ali Shah
talks to Noordin Mengal;
"It is Not A Regional Problem", M. Ali. Shah
talks to Khan of Kalat Suleiman Daud Khan;
"The Baloch youth is infuriated", Waqar Gillani talks
to Rauf Khan Sassoli |
| Calls
for policy review, by Anwar Syed, Dawn.com, Apr 26, 2009: "...Some
of Pakistan's problems may be complex and the ways of resolving
them difficult to figure out. But there is nothing complicated
about the disaffection and unrest in Balochistan. They are as
old as Pakistan itself. Balochistan is the largest and also the
most neglected of its provinces. It has suffered deprivation
all along in that its mineral resources have been exploited and
taken out for the benefit of others; its gas fields have provided
fuel to furnaces and kitchens all over the country. Any compensation
it gets has never reached its people. They remain unspeakably
poor..." |
| The
Baloch Question, by Umer A. Chaudhry, MRzine.monthlyreview.org,
Apr 25, 2009: "...We in Pakistan -- and particularly those
of us in Punjab -- love to externalize the roots of problems
that irritate our sensibility. Therefore, fingers were immediately
pointed at foreign involvements [in the murder of three Baloch
nationalist leaders], scarcely any thought given to our own attitude
towards one of the largest provinces of our country. The deliberate
lack of introspection combined with the respect that wild conspiracy
theories continue to enjoy renders it very much necessary to
take a dip into the history of Balochistan, for that is where
the roots of the question lie..." |
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Face
Down Pakistani Army, By Selig
S. Harrison, Apr 26, 2009 |
| "...In
his new book, The Inheritance, New York Times correspondent
David Sanger reveals that "several" key U.S. intelligence officials
told him of National Security Agency telephone intercepts in
which Pakistan's army chief of staff, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, referred
to a key Taliban warlord, Jalaluddin Haqqani, as a "strategic
asset." According to Sanger, another Pakistani general, in
a meeting with the visiting U.S. director of national intelligence,
Mike McConnell, explained that "we must sustain contact with
the Taliban and support them" to make sure that in the future,
the Afghan government "is a government friendly to Pakistan..." |
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Understanding
Balochistan, by Qurat ul ain Siddiqui, Dawn.com, Apr
23, 2009 |
| "As
tensions flare in Balochistan and the government alleges foreign
involvement in the nationalist movement there, Dawn.com talks
to Sanaullah Baloch, the Central Secretary Information of the
Balochistan National Party – Mengal..."; Sana Baloch: "According
to one study, rural poverty in Balochistan increased 15 percent
between 1999 and 2005. The only ‘development' Balochistan
has witnessed during Musharraf's rule is the 62 percent increase
in police stations..." |
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| From
before: Baloch
Nationalism and the Geopolitics of Energy Resources, The Changing
Context of Separtism in Pakistan, by Robert
G. Wirsing: "In Afghanistan's Shadow, a book published
in 1981 by well-known author Selig S. Harrison, examined that
era's threat of Soviet expansionism in the light of Baloch nationalism... “A
glance at the map,” Harrison wrote at the outset of his
book, “quickly explains why strategically located Balochistan
and the five million Baloch tribesmen who live there could easily
become the focal point of superpower conflict.” Over a
quarter-century has passed since Harrison made that observation.
Baloch nationalism is again on the rise, and Balochistan is again
the scene of violent encounters between Baloch militants and
Pakistani security forces. Not surprisingly, in comparing today's
insurgency with its 1970s forerunner, we find numerous continuities.
Conspicuous among them are the government's persistent refusal
to concede any legitimacy to Baloch nationalism or to engage
the Baloch nationalists in serious political negotiations. These
refusals run in company with its parallel tendency to secure
its aims in Balochistan mainly by military means..." |
| Open
Veins of Latin America, review by Isabel Allende. TheBaluch.com
is starting a
new section on the subject of development. This is its first
entry. |
| Pakistan's
Fatal Shore, by Robert D. Kaplan, The Atlantic, May 2009:
With its “Islamic” nuclear bomb, Taliban- and al-Qaeda-infested
borderlands, dysfunctional cities, and feuding ethnic groups,
Pakistan may well be the world's most dangerous country, a nuclear
Yugoslavia-in-the-making. One key to its fate is the future of
Gwadar, a strategic port whose development will either unlock
the riches of Central Asia, or plunge Pakistan into a savage,
and potentially terminal, civil war. (pdf) |
| The
Mother of all cockfights, by Pepe Escobar, atimes.com, Apr
17, 2009 |
| An
open letter to Gen Kayani, View from the other side, by Col
(r) Harish Puri, The News, Apr, 14, 2009 |
| Militants
Threaten Pakistan's Populous Heart, by Sabrina Tavernise,
Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Eric Schmitt, NYTimes.com, Apr 13, 2009: "Taliban
insurgents are teaming up with local militant groups to make
inroads in Punjab..." |
| Security
and development in the region: the new US strategy for Pakistan
and Afghanistan (Word doc), AIRRA (Aryana
Institute for Regional Research & Advocacy) Special Edition,
Apr 1, 2009 (download pdf): "...One
is tempted to point out a few missing links in the newly announced
US policy for Pakistan and Afghanistan. Though
religious militancy in Pakistan is a threat to Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Europe and the US, those who bear the major brunt of this insurgency
are the people living in FATA, NWFP and Northern Baluchistan
besides Southern and Eastern Afghanistan. The newly announced
US strategy is silent on the issue of how much these people can
help make the new strategy succeed or fail. There
is no provision in the new strategy or any other strategy developed
by Pakistan and Afghanistan to take these people into confidence. The
provincial government of NWFP, the cultural organizations in
the Pashtun belt and the civil society within the Pashtun belt
have to be engaged in a ‘strategic communication system’ and
in the regional consultations on the implementation of the newly
announced policy..." |
| Pakistan's
way out: Euthanasia, by C N Anand, Media with Conscience,
Apr 11, 2009: "Euthanasia has very few supporters no matter
how excruciating the pain is for the terminally ill. Unfortunately,
this humanitarianism extends to nations, even when the writing
on the wall screams that the failing state must be put out of
its misery for the sake of giving its citizens a second chance..." |
| Balochistan
breaking point?, by Yasir Babbar, Himal SouthAsian mag, Apr,
2009 |
| A
Cry For Justice From Swat, by Fatima Ahmed, Apr 4, 2009,
Pashtun Peace Forum |
| The
Pakistan government and military abandon its citizens in Swat Valley
to the brutal 'justice' of the Taliban. Warning: This mobile phone
video contains graphic violence. Man
who made Swat flogging video speaks to Dawn News, Dawn.com,
Apr 4, 2009: "...Shaukat said the people in Swat are so scared
that no one has the courage to stand up and speak out against the
Taliban and their verdicts." |
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| Video
of girl's flogging as Taliban hand out justice, by Declan
Walsh, The Guardian, Apr 2, 2009; Pakistan
region in grip of fear as leader begins to implement sharia law,
by Saeed Shah, The Guardian, Apr 3, 2009; New: Smoker's
corner: The
creeping malaise, by Nadeem F. Paracha, dawn.com, Apr 19,
2009 |
| Can
Pakistan Be Governed, by James Traub, NYTimes.com,
Mar 31, 2009 |
Solecki’s
captors issue yet another warning, by Saleem Shahid, Dawn.com,
Apr 3, 2009
Friends
await Solecki's safe return, by Malik Siraj Akbar, Malik Siraj
Akbar Writes, Mar 30, 2009 |
| John
Solecki: a victim of apathy?, by Malik Siraj Akbar, Dailytimes.com.pk,
Mar 19, 2009 |
| Baloch
voice by Rahimullah Yusufzai, posted at Malik Siraj Akbar
Writes, Mar 30, 2009 |
| Obama's
Afghan Spaghetti Western, by Pepe Escobar, atimes.com, Mar
28, 2009 |
| How
the West lost its way in the East, by Patrick Cockburn, The
Independent Mar 27, 2009 |
| Liquid
War: Postcard From Pipelineistan, by Pepe Escobar, posted
at truthout.org, Mar 24, 2009, orig at tomdispatch.com |
| A
Conversation With David Kilcullen, by Carlos Lozada, The
Washington Post, Mar 22, 2009 |
| From
Pakistan to Cardiff: The King of Kalat, The Independent,
Mar 16, 2009 |
| Webster
Brooks interview with Shuja Nawaz: Obama's Response to Pakistan's
Long March. Shujah Nawaz is longtime Pakistani analyst, scholar
and Director of the new South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council
of the United States. |
Mullah Muhammad Omar in undated picture |
Threat
to secular Balochistan?, by Malik Siraj Akbar, reposted
at balochunity.org, Mar 9, 2009, (reposted balochunity.org)
Balochistan's
worsening situation, by Ahmed Rashid, BBCNews,
Mar 4, 2009 |
| Meet
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, by Peter Lee, counterpunch.org,
Mar 9, 2009 |
|
Foreign
firm to invest $1bn in copper, gold mining in Balochistan,
DailyTimes.com.pk, Mar 8, 2009. Controversy: Wikipedia history
of Reko Diq; Pakistan's
Copper and Gold Reserves Sold in Pennies, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,
Jul 21, 2008; google map of Reko
Dik;
players: Tethayan Copper company publication: Reko
Diq Exploration and Discovery, Antofogasta and Barrick Gold (Barrick's
Dirty Secrets, An Alternative Annual Report, May 2007); Antofagasta, Tracking
the positive and negative impacts of over 4000 companies worldwide Business
and Human rights Resource Centre |
| Please
Recognize Balochistan as an Independent Sovereign Baloch National
State, by Archen Baloch Kaleer, BalochUnity.org, Mar 9, 2009 |
| Baloch
Nationalism as a Forestaller for Talibanization, By Divya
Kumar Soti, Mar 4, 2009 |
| Lyari
and Malir see revival of interest in Baloch culture, by Latif
Baloch, Dawn.com, Mar 3, 2009 |
| Curse
of the Khyber Pass, by Milton Bearden, National Interest
Online, Mar 2, 2009 |
| Balochistan:
a broken promise?, by Malik Siraj Akbar, Dawn.com, Mar 2,
2009 |
| Pakistan:
Resolve Hundreds Of Baluch 'Disappearances'," Says Amnesty
International, Feb 26, 2009 |
| HRCP
wants probe into Balochistan disappearances, Dawn.com, Feb
21, 2009 |
| Mother "Language
And Land" Are Precious, by Juma Baloch, Articlesbase, Feb
20, 2009 |
John Solecki |
UN
official's captors issue final deadline By Saleem Shahid,
by Saleem Shahid, Dawn.com, Mar 2, 2009
Al
Qaeda & Balochistan: Kidnapping of US National, by B.
