|
|
Three
FC men among eight killed in clash, by Saleem Shahid, dawn.com,
Apr 6, 2008; 8
die in shootout between militants, security forces, DailyTimes,
Apr 6, 2008.
(Sources variously report the operation was launched against Jundallah, a group
of militants headed by Abdul Malik Reki from Iran, smugglers, or Baloch freedom
fighters.)
Apr 6, 2008 in Balochistan: Balochistan:
Five FC men killed 9 other seriously injured, balochunity.org |
| BNP
protests ‘political victimisation', balochunity.org, Apr
4, 2008 |
| Talks
will be held with all Baloch groups: Dawn.com, Apr 3, 2008:
Nawab Raisani said he had been assured by PPP co-chairman Asif
Ali Zardari that the federal government would fully cooperate
with the PPP-led coalition government in Balochistan in releasing
political activists and ending the military operation. |
| Nominated
candidate for Chief Minister of Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani
arrives at Liaquat National Hospital to inquire about the health
of Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Mar 30, 2008, Online Photo by Hussain
Jan; Raisani
meets Mengals in bid to win support, by Jan Khaskheli, The
International News, Apr 1, 2008 |
| Balochistan
PA session sought by April 1, by Saleem Shahid, dawn.com,
Mar 29, 2008 |
| Call
to end operation in Balochistan, dawn.com, Mar 31, 2008:
The Balochistan Action Committee (UK) and the World Sindhi
Congress held a two-hour protest rally in front of British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official residence 10 Downing
Street against what they claimed to be the “forcible and illegal
annexation of Balochistan.”... |
| Mar 28,
2008 in Balochistan: Quetta
railway track blown up, AAJ News; Head
constable shot dead, dawn.com, Mar 28, 2008, Gas
pipeline blown up, dawn.com; Two
IB men trailing Al Qaeda shot dead, dawn.com |
| Baloch
Foreign Policy, by Khan Jan Baloch, balochunity.org, Mar
27, 2008 |
| Pakistan
on UK rights watch-list, dawn.com, Mar 26, 2008 |
| 72pc
people in rural Balochistan without sanitation: minister,
by Saleem Shahid, dawn.com, Mar 26, 2008 |
| Call
to release Mengal, other nationalist leaders, dawn.com,
Mar 26, 2008 |
Cool
Reception for Envoys in Pakistan, by Salman Masood, NY
Times, Mar 26, 2008:
Mr. Nawaz Sharif tells American diplomats, “...that situation has changed now.
There is no more one-man show. Parliament has come into being, and the Parliament
will decide all policies. No individual today can give a commitment on anything.” |
Footloose:
From Gedrosia to Makran, (the territory of modern Balochistan)
by Salman Rashid, dailytimes.com.pk, Mar 20, 2008;
Gedrosia
of Past Times, Today´s Tyrannized Baluchistan, by Dr.
Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis; Land
of Magic, by Aftab Ahmed Baloch, balochunity.org, Mar, 2008 |
| Raisani
set to be elected unopposed, by Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Mar 23, 2008; Raisani
vows to stop operation in Balochistan, Dawn.com, Feb 28,
2008 |
| Parliament
urged to stop operation in Balochistan, dawn.com, Mar 20,
2008 |
|
| Demand
for treatment of Akhtar Mengal abroad, dawn.com, Mar 17,
2008 |
| Blast
hits Islamabad restaurant, Al Jazeera, Mar 15, 2008 |
| US
report takes up issue of the missing, by Anwar Iqbal, dawn.com,
Mar 13, 2008: the State Department concluded: “Politically
motivated disappearances occurred during the year. Police and
security forces held prisoners incommunicado and refused to
provide information on their whereabouts.” The official US
document acknowledged that while some disappearances were associated
with terrorism and national security cases, “many missing individuals
were Sindhi and Baloch nationalists.”; full
report here |
| The
new 'Baloch National Front', by Archen Baloch, intellibriefs.com,
Mar 12, 2008 |
| Conditional
bail for man accused of inciting terror abroad, Press Association,
Mar 7, 2008: Hyrbyair Marri granted conditional bail, Faiz
Baluch will remain in custody. |
| Two
journalists kidnapped in Balochistan, a third missing since
November, balochwarna.org, Mar 7, 2008 |
Six
independent MPAs declare support for PPP, Dawn.com,
Mar 5, 2008: Sardar Bizenjo: “Our support is unconditional
and we believe that the PPP will fulfil the promises it has
made about the recovery of the missing people, release of
political leaders and ending military operation in the province"
Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani: “Our aim is to bring about a change and serve the
people of this province who have been badly neglected in the past..." |
 |
| Islamabad,
L to R: Independent MPA Irfan Karim from Kalat joins PPP, with
PPP Co-Chairman, Asif Ali Zardari and President PPP Balochistan,
Nawab Lashkari Raisani, Feb 28, 2008 |
| 3rd
journalist from same newspaper ‘disappears', DailyTimes.com.pk,
Mar 4, 2008 |
| Six
Balochistan independents refuse to join any party, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Mar 4, 2008 |
| Boycott
in Balochistan, by Sanaullah Baloch, thenews.jang.com.pk,
Mar 1, 2008 |
| Baloch
leaders unimpressed by PPP apology, by Latif Baloch, dawn.com,
Feb 27, 2008 |
| Zardari,
Nawaz agree to form coalition, Dawn.com, Feb 22, 2008 |
| McCain's
Holiday from History in Pakistan; Will any Old Military Dictator
Do?; Lies about Obama, JuanCole.com, see Feb 20, 2008 blog
entry |
| Don't
sack Musharraf, US and UK warn election victors, The Independent,
Feb 21, 2008 |
| Pakistan
celebrates final end to military rule, Times Online, Feb
19, 2008; Pakistanis
Deal Severe Defeat to Musharraf in Election, by Carlotta
Gall and Jane Perlez, Feb 19, 2008 |
| Hearts
and Minds on the Durand Line, balochwarna.org, Feb 18,
2008 |
| Killing "Bubba" from
the skies, by Mark Benjamin, Salon.com, Feb 15, 2008 |
| Why
The World Community Should Recognize an Independent Balochistan,
by Khan Jan Baloch, Feb 14, 2008 |
|
| Journalist's
murder adds new dimensions to violence, Feb 13, 2008, Committee
to Protect Journalists; SAJAForum; Journalist
murdered in Balochistan, Reporters Without Borders, Feb
11, 2008: Reporters Without Borders today strongly condemned
the murder of Chishti Mujahid |
| Journalist's
murder adds new dimensions to violence, Feb 13, 2008, Committee
to Protect Journalists; SAJAForum; Journalist
murdered in Balochistan, Reporters Without Borders, Feb
11, 2008: Reporters Without Borders today strongly condemned
the murder of Chishti Mujahid |
| In escalating
violence: Pakistani
military targets Baloch (also see 40
suspects arrested, Dawn, Feb 13, 2008; Air
and ground attacks) and Baloch Republican Army (BRA), Baloch
Liberation Army (BLA) and Baloch Liberation Front target Pakistani
military: (background: globalsecurity.org);
see SATP.org assessment on Balochistan |
| Election
Violence: Blasts
rock Balochistan, Dawn.com, Feb 17, 2008 Explosions
near poll offices of PPP, PML-Q, Dawn.com, Feb 15, 2008; Nine
injured in blast outside election office, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Feb 13, 2008; Five
journalists have been wounded in a blast occurred in Khuzdar on
Tuesday, The News, Feb 12, 2008; Baloch
Liberation Front threatens polling stations, Feb 10, 2008 |
| Journalist
killed in Quetta, BLA claims responsibility, DailyTimes.com.pk,
Feb 8, 2008; Two
gas pipelines blown up, Dawn, Feb 8, 2008 |
| He will,
he won't.