Raman, posted at intellibriefs.com, Mar 16, 2009 |
BLUF
rejects UN appeal for direct contact, Malik Siraj Akbar
Writes, Feb 18, 2009
Interview
on VoA, Malik Siraj Akbar Writes, Feb 17, 2009
John
Solecki and Qambar Baloch—A reminder to the
people of the USA and UN, Malik Siraj Akbar
Writes, Feb 15, 2009
Appeals for the release of John Solecki:
From Reza AHossein Borr: An
appeal to the holders of John Solecki, UN Official, Feb 23, 2009
From thebaluch.com: Appeal
Interview
with Nawab Baksh Marri, BBC Urdu (in Urdu), Feb
17, 2009
From: Baloch Human Rights Council: Baloch
Human Rights Council strongly condemns the abduction of Mr John Solecki,
(full letter)
From Noordin Mengal, Baloch Representative
to the UN in NY and UNHRC: Appeal
for the release of Mr. John Solecki, (full
letter); at
UNPO; in
Urdu
From Malik Siraj Akbar Writes: read
article
From BalochPeople.org: Urgent
Appeal For Undelayed And Unconditional Release Of
John Solecki, The U. N. Official And Worker,
BalochPeople.org, Feb 15, 2009
From Balochwarna.org: appeal
From: Malik Siraj Akbar writes:
An
appeal for John Solecki's release, by Malik
Siraj Akbar, Feb 12, 2009
From: Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA):
Baloch Society
of North America (BSO-NA) condemns kidnapping of John Solecki, Feb 10, 2009
Raisani
confirms FBI probing Solecki's case, DailyTimes.com,
Feb 16, 2009
Authorities
step up efforts to free UN hostage, Dawn.com, Feb 14,
2009
Baloch
Issue and the Obligation of International Human Rights
Organizations, by Munir Mengal, Feb 14, 2009 (orig
post), at balochunity.org
Kidnappers
Threaten to Kill U.N. Official Abducted in Pakistan, Associated Press, Feb
13, 2009
John
Solecki video released, by Malik Siraj Akbar,
Feb 13, 2009 |
| Balochistan history
in brief: |
| * |
Pakistan's
Baluch Insurgency by Selig Harrison, Le Monde Diplomatique,
Oct. 2006; For other articles
and book by Selig Harrison |
| * |
For perspective by Ahmed Rashid (author of 'Taliban' and
'Descent into Chaos'): Frontier
Years Give Might to Ex-Guerrilla's Words, by Jane
Perlez, NY Times, Jul 5, 2008 |
| * |
Interview
with Ahmed Rashid by Munizae Jahangir from her documentary
'The Baloch Battlefield.' |
| * |
Waiting
for the Worst: Baluchistan, 2006, by Nicholas Schmidle, The
Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2007 |
| * |
Balochis
of Pakistan: On the Margins of History (right click to
download pdf) by Foreign
Policy Centre, London, Nov. 2006 |
| * |
Back
to the Future-The Khanate of Kalat and the Genesis of Baloch
Nationalism 1915-1955, by Martin Axmann, Oxford University
Press |
| * |
Baloch
Nationalism: Its Origin and Development, by Taj Mohammad
Breseeg, 2004; for pdf |
|
| Baloch
demands still unmet, by Sanaullah Baloch, Dawn.com, Feb 19,
2009, at dawn.com |
| Balochi
Nationalists Intensify Violent Rebellion in Iran, by Chris
Zambelis, The Jamestown Foundation, Feb 9, 2009 (post at
balochunity.org) |
| UK
plans anti-extremism ad drive for Pakistani, Dawn.com, Feb
11, 2009 (comment) |
| Brahamdagh
threatens to ‘repay' PPP, by Malik Siraj Akbar , DailyTimes.com.pk,
Feb 10, 2009: "...hundreds of supporters of the BRP protested
on Monday in front of the Quetta Press Club against the disappearance
of their central secretary general and Chakar Qambarani, a member
of the BRP Central Committee... Baloch and Qambarani are the
first important Baloch leaders to go ‘missing' since the
restoration of democracy in the country and the ouster of former
president Pervez Musharraf..." |
| Musharraf
still pulls the strings, by Peter Tatchell, The Guardian,
Feb 9, 2009: The government of Pakistan says it wants peace in
Baluchistan but supporters of the ousted dictator hold the real
power |
| Where
has all the money gone? Despite billions
of dollars in U.S. military aid to Pakistan over the past
years, the Pakistan military can't (or won't?) prevent the Taliban
from destroying schools in Swat Valley: Diary
of a Pakistani schoolgirl (ii) and (part
i). |
| From
before, Apr 2007: Dams, Rivers & People, The Pakistan
Page, Mega
Water Projects in Baluchistan: Claims and the Reality, edited
from Mega Projects in Balochistan dated March 2007 by Azmat Budhani
and Hussain Bux Mallah (extracted from here): "...The
aim of this paper is to examine govt claims about the financial
outlay on Mega Projects in Balochistan and its supposed benefits
for the people of the province." |
| Graveyard
of analogies by Ahmed Rashid, The National, Abu Dhabi, Jan
30, 2009; No
Quick Fix for FATA, by Robert Dreyfuss, TheNation.com, Feb
3, 2009 |
SAWATization
of our lovely Quetta city, by Malik Siraj Akbar, 'Malik
Siraj Akbar Writes', Jan 25, 2009
Curbs on women in militancy-hit areas spreading to Quetta, by Malik Siraj
Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk, Jan 25, 2009: QUETTA: An increasing number of restaurants
in Quetta have stopped serving women apparently after being pressured by religious
elements, and the practice is being seen as a spill-over of the Swat problem
to the rest of Pakistan. |
Pakistan
in Peril, by William Dalrymple, Descent into Chaos: The
United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan,
Afghanistan, and Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid, Jan 15, 2009
(re-post):
"...The night I arrived I went to see Najam Sethi and his wife Jugnu, editors
of the English-language Daily Times and Friday Times newspapers, who now found
themselves directly in the Taliban's crosshairs. Three weeks earlier they had
begun to receive faxes threatening them with violence if they didn't stop attacking
Islamist interests in their columns..." |
Self-serving
and self-defeating American aid: Why
the U.S. has already lost in Afghanistan: Rampant corruption
by U.S. contractors has left the country in shambles, by Ann
Jones, Salon.com, Jan 15, 2009 (original
post at salon.com);
Hail
to the Chief, by Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch.org,
Jan 16-18, 2009 |
| State
of the Press freedom in Balochistan in 2008, by Malik Siraj
Akbar, Jan 8, 2009: "Four months after his release from
a nine-month long official detention, twenty-one-year old journalist
Javid Lehri travels on every fortnight from his native Khuzdar
district to Karachi for his medical treatment. Lehri had been
whisked away by masked officials of a shadowy force from room
No. 2 of Bugti block at a college hostel, where he was staying,
at around 21:00pm on November 29 th , 2007 and released on
August 22, 2008..." |
Pakistan's
government and military fail to protect its citizens in Swat
from the Taliban: From
Swat – with no love, by Zubair Torwali, The News, January
08, 2009 (orig.; Taliban
Destroy Girls' Education, Pakistan Is Powerless, IPSNews.com,
Jan 28, 2009
Balochistan next? Taliban
consolidating grip on Quetta: Sanaullah Baluch, by Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Jan 5, 2009; Editorial:
Baloch protest against 'Talibanisation', DailyTimes.com.pk editorial, Jan
5, 2009; also see letters to the editor: "Quetta
Under Threat" by Chashman Khan, Quetta |
|
New
book: Back
to the Future-The Khanate of Kalat and the Genesis of Baloch
Nationalism 1915-1955, by Martin Axmann, Oxford University
Press |
| The
study investigates the genesis of Baloch nationalism during
the first half of the twentieth century, analyses the emergence
of a Baloch national movement, and sets it into relation to
therise of an Indian and Muslim Indian national movement in
British India during that time. The study portrays the decline
and disintegration of the Baloch khanate of Kalat during the
last decades of British rule and summarizes the colonial legacy
of Balochistan in respect of its political, administrative,
and constitutional development. |
|
| Walking
on fire to prove innocence continues in Balochistan, by
Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk, Jan 7, 2009: Scholar
says practice becoming urbanised is the biggest concern, Balochistan
minister for human rights says practice a part of local traditions,
government cannot eliminate it..." (original) |
Insight:
Balochistan needs a rethink, by Ejaz Haider, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Jan 7, 2009: "... The province’s leaders, for all
the clamouring about rights etcetera, have woefully fallen short
of reforming their social structures. The late Akbar Khan Bugti
not only ruled his area like a medieval tyrant, Dera Bugti even
today has the worst human development indices in Pakistan..."