Zardari claims he's best for PM's job, by Anwar Iqbal, Dawn.com,
Feb 6, 2008; From before: [Zardari]
said he was not contesting the polls and would not become the
prime minister if the PPP won. |
| Reports
of Pakistani military using U.S.-supplied gunships to attack
civilian populations in the province of Balochistan, gwank.org,
Feb 5, 2008; BLA
and BRA retaliate, dailytawar.com, Feb 5, 2008 |
| Baloch
want independent homeland: Bizenjo, by Shahid Husain, The
News, Feb 4, 2008: ...This urge is a result of frustration...Even
those who want reconciliation, are being treated badly by the
establishment." |
Asma
seeks ‘a chance' for politicians, by M. Ziauddin, Dawn.com,
Feb 3, 2008: London School of Economics: Asma Jahangir said "while
things were going from bad to worse in her country there were
chinks of light as well like the ongoing struggle of the lawyers
and the civil society against military rule and in support
of democracy.
She blamed the US and the West for the perpetuation of Musharraf's rule." |
| Marri
Tribesmen: "The International Community should take notice
of the Military Operations in Kohlu”, source: Daily
Intekhab, Feb 3, 2008 |
| Khair
Baksh Marri's house raided in Quetta, by Malik Siraj Akbar,
DailyTimes.com.pk, Feb 1, 2008 |
| Suspected
militant killed, by Amanullah Kasi, Dawn.com, Feb 1, 2008 |
| Borderland
bullets and the ballot, by Aurangzaib Khan, HimalSouthAsian.com,
Jan, 2008: Pakistan's elections don't look set to change the
situation on the ground in either the NWFP or Balochistan,
where the security situation continues to deteriorate precipitously. |
| West
'embraces sham democracies', BBCNews.com, Jan 31, 2008:
The US, EU and other democracies are accepting flawed and unfair
elections out of political expediency, Human Rights Watch says
in its annual
report. |
|
| The
sooner Musharraf leaves Pakistan, the better, by S. Amjad
Hussain, ToledoBlade.com, Jan 28, 2008 |
| Anti-poll
campaign by nationalists gains momentum in Balochistan,
by Muhammad Ejaz Khan, The News, Jan 26, 2008; Polls
boycott in Balochistan, by Sanaullah Baloch, Dawn.com,
Jan 17, 2008 |
| Blasts
affect power supply to Hub, Barkhan, Dawn.com, Jan 26,
2008 |
| Many
cyclone victims still struggling seven months on, IRINnews.org,
Jan 25, 2008 |
| Nisar
hits out at Indian navy chief, Dawn.com, Jan 25, 2008 |
 |
Dr.
Arif Barakzai, a member of the BSO and
a lecturer at Uppsala University in Sweden, died after 'falling'
11 floors from the balcony of his apartment on Jan 10, 2008. |
| Dr.
Barakzai ran a website devoted to Baloch culture: http://bizmkaar.com.
It is unknown what if anything Norwegian authorities have determined
about the circumstances of Dr. Barkazai's death. |
|
| Pakistan
Is Turning on Musharraf, by Husain Haqqani, Wall Street
Journal, Jan 25, 2008, reposted at IntelliBriefs.com |
| World’s
first oil paintings found in Afghan caves, Dawn.com, Jan
25, 2008 |
| Pakistani
army Patrol team attacked in Oil rich area of Bambor, Balochwarna.org,
Jan 24, 2008 |
| Gwadar
port has strategic implications for India: Navy chief,
IntelliBriefs.org, Jan 22, 2008 |
| Musharraf
on Balochistan: QUOTABLE QUOTES, A report from the new
Middle East—and a glimpse of its possible future by Jeffrey
Goldberg, excerpts from Atlantic Monthly, IntelliBriefs.org,
Jan 19, 2008 |
| Stance
of the nationalists, by Jamil Ahmed, BalochUnity.org, Jan
19, 2008 |
| Shaker
Bibi Baloch: Baloch Women Panel demands for Referendum in Balochistan,
IintelliBriefs.com, Jan 20, 2008 |
| Frontier
Insurgency Spills Into a Pakistani City, by Jane Perlez,