Note from thebaluch editors: We are told that in the Mekran region, Panjgur district
to be precise, there has not been a Sardari system for decades. The district
does still not have good hospitals, schools and basic amenities of life.
Letters to editor: (read
letters in full) from Kanwal Gichki, Turbat: "...The so-called tyrant
sardars of Balochistan have not been demanding powers for themselves or legitimacy
for their hold on their respective tribes. They have been seeking constitutional
reforms. They have their political parties, abided by the Constitution of Pakistan
and always respected the political process against the popular insurgency. All
they are asking for is complete provincial autonomy, not only for the Baloch
sardars but for the Sindhis, Pashtoons and the Punjabis living in the remaining
three provinces of Pakistan... |
|
New: Taliban
consolidating grip on Quetta: Sanaullah Baluch,
by Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk, Jan 5, 2009, posted
at balochunity.org,
(orig
publ.) |
| "QUETTA:
Balochistan National Party (BNP) Information Secretary and
former senator Sanaullah Baloch has disclosed that the supporters
of Taliban have captured land worth Rs 2 billion in the eastern
and western parts of Quetta with the covert support of the ‘establishment'
in order to undermine the Baloch nationalist movement and promote
Talibanisation in Balochistan..." |
|
| New
book: The
Baloch and Others: Linguistic, historical and socio-political
perspectives on pluralism in Balochistan, to be published
2009 by Reichert Verlag, editors: by Carina Jahani, Agnes Korn,
Paul Titus |
| No
Time to Waste, Dawn.com, Jan 5, 2009 |
| As
good a resolve as any, by Jawed Naqvi, Dawn.com, Jan 1,
2009 |
| From
before: Balochistan
tourism industry shattered by insecurity, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Feb 15, 2007 |
Issues
related to development in Balochistan, Pakistan:
Balochistan's
Thirst, Frontline, Volume 18 - Issue 08, Apr. 14 -
27, 2001; Mega
Water Projects in Baluchistan: Claims and the Reality; Pakistan
National Human Development Report 2003, with highlight
on climate
change; UN Report on Pakistan: Poverty
Growth and Governance, by Akmal Hussain, with Inputs
from A.R. Kemal, A.I. Hamid, Imran Ali, Khawar Mumtaz,
Ayub Qutub. United Nations Development Programme, 2003:
analysis of water crisis begins on page 7 of pdf. |
| The
Other Front, by Sarah Chayes, The Washington Post, Dec.
14, 2008: "... We and our friends in Kandahar are thunderstruck
at recent suggestions that the solution to the hair-raising
situation in this country must include a political settlement
with "relevant parties" -- read, the Taliban. Negotiating with
them wouldn't solve Afghanistan's problems; it would only exacerbate
them. Ask any Afghan what's really needed, what would render
the Taliban irrelevant, and they'll tell you: improving the
behavior of the officials whom the United States and its allies
ushered into power after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks..." |
| Tackling
terrorism head-on, Dawn.com editorial, Dec. 8, 2008: "...For
myriad reasons, the legacy of the Afghan ‘jihad', the rising
wave of Talibanisation, unemployment, poverty, illiteracy and
ignorance, US foreign policy, our tribal areas have become
a breeding ground for militancy and terrorism..." |
| New: Balochistan:
The Unheard Cries of An Unknown People, by Ibrahim Lone,
Islam-watch.org, Dec 7, 2008 |
Development:
A possibility for the Gwadar area?
Ocean
currents can power the world, say scientists, by
Jasper Copping, Daily Telegraph, Nov. 29, 2008
A revolutionary device that can harness energy from slow-moving rivers and ocean
currents could provide enough power for the entire world, scientists claim. |
| Perspectives:
Floating the idea of confederation: A
South Asian Confederation by 2020?, by Dinanath Mishra |
| Perspectives:
Floating the idea of confederation: A
South Asian Confederation by 2020?, by Dinanath Mishra |
An inspiring story of development: From
hunters to conservationists, Dawn.com, Nov 23, 2008: The remote region of
Torghar in Balochistan's north-eastern district of Qilla Saifullah is the unlikely
setting for a pioneering project that combines innovative environmental conservation
methods with the principles of sustainable development. |
| Central
Asia's Seaport: Gwadar or Chahbahar? by easterncampaign.wordpress.com,
Nov 25, 2008, posted at balochunity.org |
| Tariq
Ali praises Taliban and Hezbollah, mocks Baloch and Sindhi
national movements, reposted from PakTeaHouse, Nov
23, 2008 |
| New in
fiction: 'Tarbela
Damned--Pakistan Tamed,' by CN Anand, amazon.com: "Big
ideas, interesting characters, rich detail...', "A page-turner,
a spy story about the un-making of Pakistan by blowing up its
major dam."; Review at
MWCNews; Reviews at
Indialog; Eastern
Book Corp |
 |
| Getting
away with murder, by Mahir Ali Dawn.com, Wednesday, 19
Nov, 2008 |
| Radicalised
Balochi culture in the wake of conflict, by Malik Siraj
Akbar, Nov 12, 2008 |
| The
Balochistan imbroglio, by Munir Ahmed Jan, Nov 13, 2008
balochunity.org and in Pakistan
Observer |
| From
Great Game to Grand Bargain, Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and
Pakistan, by Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid, Foreign
Affairs, Nov/Dec 2008 |
| Uplift
and peace matter, not the federation, by Gloria Caleb,
Dawn.com, Nov 4, 2008 (reposted at balochunity.org) |
| Harnessing
water in Balochistan's dry lands, by Dr Zafar Altaf, Dawn.com,
Nov 3, 2008 |
| KARACHI: Provincial
autonomy termed only way to save federation: Seminar on
Pakistan Resolution, by Latif Baloch, Nov 1, 2008 (reposted
with commentary at
balochunity.org) |
| Balochistan:
myth of development, by Sanaullah Baloch, Dawn.com, Nov
2, 2008 |
Why
the Fight in Balochistan Matters, by Saba Jamal, Middle
East Times, Oct 30, 2008: "...Balochistan is a strategically
important region bordering Iran and Afghanistan. Left unchecked,
this conflict between the Baloch people and the Pakistani government
over the province's resources – combined with the increasing
Talibanisation of the northern parts of Pakistan – could wreak
havoc on the country by propelling it into a state of instability..."
How Talibanization has already affected a once peaceful region of Pakistan: Unfolding
tragedy in Swat Valley: PAKISTAN:
Swat on the verge of civil war, by Kurshid Khan, intellibriefs.blogspot.com,
Oct 31, 2008 |
| Zardari
via Nationalists via Baluch populace, by Ahmad Marri, analyst,
London, Oct 27, 2008 |
| A
Lesson to be Learnt: the Baloch Perspective, by Juma Baloch,
Oct 23, 2008: "...The solution to Baloch national question
can not be found confined to the administrative boundaries
defined by Pakistan. Baloch nation historically never accepted
the Goldsmith Line (1871) nor has it ever recognized the Durand
Line (1893), commissioned by the British Raj to stop the Russian
influence in the region. These artificial boundaries may have
divided the Baloch into separate states but could not stop
them from considering themselves a single nation. Today nobody
can deny the strategic location of the Baloch land for peace
and economic stability in the region...", articlebase.com,
Oct 20, 2008 |
| Two new
blogs on regional issues by B. Raman: Raman's
Strategic Analysis and Raman's
Terrorism Analysis. Taliban's
Shadow Over Zardari's China Visit, Oct 14, 2008 |
| Requiem
for Reko Diq, by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur, Sep 30, 2008: "...There
is a saying in Balochistan that a Baloch child may be without
socks, but when he grows up every step he takes will be on
gold. Reko Diq, Saindak, Sui all prove that the barefooted
Baloch do tread on gold. That this wealth hasn't benefited
them isn't accidental..." |
|
|
| Opinion: The
Baluch people must have a right to make Baluchi law, by
M. Sarvoj, Sep 24, 2008: "...In the current situation
the Baluch people have no power to amend their tradition, customary
law...Solution is that by giving the Baluch people the right
to make Baluchi law, as well as to follow it, and to ensure
that this process of making law publically debated and reflects
the views of all members of the community, not just self appointed
guardian of Baluch tradition..." |
| From
before: VIEW:
Evictions in Karachi, by Fatima Bhutto, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Jan 24, 2006 |
| From
before: The
case against Musharraf, by Sanaullah Baloch, Dawn.com, Sep
22, 2008 |
| Balochistan's
sorry fate, by Yaqoob Bangash, Balochunity.org, Sep 15,
2008, and here |
| Thesis
paper: Pakistan's
Hidden War: Post-Colonial Baluchistan?, by Ahmed Marri, Royal
Holloway University of London, Department of Politics and International
Relations, 2008 (right-click to download Word doc) |
Peter Tatchell
|
Pakistan
burns prisoners alive: Despite the election of a democratic
government in Islamabad, Pakistan continues to abuse human
rights in Balochistan. |
| Additional
note: Peter Tatchell: "...This article has apparently
infuriated the Pakistan government. Through the Pakistani High
Commissioner in London, they have demanded that The Guardian
remove it from this website or publish an apology and correction...But
The Guardian is, thankfully, standing firm and refusing to
bow to their bullying...Interestingly, the Pakistani government
did not object to my report about its army burning alive four
prisoners. It does not dispute any of the allegations about
army atrocities in Balochistan in this article...What the government
of Pakistan objects to, and wants censored, are my statements
about Pakistan invading, annexing and occupying Balochistan
in 1948...(read
full letter). |
|
| By Dr
Amjad Parvez: Inside
Balochistan by Professor Dr Mahmood Ali Shah |
| What's
the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists? Lipstick:
A theocrat is a theocrat, whether Muslim or Christian, by Juan
Cole, Salon.com, Sep 9, 2008 |
| Opinion: Six
Pakistani women, by Rafia Zakari, DailyTimes.com.pk, Sep
6, 2008 |
| Right
at the Edge, by Dexter Filkins, NYTimes, Sep 5, 2008: Whose
side is Pakistan really on? |
| After
Baloch militancy, Dawn editorial, Sep 4, 2008 |
| Noam
Chomsky: Britain
has failed US detainees, by Robert Verkaik, The Independent,
Aug 30, 2008 |
| 'Piles
and Piles of Evidence' that Pakistan Is Responsible for Insurgency,
Spiegel Online interview with Amrullah Saleh, Aug 12, 2008 |
| Great
game in Balochistan, by Munir Ahmed Baluch, The Post.com.pk,
Aug 30, 2008 (reposted here) |
| Editorials at
balochunity.org, Balochistan
needs more (orig), Dawn.com, Aug 30, 2008 |
| The
destruction of another Sunni mosque in Iran and its consequences,
by Reza Hossein Borr, Global Politician, Aug 27, 2008 |
| Wounds
of Bugti ‘refugees' need a healing touch, by Imran Ayub,
Dawn.com, Aug 26, 2008 (and here) |
| Crossing
the rubicon, by Munizae Jahangir, (Courtesy: The Friday
Times , Lahore and Malik
Siraj Akbar writes): "...The younger generation of
Baloch have crossed the rubicon and given up on a political
solution. But the state should be wiser, given that it is on
the brink of failure. Pakistan's leaders, political and military,
have a choice. They can either adopt the Nelson Mandela formula
of reconciliation, and that is reconciliation for all, not
a select few, or they can continue to treat Balochistan like
a colony. If the Pakistani state takes the latter course, it
is only a matter of time before Balochistan goes the way of
Bangladesh..." |
| The
Story of Safdar Sarki: Pakistan's Torture of American man
Exposes National Schisms, by Ahmar Mustikhan, American Reporter
Correspondent, Washington, D.C., Aug 21, 2008 |
|
| History: Fragile
Frontiers: the Diminishing Domains of Qajar Iran, Int.