NYTimes.com, Jan 18, 2008 |
| Canada
puts US on 'torture list', BBC News, Jan 18, 2008: The
United States has been listed as a country where prisoners
are at risk of torture in a training document produced by the
Canadian foreign ministry...The manual - part of a training
course on torture awareness for diplomats - also includes Israel,
China, Iran and Afghanistan on its watch list. |
| Security
plan for oil exploration companies, by Sher Baz Khan, dawn.com,
Jan 17, 2008 |
| Pakistan
short of everything except crises, by SSyed Fazl-e-Haider,
atimes.com, Jan 17, 2008 |
| 'Queen
of Balochistan' passes away, Intellibriefs.com, Jan 12,
2008; Queen
of Baluchistan, ThingsAsian, Jan 21, 2007; 'Queen
of Baluchistan' waits for war, Daily Telegraph, Jun 10,
2001; From
Pakistan, County Kerry Is a Lifetime Away, NYTimes, Aug
17, 1992; Irish
eyes are still smiling in Baluchistan, Independent, Nov
2, 1995 |
| Fatima
Bhutto Denounces Family Business, by Jeremy Page, The
Times, Jan 12, 2008: 'the 25-year-old newspaper columnist
also rejected her own claim to the Bhutto legacy, calling
for a new era of politics based on platforms rather than
personalities. “The idea that it has to be a Bhutto,
I think, is a dangerous one. It doesn't benefit Pakistan.
It doesn't benefit a party that's supposed to be run on democratic
lines and it doesn't benefit us
as citizens if we think only about personalities and not
about platforms.” |
| Police
targeted in deadly Pakistan suicide bomb, by Declan Walsh,
The Guardian, Jan 10, 2008 |
| Balochistan
faces acute flour shortage, by Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes,
Jan 7, 2008 |
| Ghosts
That Haunt Pakistan, by John F. Burns, The New York
Times, Jan 6, 2008 |
| U.S.
Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan, by Steven
Lee Myers, David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, The New York
Times, Jan 6, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
My
heart bleeds for Pakistan. It deserves better than this
grotesque feudal charade, by Tariq Ali, The Independent,
Dec 31, 2007:
'...At the heart of this dysfunctionality is the domination by the army...Here
the US bears direct responsibility, since it has always regarded the military
as the only institution it can do business with and, unfortunately, still does
so. This is the rock that has focused choppy waters into a headlong torrent.
' |
| Pakistan's
flawed and feudal princess, by William Dalrymple,
The Guardian, Dec 30, 2007 |
Robert
Fisk: They don't blame al-Qa'ida. They blame Musharraf,
by Robert Fisk, The Independent, Dec 29, 2007:
"...Over all this, however, looms the shocking power of Pakistan's ISI,
the Inter Services Intelligence. This vast institution – corrupt, venal and brutal – works
for Musharraf. But it also worked – and still works – for the Taliban. It also
works for the Americans. In fact, it works for everybody." [quoting from: Daughter
of the West, by Tariq Ali, London Review of Books, Dec 13, 2007] |
| David
A. Andelman On Washington And The World, Forbes.com,
Sneak Peak 2008: 2008 will inaugurate the year of the
micro-state, with an increasing number of small, homogeneous
entities campaigning for and winning independence or
a path toward autonomy. From Kurdistan to Baluchistan,
this will be the future of a substantial portion of the
globe. |
| Benazir
Bhutto Assassinated, Who
Killed Benazir? The Times: "...fingers will also be
pointed at Inter-Services Intelligence", Dec 27, 2007 |
| U.S.
Troops to Head to Pakistan, by William M. Arkin, Washington
Post, Dec 27, 2007 |
| U.S.