J Middle East. Stud. 29, 1997, 205-234: "...1872: Curiously
silent about the findings of the Perso-Afghan boundary commission,
perhaps out of necessity and discretion, Farman Farma focused
instead on the ways in which the government might improve its
relations with the Baluchis and effectively integrate them
with the center. The poverty and dilapidation of the Baluchi
areas did not escape Firuz Mirza..." |
Opinion: Aga
Khan Help on Baluchistan sought, by Shehmir Gorgej, Aug 19,
2008 |
| "...The
mother of Dr. Khalid Baloch of Mekran, who was killed in an encounter
with the Pakistan army in August last year. Baloch's brother
Wahid Qanbar is still in jail, after being tortured in Pakistan
military intelligence dungeons. But their aging mother says she
is proud of her sons and displays the victory sign..." |
| Comment: Strategic
significance of Balochistan, by Shaukat Qadir, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Aug 16, 2008: "...not many decision makers in Pakistan display
a consciousness of...the fact that decades of latent dissatisfaction
amongst the Baloch is about to spill over the brim. (in TheNational) |
| We
are fighting for Balochistan's liberation, says Bramdagh
Bugti, by Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes, Aug 15, 2008:"...The
new government is not powerful enough to challenge the army.
While the government is extending a hand of reconciliation,
a contingent of the Pakistan army consisting of 200,000 men
has unleashed a new phase of military operation in Balochistan.
The deployment of forces has been enhanced recently. Talks
are impossible amid military operation..." |
| Geo News: Jawab
Deyh interview with Sana Baloch, Aug 10, 2008 (for
details and scheduled rebroadcast) |
| United
Nations: It's Contribution to the Everlasting Balochistan Crisis,
by Aziz Baloch, Aug 9, 2008 (original
post) |
|
A
lesson to be learnt, by By Sanaullah Baloch, Dawn.com,
Aug 5, 2008
Editorial:
Comparing Balochistan with Aceh, Daily Times,
Aug 6, 2008 |
| "...The
people of Balochistan have been persecuted repeatedly for their
demand that they be given control over their natural wealth.
Indonesia agreed that Aceh will have jurisdiction over its
living natural resources in the territorial sea surrounding
Aceh, and the region was entitled to retain 70 per cent of
the revenues from all current and future hydrocarbon deposits
and other natural resources in the territory, as well as in
the territorial sea surrounding Aceh..." |
|
| Government
fails to live up to its promises, by Irfan Saeed, Pulse,
Jul 31, 2008 |
| Jul 23
Report: Pakistan:
New government must seize the opportunity to reveal the truth
about enforced disappearances. In its new report 'Denying
the undeniable, enforced disappearances in Pakistan', Amnesty
International uses official court records and affidavits of victims
and witnesses of enforced disappearances to confront the Pakistan
authorities with evidence of how government officials, especially
from the security and intelligence agencies, obstructed attempts
to trace those who had disappeared. Hundreds of people who have "disappeared" were
detained under counter terrorism measures justified by Pakistan
as part of the US-led 'war on terror'... (No
military operation launched in Balochistan, says FC, by Amanullah
Kasi, Dawn.com, Aug 4, 2008) |
| Pacifying
the Baloch, by I.A. Rehman, Dawn.com, Jul 31, 2008: "...Let
there be no doubt that Balochistan can remain a willing constituent
of the federation only if a genuinely democratic order endures
both at the centre and in the provinces. |
| Corrupt
minister shamed for Baluch attack, Comment
by Shehmir Gorgej, Jul 28, 2008" |
| Parliamentarians:
what happened to Baluchistan? by Ahmad Marri, Jul 2008 |
| IPI
vs. TAPI, by Maha Atal, Forbes, Jul 21, 2008: "...Underneath
those Asian pipeline abbreviations lies a battle, with U.S.
influence a likely loser...", reposted
with comment at balochunity.org |
| The
great conspiracy, by Ayesha Siddiqa, reposted at balochunity.org: "...The
problem in Pakistan's case is that it does not take a lot to
deepen the conflict in a situation where the internal forces,
such as the ruling elite, are completely blinded by greed.
The ruling classes are so focused on their interests that they
fail to make long-term policies or provide direction to the
people. It does not take a nuclear physicist to see that the
politicians will fail to push back the military which might
return in the days to come..." |
 |
Lyari
school, photo by Arif Hussain |
| KARACHI: Street
schools — a distinct feature of Lyari, by Latif Baloch,
Dawn.com, Jul 17, 2008: "...The education centre, popularly
known as Baloch Free Education Centre, Baghdadi, was a ray
of hope of many poor families who could not afford to send
their children to formal schools. However, it gradually disappeared
as the gang warfare gripped the area.There was a time when
there were more than 60 street schools in Lyari. At present
there remained only six, three in Baghdadi and three in other
parts of Lyari, a school teacher said..." |
|
| The
Balochis – 'Oppressed in Three Countries', by Adam Gonn,
MediaLine, reposted at
balochunity.org |
| Balochistan:
Invisible to the International Community?, by Aziz Baloch,
articlesbase.com: "...The gas pipelines [IPI project ] go directly
through the heart of Balochistan, unfortunately all parties
are ignoring the indigenious people of Balochistan which is
a grave concerns for the Baloch leaders..." |
| History
is different from farce: Dr Mubarak, by Farman Ali, Dawn.com,
Jul 9, 2008: "...Eminent historian and thinker Dr Mubarak
Ali says the history written in Pakistan had been 'dictated'
by the ruling Establishment and represents its wilful perversion
of facts 'to accord with a fabricated ideology'. 'No authentic
history has yet been written about Pakistan and its independence..." |
| Balochistan: Yet
another Cantonment, this time in Ormara, Dawn.com, Jul
6, 2008; & commentary
by balochunity.org (also
here ) |
| More
U.S. arms to make Pak generals richer, by Ahmar Mustikhan,
Jun 30, 2008: The interests of the U.S. military-industrial
complex appear to take precedence over U.S. national interests
and human rights concerns, a recent transfer of fighter jets
to Pakistan shows. |
| Marching
to a different tune, by Kamila Hyat, The News, jang.com.pk,
Jun 26, 2008: "In Pakistan today, the province of Balochistan
seems to be locked in such a world of media darkness. Certainly,
what is happening within the vast province appears to be unknown
to people elsewhere in the country – particularly if they live
in Punjab..." |
| Frontier
Years Give Might to Ex-Guerrilla's Words,
by Jane Perlez, NY Times, Jul 5, 2008: "... Fresh out
of Cambridge University in the late 1960s, and steeped in
the era's favorites — Marx, Mao and Che — Ahmed Rashid took
off for the hills of Baluchistan, a dry, tough patch of western
Pakistan. He stayed for 10 years." |
| New
book: Ahmed Rashid's 'Descent into Chaos': "Almost
every single important extremist leader is living on the border
between Pakistan and Afghanistan," says Ahmed Rashid.
Compared to this threat, Iraq is a sideshow. (full
talk at Carnegie Council); book
review by By Roger Gathman SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN,
at amazon, at NPR:
Rashid argues that U.S. efforts have only served to destabilize
the region further; video
address at Carnegie on Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan; on
terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan |
| Special
report on Balochistan, The News, jang.com.pk, Jun 15, 2008,
editorials and interviews by Saeed ur Rehman, Babar Mirza,
Nadeem Iqbal, Farah Zia |
| Pack
of Pak lies, Baluch rejoinder to Haqqani interview: “...Baluchistan
was annexed by Pakistan against the wishes of the Baluch people
in March 1948 and a move is afoot to approach the International
Court of Justice at the Hague,” Mustikhan said...“Right to
self-rule to the people of Baluchistan and direct Afghan and
U.S action against terrorist bases in Pakistan are the only
long-term solution to the unending violence in Afghanistan..." |
| Afghan
government has right to hot pursuit, says Mustikhan, Pajhwok
Correspondent, Jun 18, 2008: "...A Washington-based Baluch
organization has welcomed the statement of President Hamid
Karzai that Afghanistan has the right to self defense and to
send its troops across the border to destroy the terrorists
living there..." |
| Balochistan
conflict, by Shahid Hamid, balochunity.org, Jun 23, 2008
(orig: thenation.com.pk) |
 |
Full
Interview with Nawab Marri, by Malik Siraj, June 14,
2008 |
| "...Baloch
are a big nation. We are fighting for Baloch national liberation.
We want a Baloch state which is not dependent and subservient
to any other nation. Within the Baloch, some people are fighting
on the political front who believe that they can achieve their
goals by participating in parliamentary politics but I subscribe
to the other school of thought which talks of independence
and supports the armed groups...."; and from
DailyTimes.com.pk |
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| Top
Guns: Inside the Secret World of the Israeli Air Force,
60 Minutes, Jun 11, 2008 |
| Counterinsurgency
in Afghanistan, (pdf) by Seth G. Jones, Rand Corp., Jun,
2008. (Summary:
US think tank: Pakistan helped Taliban insurgents) |
| Editorial:
Time for solutions in Balochistan Crisis, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Jun 10, 2008 |
| Target
killings bring BLA support into new focus, by Malik Siraj
Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk, Jun 6, 2008 (reposted) |
Sana
Baloch back but to quit Senate next week: Big blow to PPP's
reconciliatory efforts in Balochistan, by Mohsin Babbar, ThePost.com.pk,
May 29, 2008
Balochistan's
Prisoner of Conscience, by Sanaullah Baloch, Dawn.com,
Feb 14, 2008
Click
here to sign online petition |
| Why
will Islamabad not give us ownership of our land, coast,
resources?', by Malik Siraj Akbar, balochunity.org, reposted
from DailyTimes.com.pk, May 27, 2008 |
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From before: Baloch
nationalist parties not interested in APC, by Malik
Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes, Apr 28, 2008; Pakistan
VS Balochistan: Conflicting Ethnicities, by Malik Siraj
Akbar, reposted from the first issue of "India
and Global Affairs" |
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Proposal
for forming Baluch National Congress:
The Baluch National Congress is to serve as a centre
to facilitate the unity and prosperity of the Baloch nation.
Visit to learn more and provide feedback: http://balochnationalcongress.blogspot.com/ |
| Cultural
liberty is about allowing people the freedom to choose their
identities, by M. Sarjov, Balochunity.org, May 27, 2008 |
| Cultural
liberty is about allowing people the freedom to choose their
identities, by M. Sarjov, Balochunity.org, May 27, 2008 |
| A
Seething Fury, by Kanchan Lakshman, balochunity.org (orig
post), May 16, 2008 |
The
Baloch- Islamabad conflict, by Sanaullah Baloch,
The News, May 14, 2008 (reposted)
For more article and interviews by Baloch leader Sanaullah
Baloch, visit his website. |
| US
intensifies its control over Pakistan's new civilian government,
by Waseem Shehzad, Media Monitors, May 11, 2008 |
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Dr.
Naseer Dashti, banned author |
| Analysis: Resolving
the Baloch National Question: aspects of a negotiated
settlement, by Dr. Naseer Dashti, May 6, 2005 (original
post at regainingsovereignty.blogspot.com): "...
it is a historical fact that every violent conflict
ends up in a negotiated settlement. The failure of
a negotiated resolution of the conflict can bring catastrophic
results for both parties. Continued state intransigence
and non-accommodation of genuine Baloch demands for
cultural, economical and political rights will ultimately
lead to the possible dissolution of the federation
of Pakistan..." |
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| IPI
gas pipeline ‘infeasible' for now, balochunity.org, May
4, 2008 |
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| Analysis:
On social inequality, by Rasul Bakhsh Rais, DailyTimes.com.pk,
May 5, 2008 |
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State
of women in Balochistan, by Sanaullah Baloch, The News,
Apr 17, 2008
Achieving
consensus on NFC award, by Sanaullah Baloch,
Dawn.com, Apr 17, 2008
Undoing
the damage, by Sanaullah Baloch,
dawn.com, Mar 31, 2008
The
land of protests, by Sanaullah Baloch,
Mar 25, 2008
For more article and interviews by Baloch leader Sanaullah
Baloch, visit his website. |
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Pakistan:
Another U.S.-Made Disaster, by Asad Ismi, CCPA
Monitor, March 2008: "...Commentators in the
Western mainstream media worry about what they call Islamic
terrorists taking over Pakistan. The fact is that U.S.-backed
terrorists have been running the country for decades. The Pakistan
army has always been an instrument of U.S. terrorism, killing
millions of people and ensuring that most Pakistanis remain
mired in massive poverty and illiteracy. This has driven people
in four different areas of the country to fight for their independence..."
(original article here;
more by Asid
Ismi |
Editorial: Balochistan
and a ‘new social contract', DailyTimes, editorial, Apr
8, 2008:
"The prospective unopposed chief minister of Balochistan, Nawab Muhammad
Aslam Raisani, seems to have upset a few anchors on TV channels when he hinted
at a “new constitution” to placate Balochistan and bring it back from its insurrectionary
ways... |
| Tribes
and Rebels: The Players in the Balochistan Insurgency,
by Muhammad Tahir, Jamestown Founddation, Volume 6, Issue 7
(April 3, 2008) |
The
displaced Baloch, by Shehar Bano Khan, Dawn Opinion, Apr
4, 2008;
radio report from Karachi on the situation of Baloch refugees, appeal by
Gwank.org |
Jeay Sindh National Party activists demand release of nationalist
leaders Akhtar Mengal and Dr Safdar Sarki,
demonstrate outside press club in Islamabad, Mar 31, 2008, PPI |
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| Lions
for Lambs: Baloch Political Dissidents Victim of Diplomatic Bargaining,
by Belaar Baloch, regainingsovereignty.blogspot.com, Mar 25,
2008 |
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Is
a rollback possible?, by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur, Dawn.com,
Mar 24, 2008;
(original
article); Abu
Balach comments, Amjid
Bojair comments |
Munawar Laghari |
Munawar
Laghari in Geneva to promote Sindhi human rights,
UNPO, Mar 7, 2008 |
| Mr.
Munawar Laghari met UNPO General Secretary Mr. Marino
Busdachin, in an informal meeting alongside the UNHRC
on Friday 7 March 2008. They discussed various issues
relating to issues affecting the Sindh, the recent membership
within UNPO of the Sindh, and Pakistan's arbitrary detention
and torture of Dr. Safdar Sarki - a Sindhi human rights
activist, who holds a US passport. click
to read UNPO pdf |
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Noordin Mengal addresses UNHRC |
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New video: click to view on youtube.com: Address
to UN Human Rights Council, Seventh
session, 3 to 28 March 2008, at the Palais des
Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Mar 13, 2008: Baluch
representative on behalf of Interfaith International;
Issue: Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights,
civil, political, economic, social and cultural
rights, including the right to development
Oppression
of Ethnic and Religious Minorities
in Iran: The Case of Baluch and
Baluchistan (address to US Congress,
Mar 13), by Dr. M. Hosseinbor,
reposted from balochunity.org,
Mar 16, 2008
New
US State Dept. report on
human rights situation
in Balochistan, Mar 11,
2008 |
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Nawabzada Gazain Marri |
Interview
with Nawabzada Gazain Marri, theBaluch.com, Mar 7, 2008
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| (Nawabzada
Gazain Marri is a prominent Baloch politician and the son of
famed Baloch leader Khair Baksh Marri. His brothers include
slain Baloch leader Balach Marri, imprisoned human rights activist
Hyrbiar Marri, and Mehran Baluch, the Baloch representative
to the UN Human Rights Council.) read
full interview |
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From before: Hyrbyar
Marri reiterates stand on resources, by Irfan Saeed,
reposted from balochvoice.com, Nov 25, 2000: "...the
energy sources found in Marri area was the property of
the people of Balochistan and the Government should hold
talks to the representatives of all tribes if it desired
to exploit these resources. In an interview with On-Line
from Britain, he categorically stated that the those resources
were no monopoly of Marri tribesmen alone... |
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| Land
of Magic, by Aftab Ahmed Baloch, balochunity.org, Mar 11,
2008 |
| Killing
ourselves in Afghanistan, by Matthew Cole, salon.com, Mar
10, 2008 |
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Pakistan's
human rights hero, by Peter Tatchell, The Guardian, Mar
3, 2008:...The torture of Sindhi human rights activist Dr
Safdar Sarki is emblematic of President Musharraf's tyranny |
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Symptomatic of Musharraf's regime is the illegal detention
and torture of Sindhi human rights activist Dr
Safdar Sarki. His persecution has been widely documented by
the international media and human rights groups. Dr Sarki
is currently being held in Zhob prison in a remote region
of occupied Baluchistan, far from his place of origin, Sindh
province. The Pakistani police, military and intelligence
agencies have refused to release him, despite court orders
granting him bail and despite appeals from human rights organisations
and civic dignitaries in Pakistan and worldwide - including
Amnesty International... |
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Yaqoub
Mehrnehad, the Baloch political activist, condemned to death
in Iran, by Reza Hossein Borr, BalochUnity.org, Mar 2,
2008
Iran
Sentences Journalist to Death, by Nazila Fathi,
NY Times, Feb 21, 2008
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Yaghub
Mehrnahad, a Baluchi activist, in secret trial sentenced
to death, balochetawaar.com, Feb 11, 2008
Write to:
Supreme leader of Iran Sayyed Ali Khamenei
E-mail via web site http://www.leader.ir/
Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad
E-mail via web site http://www.president.ir/en/ |
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| Islamabad's
Balochistan policy, by Sanaullah Baloch, Feb 15, 2008.