Troops to Head to Pakistan, by William M. Arkin, Washington
Post, Dec 27, 2007 |
| Pak's
Baloch war taking alarming proportions, by Sameer Arshad,
Times of India, Dec 27, 2007 |
| Doubts
Engulf an American Aid Plan for Pakistan, by Jane Perlez,
NY Times, Dec 25, 2007; Billions
in Aid to Pakistan Was Wasted, Officials Assert, by
David Rohde, Carlotta Gall, Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger,
NY Times, Dec 24, 2007 |
Selig
Harrison |
|
From before: America's
Favorite Dictator: Pakistani Gen. Pervez Msharraf's
power was made in the United States, by Selig
Harrison, TheDay.com, Nov. 18, 2007
|
| "The catastrophe
now engulfing Pakistan was made in America. It is
the direct and inevitable result of the huge infusions
of U.S. military hardware and cash subsidies for
the past half-century that have built up Pakistan's
armed forces into a bloated behemoth with both overwhelming
firepower and financial might beyond the reach of
civilian control." (from 'America's Favorite
Dictator') |
| 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 |
Also by Selig Harrison: In
Afghanistan's Shadow: Baluch Nationalism and Soviet
Temptations, Carnegie Endowment, 1981
click for other articles
by Selig Harrison |
|
|
| Pair
face terror charges next hearing on February 1, Press
Association, Dec 22, 2007 |
| Two
FC men killed in Nushki, and other attacks, Dawn, Dec
21, 2007 |
| Musharraf
red-faced as suspect flees, Bruce Loudon, The Australian,
Dec 17, 2007 |
| Benazir
vows to stop Balochistan operation, by Saleem Shahid,
Dawn, Dec 21, 2007: Bhutto has said that the situation
in Balochistan has deteriorated because of use of force,
instead of efforts to resolve the issue through negotiations,
thereby forcing the youth to take up arms. |
| Picture
of Secret Detentions Emerges in Pakistan, by Carlotta
Gall, NY Times, Dec 19, 2007 |
| ‘Rashid
Rauf escaped with his uncle', Dawn, Dec 17, 2007 |
| London
airline bomb plot suspect escapes, Daily Telegraph,
Dec. 17, 2007; Terror
Suspect Escapes In Pakistan, CBS News, Dec 14, 2007 |
| A
lot needs to be done: Benazir Bhutto, Dawn,
Dec 15, 2007 |
| Popular
uprising only way to save Pakistan: Achakzai,
Daily Times, Dec 15, 2007 |
| Pakistan's
Middle Class Takes to Streets, by Kathy Gannon,
Washington Post, Dec 14, 2007: "...protesters feel
betrayed that the West, which should be its natural ally,
has not stood with them in their demand for rule of law
in Pakistan through a restored, independent judiciary
prior to the elections." |
| Suicide
blasts rock Quetta; seven killed, by Saleem
Shahid, Dawn, Dec 13, 2007 |
| Suicide
bombs rock Pakistani city, BBC, Dec 13, 2007 |
| Baloch
Children protesting against arrest of Nawabzada Hayrbiyar
Marri and Faiz Baloch, IntelliBriefs, Dec
12, 2007 |
| Baloch
DSP Gwadar Lasi killed in grenade attack,
by Shahzada Zulfiqar, The Nation, Dec 13, 2007 |
| Pair
remanded over terror charges, BBC, Dec 11,
2007 |
| 2
London residents accused of inciting terrorism in Pakistan
are held in the UK, by IHT (AP), Dec 11, 2007 |
| 2
British police charge 2 under terror act,
by IHT (AP), Dec 11, 2007 |
| European
Parliament protests arrest of Baloch nationalists,
by IANS, Intellibriefs, Dec 9, 2007 |
| 21 ‘members'
of banned group arrested, by By Saleem Shahid,
Dawn, Dec 10, 2007 |
| New