For more article and interviews by Baloch leader Sanaullah
Baloch, visit his website. |
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US
aids Pakistan massacres, by Peter Tatchell, The Guardian,
Feb 11, 2008:...In 2006 alone, the US sold Musharaff weapons totalling
a value of $3.6 billion, |
| including
F-16 attack aircraft. Previous US sales included Bell and Cobra
attack helicopters. In truth, Baluchistan - unlike much of
the rest of Pakistan - has a strong democratic and secular
tradition. The people want a separation of religion from the
state. They yearn for the restoration of independence, self-government,
democracy and human rights. We should support them... |
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Selig
Harrison |
Pakistan
will remain unstable, by Selig Harrison, Observer Research
Foundation, Feb 6, 2008 (reporting by Rahul Mukand & Sushmita
Nath for ORF Pakistan Studies Programme) |
He
said even if the elections were held in a reasonably fair and
transparent manner, "democratization is not on the cards
in Pakistan". He pointed out that judges and political
leaders continued to be under house arrest and nothing much
could be expected from political leaders like Zardari" who
is nothing but a deal maker"... He said the way out for
Pakistan would be to aim for a lose federation which will abate
the growing ethno-nationalism in Pakistan. Reverting to
the 1973 Constitution which provided for provincial autonomy
could be the first step towards resolving Pakistan's internal
conflicts.
Drawn and Quartered, by Selig S. Harrison, New York Times, Feb 1, 2008 |
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| Insurgency
In Western Balochistan: Implications On East, by
Divya Kumar Soti, reposted at intellibriefs, Jan 28, 2008: "...This
insurgency has a completely different character than from the
one in Pakistani Balochistan..."; Editorial:
The trail of Jandullah, dailytimes.com.pk |
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Pakistan
will remain unstable, by Selig Harrison, Observer Research
Foundation, Feb 6, 2008 (reporting by Rahul Mukand & Sushmita
Nath for ORF Pakistan Studies Programme)
He said even if the elections were held in a reasonably fair and transparent
manner, "democratization is not on the cards in Pakistan".
He pointed out that judges and political leaders continued to be under
house arrest and nothing much could be expected from political leaders
like Zardari" who is nothing but a deal maker"... He said the
way out for Pakistan would be to aim for a lose federation which will
abate the growing ethno-nationalism in Pakistan. Reverting to the
1973 Constitution which provided for provincial autonomy could be the
first step towards resolving Pakistan's internal conflicts.
Drawn and Quartered, by Selig S. Harrison, New York Times, Feb 1,
2008 |
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| Go
Vote, No Vote, by Senator Sanaullah Baloch, reposted from
The Nation, Feb 13, 2008 |
| Balochistan
on Brink, Dawn.com, Feb 8, 2008: The time has come for
Pakistan 's civil-military establishment to change its attitude
towards the people and their problems. Let the federating units
be given provincial autonomy so that a just socio-economic
contract may be implemented. |
| Gwadar's
best kept secret, Dawn.com, Feb 3, 2008; The
once seamless tracts of no man's land in Gwadar have already
been appropriated by investors from other parts of the country,
Dawn.com, Feb 3, 2008; ‘Guns
don't come naturally to us', Dawn.com, Feb 3, 2008 |
| Noam
Chomsky on Sindh, Balochistan and democracy: Benazir's
martyrdom may exacerbate unrest in Sindh: Noam Chomsky, with
Fahad Faruqui, news.aaj.tv, Business Recorder, Feb 2, 2008: I'm
afraid to say Pakistan is the paradigm example of a failed state
and has been for a long time. It has had military rule, violence
and oppression... (http://www.chomsky.info/) |
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Peter Tatchell: Crushing
dissent, Comment, The Guardian, Feb 1, 2008: A former
MP and government minister from Pakistan-occupied Baluchistan,
Hyrbyair Marri, has been languishing in Belmarsh prison
for the last two months...Earlier this week, I spoke to
the chair of the human rights commission of Pakistan, Asma
Jahangir. She confirmed the apparent attacks on civilian
areas; saying she visited the site of a supposed rebel
military camp that was blasted to pieces by the Pakistan
army and air force. Littering the ground, she said, were
domestic artifacts, civilian clothing and children's toys..." |
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| Musharraf
limo ambushed in London, balochunity.org, Jan 28, 2008; Welcoming
a tyrant, by Peter
Tatchell, Comment, The Guardian, Jan 24, 2008 |
| Questions
for Musharraf on missing terror plot suspect at No 10 talks,
by Julian Borger and Ian Cobain, The Guardian, Jan 28, 2008 |
| The
sooner Musharraf leaves Pakistan, the better, by S. Amjad
Hussain, ToledoBlade.com, Jan 28, 2008 |
|
| Insurgency
In Western Balochistan: Implications On East, by Divya Kumar
Soti, reposted at intellibriefs, Jan 28, 2008: "...This
insurgency has a completely different character than from the
one in Pakistani Balochistan..."; Editorial:
The trail of Jandullah, dailytimes.com.pk |
| "We
fear extinction": Interview of Nawab Khair Baksh Khan Marri,
by Rashed Rahman, posted at balochunity.org.
Introduction: Khair
Buksh Marri speaks (rarely) |
Journalist
Nicholas Schmidle deported from Pakistan for the below
articles, Jan 16, 2008:
Next-Gen
Taliban,by Nicholas Schmidle, NYTimes.com, Jan 6, 2008;
and
On
the Campaign Trail in Pakistan: "Why Should I Vote in a Pakistani
Election?", by Nicholas Schmidle, Slate.com, Jan 11, 2008: "In
the autumn of 2006, I spent several weeks reporting in Baluchistan; by
the time my story was published a few months later, nearly
every featured character had been arrested or exiled."
Naiz Mohammad, New Kahan, Balochistan: "We just want the government to stop bombing
us." |
| Insurrection
in Iranian Balochistan, by Chris Zambelis, jamestown.org,
Jan 11, 2008 |
| Will
Pakistan Survive?, by Muhammad Ahsan Yatu, balochunity.org,
Jan 13, 2008 |
| After
Iraq, by Jeffrey Goldberg, Atlantic Monthly, Jan/Feb, 2008 |
| Should
Pakistan Be Broken Up?, by Gul Agha, BalochUnity.org, Jan
11, 2008 |
| Bush's
Delusional Policy Pushes Pakistan to Brink of Catastrophe,
by China Hand, CounterPunch.org, Jan 10, 2008 |
| West
Balochistan: New Abuses, UNPO, Jan 10, 2008 |
| "We
don't want to be part of Pakistan!", by Burt Herman, AP,
Jan 9, 2008 |
| Election
Rigging in Pakistan, by Barnett R. Rubin, Informed Comment,
Jan 3, 2008 |
| Musharraf's
dangerous liaisons, By Olivier Guitta, Middle East Times,
Jan 2, 2008: ...ex-Taliban leader, Mullah Zaher Akhound, who
fled to Pakistan...was told by the Inter Services Intelligence,
the Pakistani intelligence to go back to "work." |
| After
Bhutto's Murder: A Way Forward for Pakistan, Asia Briefing
N°74, posted at Intellibriefs, full
report, Jan 2, 2008 |
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| Awaiting
Feb. Updates on Marri/Baluch Case in London: Plot
to eliminate Baluch nationalists, by Samuel Baid,
The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2007; for background info on this story,
see The Guardian's Briton
drawn into delicate diplomacy of swaps, Mar 28, 2007; 2
London residents accused of inciting terrorism in Pakistan
are held in the UK, IHT, Dec 11, 2007 |
| The
Dark Night is Far From Over: Pakistan, The Aftermath,
by Tariq Ali, Counterpunch.org, Dec 31, 2007; Daughter
of the West, by Tariq Ali, London Review of Books,
Dec 13, 2007 |
| The
Destabilization of Pakistan, by Prof.