military offensive launched in Kahan (Kohlu) and Dera
Bugti Districts of Baluchistan, by Mehran
Baluch, Baluch representative in the UN Human Rights
Council, Dec 8, 2007: "...The Western-backed Pakistani
army is carpet bombing the area and scores of Baluch
have been killed by indiscriminate bombardment and air
strikes using gunship helicopters and fighter jets. The
army is operating under shoot-to-kill orders from Islamabad,
resulting in hundreds of people fleeing to the mountains..." (for Word
doc) |
| Deported
At Gunpoint by Pakistani Government, by Medea
Benjamin, Common Dreams, Dec 7, 2007 |
| UK
accused of 'prisoner swap' with Pakistan,
by Isambard Wilkinson, Daily Telegraph, Dec 7, 2007: "...In
what one senior Western diplomat in Islamabad described
as an act of "realpolitik" the organisation [the BLA]
was added to the British government's proscribed list
of terrorist organisations in July 2006...It will be
difficult to extradite Baloch nationalists as Pakistan
regularly imposes the death penalty.” |
| More
time to quiz terror-arrest men, Evening News, UK, Dec
7, 2007: Mr Tatchell, said: "I urge the British government
to not give in to pressure from the Pakistani dictator,
President Musharraf." |
| More
time to quiz human rights campaigners, Press
Association, Dec 7, 2007 |
| Two ‘Baloch
activists' arrested in Britain, Dawn, Dec 7, 2007 |
| Arrest
of Baluch human rights activists in London: Pakistan bid
to frame nationalists on terrorism charges?, petertatchell.net,
Dec 5, 2007 |
| Two
Baloch rights activists arrested in London,
TopNews India, Dec 6, 2007 |
Mengal
criticises Benazir, Dawn, Dec 5, 2007
"... The veteran Baloch leader said in a statement that Benazir Bhutto should
seek the Baloch forgiveness for the crimes committed against them by her father
Z. A. Bhutto in the 70s. He said that the Baloch were fighting for their national
survival and would continue their struggle till the achievement of political
autonomy..." |
| Fatal
blast at Pakistan madrassa, BBC News, Dec
3, 2007 |
| Pakistan's
Moment of Truth: Sharif and Bhutto Must Say No the January
Elections, by Webster Brooks, www.usiranpeace.com,
Dec 3, 2007 |
| Bush
handed blueprint to seize Pakistan's nuclear arsenal,
by Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark, The Guardian,
Dec 1, 2007 |
| Journalist
goes missing in Khuzdar, DailyTimes, Dec 1, 2007 |
Pakistan
Steel Mills to buy 60,000 tons of coal from Balochistan,
BalochWarna.org, Dec 1, 2007
"...Nowhere in the statement is anything mentioned about this sale benefiting
the people of Balochistan." |
| Attacks
on occupying forces continue in Balochistan, Dec
2, 2007 Eight
Pakistani soldiers killed and five injured by Baloch
fighters of BLF in Panjgoor, BalochWarna.org, Nov.
28, 2007; for
news of continuing BLA and BLF attacks |
| The
situation in Pakistan has spun out of Musharraf's control,
by Vikram Sood, reposted in IntelliBriefs, Nov 19, 2007 |
| Baloch
Freedom Fighters, Pakistani troops trade fire near Pat
Feeder, BalochWarna, Nov 18,
2007 |
Policemen
and militants killed in fierce clash: Raid on hideout
in Karachi's Shah Latif Town, by S. Raza Hassan, Imran
Ayub & Azfar-ul-Ashfaque, Dawn, Jan 30, 2008: alleged Jundullah
involvement; US, ISI policy blowback? Who supports Jundulla?
The US, the ISI or al Qaeda?