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, Dec 30, 2007 |
| Tolerating
terror, by Prof. Vikram Sood, The Hindustan Times,
Dec 30, 2007 |
Pakistan's
missing are doubly lost
Los Angeles Times, by Bruce Wallace: "If you pick up hundreds of people in Baluchistan
who are simply fighting for their rights, then you create fear right across the
country. People now believe that anyone can disappear." Dec 27, 2007 |
| Bhutto
killing: time to dissolve Pakistan, by Ahmar Mustikhan,
Analysis, BSO-NA.org, Dec 27, 2007 |
| Assassination
Raises Fears of Renewed Turmoil in Pakistan, PBS News
Hour, Dec 27, 2007 with Shahid Husain |
| This
signals death of Pak institutions, by Sundeep Waslekar,
Economic Times, India, Dec 28, 2007 |
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Pakistan's
secret war in Baluchistan,
by Peter Tatchell, Comment, The Guardian, Dec 21, 2007 |
| "President Musharraf
is resorting to mass arrests, torture and assassinations
to crush the Baluch people." |
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| The
Comedian of Pakistan: Musharraf's Punchlines,
by Ahmad Faruqui, Counterpunch.org, Dec 22-23, 2007; A
Crime Foretold: The Charsadda Bombing by Barnett
Rubin, Informed Comment, Dec 22, 2007 |
| South
Asia: Dangerous democracy deficit, Prognosis
by Harsh V Pant for ISN Security Watch, Dec 21, 2007; ISN |
| BALOCHISTAN & ICJ
- Articulating the case and educating the West,
by Nagesh Bhushan, Intellibriefs, Sep 19, 2007 (and at saag.org) |
| The
army won't return to barracks: How Pakistan's military
came to dominate the state, by Graham Usher,
Le Monde Diplomatique, Dec 2007 issue |
Terror Across The Durand Line, by B. Raman, Outlook India, Dec 19, 2007;
From before: The Unholy Durand Line, Buffering the Buffer, by Dr. G. Rauf Roashan, Institute for Afghan Studies, reposted at IntelliBriefs, Dec 17, 2007;
Pakistani-Afghan border: Indicators of Ungovernability, Rand Airforce Project map |
| Why peace in Balochistan is crucial, By Khuram Iqbal for RSIS, Singapore, Dec 19, 2007 |
| Govt. of Musharraf, by Musharraf, for Musharraf, by B. Raman, SAAG, Dec 16, 2007 |
| From before: The Curious Case of Rashid Rauf, International Terrorism Monitor, by B. Raman, SAAG, 2006 |
| Pakistan: Instability and interests in Baluchistan, by Gianluca Agati, Equilibri.net, reposted at IntelliBriefs, Dec 12, 2007 |
| The Lawless Surveillance State (re: America) by Glenn Greenwald, salon.com, Dec 16, 2007; We have thrown away our liberties, by David Llewellyn, Daily Telegraph, Dec 13, 2007 |
| U.S. aid to Pakistan is "utter and sheer stupidity", by Ahmed Rashid, Foreign Policy, Dec 5, 2007 |
| How Pakistan's military came to dominate the state, by Ayesha Siddiqa, Le Monde Diplomatique, reposted at IntelliBriefs, Dec 4, 2007 |
| Balkanization, Not Talibanization, is the Real Threat Facing Pakistan, by Yousuf Nazar, reposted at IntelliBriefs, Dec 1, 2007 |
| 'Our' dictator gets away with it, by Pepe Escobar, atimes.com, Nov 27, 2007 |
| Pakistan: The Forgotten Conflict in Balochistan, by International Crisis Group, Islamabad/Brussels, 22 October 2007 (click here for full pdf) |
| Why Not Dissolve Pakistan, Too?, by Ali Ettefagh, Washington Post Global, Nov 4, 2007 |
| Carte blanche | Balochistan, forgotten indeed!, by Mehmal Sarfraz, The Post, Nov 3, 2007 |
| Peter Thatchell: Hands off the people of Iran (Mr Tatchell will be interviewing Nasser Baloch on the plight of the Baluch in Iran in late October.) |
| Beyond the Wall: Sources of Iran’s Terror Campaign in Balochistan, by Belaar Baloch, South Asia Analysis Group: saag.org, Oct 16, 2007 |
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| Pakistan: Democracy comes to collect, by ISA staff, IntelliBriefs, Oct 11, 2007 |
| The US meddles aggressively in Iran, by Selig Harrison, Le Monde Diplomatique, Oct 9, 2007 |
| Interview with Late Sher Mohammad Marri, IntelliBriefs, Oct 8, 2007, excerpt (full article available at Jstor) |
| Video: The Real Risk is Pakistan, brasschecktv.com interview with Dr. Barnett Rubin, Oct 3, 2007 |
| Pakistan at 60, by Tariq Ali, Sep 28, 2007 ("...'All we dream of is schools for our children, medicines and clinics in our villages, clean water and electricity in our homes,' one woman said. ‘Is that too much to ask for?' Nobody even mentioned religion...") |
| Interview by Simon Marks, Voice of America , (English, video), Sept. 21, 2007: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is under fire over his country's human rights record... |
| Pakistan's Human Rights Record under Fire, IntelliBriefs, Sep 21, 2007 |
| Iran: Human Rights Abuses against the Baluchi Minority, Amnesty International, Sep 17, 2007 |
| Struggling to live peacefully, by Senator Sana Baloch, reported from IntelliBriefs and BalochUnity, Sep 12, 2007 |
| The Archaeology of Southeastern Balochistan, slides and text by Ute Franke-Vogt, 2000 (In winter 1996-7, the Joint German-Pakistani Archaeological Mission to Kalat was founded to re-open work in this area |
| Part III: Is an unpopular U.S. policy strengthening Islamist militants?, RealNews interview with Munizae Jahangir |
| Provincial autonomy, editorial, ThePost.com.pk, Aug 30, 2007 |
| Op-ed: Mountbatten's bloodied sunset, by Ahmad Faruqui, Daily Times, Aug 26 2007 |
| Pakistan:
A Cloudy Future, Transatlantic Institute, Brussels, Aug
22, 2007; Dennis Kux, a retired State Department South Asia
specialist, discusses Pakistan: A Cloudy Future. |
Pakistan
celebrates, Baluchistan mourns
by Peter Tatchell, After the Raj: Pakistan's shame is its violent
annexation and oppression of the Baluch people, The Guardian,
UK, Aug. 15, 2007 |
| Military
Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy,
by Ayesha Siddiqa, April, 2007; more reading: Pakistan's
permanent crisis; 'Musharraf
has no future' |
| Belaar
Baloch Responds to "Need for Federal Constitutional Court",
Aug 9, 2007; Original: Need
for federal constitutional court, by Senator Sanaullah Baloch,
The Nation, Jul 31, 2007 |
| Tribal
Rebellion in Balochistan, by John
Moore, March 2006 |
| Endless
discrimination, by Senator Sanaullah
Baloch, May 8, 2007 |
| Frontline
The Balochistan Conflict: Towards a Lasting Peace, Department
of Peace Studies, University of Bradford,
(right-click to download pdf) by Senator Sanaullah Baloch, Mar
1, 2007 |
| Balochistan
Conflict Papers, posted by Balochistan
National Party |
| Frontline
Pakistan The Struggle with Militant Islam,
by Zahid Hussain, Columbia University Press, release Mar, 2007 |
| Balochistan:
the reality - IV, Part
III, Part
II,
Part I by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur,
The Post & BalochWarna.org, Feb. 26, 2007 |
| Baloch
Leadership should take stock of situation
by Ms. Sunaina Baloch , Phd., Zurich, BalochWarna.org, Feb.
19, 2007 |
| BALOCH
LEADERSHIP AT A STRATEGIC CROSS-ROAD by
Belaar Baloch, South Asia Analysis Group, Feb. 14, 2007 |
| Militarising
Balochistan by B. Raman, BalochWarna.org,
Feb. 12, 2007 |
| The
Baloch Insurgency and its Threat to Pakistan's Energy Sector
by John C.K. Daly, Global Terrorism
Analysis, Volume 3, Issue 11 (March 21, 2006) |
| Federalism
and Balochistan by Rashed Rahman,
Jan. 30, 2007, Balochwarna.org, reposted from thepost.com.pk |
| Baloch
Nationalism: Its Origin and Development by
Taj Mohammad Breseeg, 2004. To download a pdf of Mr. Breseeg's
dissertation, click here.
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| Jackboot
justice in tribal heartland, by Senator
Sanaullah Baloch, publ. by Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
Network, Jan. 2007 |
| Interview
with Nawab Akbar Bugti, recording
date unknown (for wikipedia profile of Nawab Akbar Bugti and
other interviews, click
here) |
| "Clean
Break" Strategy of India and saga of Baloch, by Sunaina
Baloch, Phd., Zurich (article referred to: Blood
Borders: How a better Middle East would look by Ralph Peters.
A defense by Peters: The
fallacy behind Ralph Peters' new Middle East map) |
| Human
Rights violations by law enforcement agencies: United States
asked to suspend aid to Pakistan,
RAND Corp., reported in DailyTimes, Jan. 4, 2007 (right click
to download full RAND Corp. report pdf Securing
Tyrants or Fostering Reform, chapter 6 pertains to Pakistan. |
| Letter
From Baluchistan, A Call to Resistance: The Khan of Kalat Gathers
the Tribes by Annie Nocenti, The
Brooklyn Rail, Dec. 2006 |
| Balochistan's
History of Insurgency by Ray Fulcher,
Nov. 30, 2006 |
| Pakistan's
Baluch Insurgency by Selig
Harrison, Le Monde Diplomatique, Oct. 2006 |
| Balochistan,
the land of a lesser god by
Naseer Memon, ThePost.com, Oct. 10, 2006 |
| Balochis
of Pakistan: On the Margins of History (right
click to download pdf) by Foreign
Policy Centre, London, Nov. 2006 |
| Crisis
in Baluchistan: A Historical Analysis of the Baluch Nationalist
Movement in Pakistan (right click
to download pdf) by Justin S. Dunne, Naval Postgraduate School
Thesis, Monterey, CA, Jun. 2006 |
| Pakistan:
The Worsening Conflict in Balochistan by
International Crisis Group, Sept. 14, 2006 |
| Salim
Baloch, Key JWP leader freed after torture,
by Staff Reporter, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007 |
| IRAN:
Atefah Sahaaleh's (Madhuri Dixit of Neka), reconstruction of
tragic end, at Intellibriefs.com,
Oct 20, 2007; Iran
woman found hanged in police custody report says, Middle
East Times, Oct. 17, 2007 |
| Heavy
bombardment in Marri Bugti areas, 12 civilian killed,
BalochWarna.org, Oct 20, 2007 |
| Washington
D.C.: WSI condemns the brazen mass murder of innocent people
in the capital city of Sindh,
by WorldSindhi.org, Oct 19, 2007 |
| 2
nationalists produced in ATC, by Aziz Malik, dawn.com, Oct
13, 2007 (including JSQM
secretary-general Dr Safdar Sarki, who has US nationality) |
MPA Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani
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| Oct
12, 2007, Quetta: At 5 o'clock AM today the Pakistani army launched
an attack on Mithri village, south of Quetta. An eyewitness
told sources that the military looted homes and property and
arrested 20 innocent local tribesmen. Nawab Aslam Raisani, who
has a home in Mithri, held a press conference earlier today
with his elder brother Nawabzada Asad Ullah Khan Raisani. Nawab
Raisani is one of five Balochistan assembly members who abstained
from casting a vote for Gen. Musharraf earlier this month. |
| Supreme
Court asks govt to regularise ‘disappearances', by Nasir
Iqbal, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007 |
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| The
Situation in Baluchistan, by Mr Boguslaw
Rogalski, MEP BalochVoice.org, first published in 'EP TODAY,'
Apr. 2007 |
| How
serious is Baluch insurgency..?,By
GS Bhargava - Syndicate Features, Asian Tribune, Apr. 12, 2007
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| Mega
Projects in Balochistan, By Azmat
Budhani and Hussain Bux Mallah, Collective for Social Science
Research, March 2007 |
| China's
footprint in Pakistan, By Henry Chu,
LA Times, Apr. 1, 2007 |
| The
exact date of Kalat's accession,
report, balochvoice.org, Mar. 30, 2007 |
| Balochistan,
Power Politics and the Battle for Oil,
by John Stanton, GlobalResarch.ca, Mar. 29, 2007; also in Online
Journal |
| This
land is my land, by Mir Mohammad
Ali Talpur, balochwarna.org, March 28, 2007 |
| Audio
Links: Gwadar:
the destination is still far, Special
report by Wusatullah Khan, Video and Audio links, Mar. 31, 2007 |
| VIEW:
Not like 1971, by Dr Haider K Nizamani,
BalochWarna.org, March 24, 2007 |
| Musharraf
at the Exit, by Ahmed Rashid, BalochVoice.org
from the Washington Post, March 22, 2007 |
| The
Balochistan story, by Chiranjib Haldar,
DNAIndia.com, Mar. 12, 2007 |
| The
Balochistan Conflict: Towards a Lasting Peace,
by Senator Sanaullah Baloch, Pakistan Security Research Unit
(PSRU) Brief Number 7, Mar. 2007 |
| Endless
discrimination, by Senator Sanaullah
Baloch, May 8, 2007 |
| India
Walks Into Pak Trap to Discredit Balochs,
by B. Raman, http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com, Mar. 8, 2007
(reposted from http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/) |
| Frontline
The Balochistan Conflict: Towards a Lasting Peace, Department
of Peace Studies, University of Bradford,
(right-click to download pdf) by Senator Sanaullah Baloch, Mar
1, 2007 |
| Frontline
Pakistan The Struggle with Militant Islam,
by Zahid Hussain, Columbia University Press, release Mar, 2007 |
| Balochistan:
the reality - IV, Part
III, Part
II,
Part I by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur,
The Post & BalochWarna.org, Feb. 26, 2007 |
| Baloch
Leadership should take stock of situation
by Ms. Sunaina Baloch , Phd., Zurich, BalochWarna.org, Feb.
19, 2007 |
| BALOCH
LEADERSHIP AT A STRATEGIC CROSS-ROAD by
Belaar Baloch, South Asia Analysis Group, Feb. 14, 2007 |
| Militarising
Balochistan by B. Raman, BalochWarna.org,
Feb. 12, 2007 |
| VIEW:
Islamabad's flawed Balochistan strategy
by Dr. Haider K. Namamani, Daily Times, Feb. 3, 2007 |
| The
Baloch Insurgency and its Threat to Pakistan's Energy Sector
by John C.K. Daly, Global Terrorism
Analysis, Volume 3, Issue 11 (March 21, 2006) |
| Federalism
and Balochistan by Rashed Rahman,
Jan. 30, 2007, Balochwarna.org, reposted from thepost.com.pk |
| Baloch
Nationalism: Its Origin and Development by
Taj Mohammad Breseeg, 2004. To download a pdf of Mr. Breseeg's
dissertation, click here.
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| Interview
with Nawab Akbar Bugti, recording
date unknown (for wikipedia profile of Nawab Akbar Bugti and
other interviews, click
here) |
| "Clean
Break" Strategy of India and saga of Baloch, by Sunaina
Baloch, Phd., Zurich (article referred to: Blood
Borders: How a better Middle East would look by Ralph Peters.
A defense by Peters: The
fallacy behind Ralph Peters' new Middle East map) |
| Human
Rights violations by law enforcement agencies: United States
asked to suspend aid to Pakistan,
RAND Corp., reported in DailyTimes, Jan. 4, 2007 (right click
to download full RAND Corp. report pdf Securing
Tyrants or Fostering Reform, chapter 6 pertains to Pakistan. |
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| Letter
From Baluchistan, A Call to Resistance: The Khan of Kalat Gathers
the Tribes by Annie Nocenti, The
Brooklyn Rail, Dec. 2006 |
| Balochistan's
History of Insurgency by Ray Fulcher,
Nov. 30, 2006 |
| The
Geostrategic Implications of the Baloch Insurgency, by Tarique
Niazi, Global Terrorism Analysis, Nov 16, 2006 |
| Balochis
of Pakistan: On the Margins of History (right
click to download pdf) by Foreign
Policy Centre, London, Nov. 2006 |
| Balochistan
and The Line of Evil by Dr. Dipak Basu,
ThePost.com, Oct. 12, 2006: The author is a Professor in International
Economics in Nagasaki University, Japan (reposted at
balochunity.org) |
| Balochistan,
the land of a lesser god by Naseer Memon, ThePost.com,
Oct. 10, 2006 |
| Balochistan,
A Backgrounder, by Priyashree Andley, Institute of Peace
and Conflict Studies, Special Report, Oct 2006 |
| Pakistan's
Baluch Insurgency by Selig
Harrison, Le Monde Diplomatique, Oct. 2006 |
| Assassination
of Nawab Bugti Threatens to Escalate Pak-Baloch Tensions,
by Tarique
Niazi, Global Terrorism Analysis, Sep 6, 2006 |
| Quetta
Calling: a fascinating history of Quetta and a "tribute
to the Zoroastrians who still live in Quetta," originally
posted on vohuman.org,
Aug 22, 2006 |
| Crisis
in Baluchistan: A Historical Analysis of the Baluch Nationalist
Movement in Pakistan (right click
to download pdf) by Justin S. Dunne, Naval Postgraduate School
Thesis, Monterey, CA, Jun. 2006 |
| Pakistan:
The Worsening Conflict in Balochistan by
International Crisis Group, Sept. 14, 2006 |
| Anatomy
of Baloch Liberation Army, by Gloria Caleb, sub-editor of
Karachi-based The Dawn, 15 July 2006 |
| Pakistan's
Other War by Tim McGirk, Time Magazine,
Jun 19, 2006 |
| U.S.
Revokes Visa Of Pakistani Senator by
Shankar Vedantam, WashingtonPost.com, Mar 25, 2006: Musharraf
Critic (Sana Ullah Baloch) Was to Be State Dept. Guest |
| Mr.
Musharraf's Other War, New York Times editorial,
Feb 23, 2006 |
| Baluchistan
in the Shadow of al-Qaeda, by Tarique
Niazi, Global Terrorism Analysis, Feb 23, 2006 |
| Three
Sardars and a General, by B. Muralidhar Reddy, Frontline,
Jan 28-Feb 10, 2006: On the charge that Baloch
nationalists are politicising development issues to serve
the Sardars' interests, he [Sanaullah Baloch] claims that
before establishing the Gwadar port, nationalists wanted
a marine biological institute and a mineral development
research institute near Saindak, but the demand was not
accepted... |
| Balochistan
Tango by Mohammed Yousuf, despardes.com, Feb 10,
2006 |
| Blundering
in Balochistan, by K.P.S. Gill, South Asia Intelligence
Review, Jan 22, 2006 |
For
a series of articles by Open Democracy;
The Baluchi battlefront, by Maruf
Khwaja, OpenDemocracy.net, Jan 2, 2006 |
| The
Ongoing Baluch Insurgency in Pakistan, by Tarique
Niazi, Global Terrorism Analysis, Jun 2, 2005 |
| Baloch
Rights or Sardars' Rights?, chowk.com, Feb 9, 2005 |
| Bonded
labour in agriculture:a rapid assessment in Sindh and Balochistan,
Pakistan,
ISN Publishing, Maliha H. Hussein, Abdul Razzaq Saleemi, Saira Malik, Shazreh
Hussain (http://www.ilo.org/sapfl/index.htm), Mar 2004 |
| From
before: Role
of Mir Ghous Bakhsh Bezanjo in the Politics of Balochistan:
An Analysis, PhD thesis by Naudir Bakht, Apr 1999,
Univ. of Balochistan, Quetta |
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