The
US meddles aggressively in Iran, by Selig Harrison, Le
Monde Diplomatique, Oct 9, 2007 |
| Canadian firm plans investment in oil, gas, Dawn, Nov 18, 2007 |
| PAKISTAN:
Where have all the general's cheerleaders gone?,
IntelliBriefs, Nov 13, 2007 |
| On
Baluchi Separatism, Excerpt,
IntelliBriefs, Nov 12, 2007 |
 |
| Protests worldwide:
The Honourable Leung
Kwok-hung, aka Long Hair, member of the Legislative
Council of Hong Kong, presents a petition to a Pakistani
Embassy spokesman in Hong Kong protesting emergency
rule in Pakistan. |
|
State
of Emergency: New
Musharraf widens his sphere of punishment,
by Barnett R. Rubin, The Guardian,
Nov. 18, 2007 |
Memo
to Media: Supporting Musharraf is NOT Realism,
by Barnett R. Rubin, Juan Cole's Informed
Comment, Nov. 7, 2007
A Second Coup in Pakistan,
by Ahmed Rashid, Washington Post, Nov. 5, 2007;
Imran
Khan vows to stir youth of Pakistan into mass uprising,
London Times, Nov. 7, 2007;
Musharraf
tightens grip on power in Pakistan,
Daily Telegraph, Nov. 4, 2007;
Activists
detained in Pakistan emergency,
Dawn, Nov 4, 2007;
WSI
condemns the declaration of emergency in Pakistan,
World Sindhi Org, Nov 3, 2007;
Musharraf's
Fate in Bin Laden's Hands--International Terrorism Monitor,
by B. Raman, SAAG, Nov 4, 2007; |
|
| West
Balochistan: Man hanged in volatile Iran province,
BalochWarna, Nov 11, 2007 |
| Viewpoints:
Pakistan's political crisis, BBC
News, Nov 12, 2007 |
| Pakistan
Air Force pounded several villages in Marri Bugti areas, many
civilian feared dead, BalochWarna,
Nov 8, 2007 |
| Lawyers
continue boycott of courts, Dawn,
Nov 8, 2007 |
| Hindu
judge in solitary confinement on Diwali in Pakistan,
NewKerala, Nov 10, 2007 |
| Pakistan
Air Force pounded several villages in Marri Bugti areas, many
civilians feared dead, BalochWarna,
Nov 8, 2007 |
| Arrests
in Sistan-Baluchestan, Dawn, Nov
2, 2007 |
| PPP
to talk with Baloch nationalist parties: Raeesani,
Staff Report, DailyTimes, Nov 2, 2007 |
| Multiple
conflicts bleed Pak army, IntelliBriefs,
Nov 1, 2007 |
| Are
Pakistani Generals really Mad or do they merely Feign Insanity?,
IntelliBriefs, Oct 30, 2007 |
| Multiple
conflicts bleed Pak army, IntelliBriefs,
Oct 31, 2007 |
| Pakistani
Attitudes toward Terrorism and the West: Recent Public Opinion
Surveys (popular sentiment in Pakistan
is turning markedly against the United States and its policies),
IntelliBriefs, Oct 26, 2007 |
| $60bn
income likely from mega projects,
by Khaleeq Kiani, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007 |
| Pakistani
military attacks in Noshkay/Nushki,
Oct 23 - 25, 2007 |
| Pakistan
agents ‘staged escape' of terror suspect, Sunday Times,
Dec 23, 2007 |
| Dec 25, 2007:
Sources report Herbiyar Marri and Faiz Baluch held in Belmarsh
(Belmarsh
- Britain's Guantanamo Bay?); click
for previous coverage of arrest |
| BHC
issues notices in Munir Mengal detention case, by BalochWarna,
Sep 29, 2007;
Detention of Munir Mengal challenged, by Amanullah Kasi,
Dawn, Sep 15, 2007; Munir
Mengal in CID custody, DailyTimes, Sep 15, 2007 |
| Jamil
Bugti's name on ECL,
Dawn, Oct 10, 2007 |
| Powerful
blast rocks Kalat,
BalochWarna.org, Oct 9, 2007 |
| Pakistan
election: A charade masquerading as democracy,
The Independent, Oct 7, 2007 |
| Musharraf
bags all 33 votes cast in Balochistan,
by Saleem Shahid, Dawn, Oct 7, 2007; Strike
in Quetta, Dawn, Oct 7, 2007 |
| Heavy
fighting continues with Pakistani security forces in Marri area,
BalochWarna.org, Oct 6, 2007; for
more coverage on other attacks |
| Pakistan
demands extradition of Marri's son from UK,
By Naveed Siddiqui, Oct 1, 2007; BalochWarna
comments; (previously: ...Pakistanis
were having difficulty producing evidence which could stand
up in a British court. |
| Swat
a Paradise lost,
by Khurshid Khan, Intellibriefs, Sep 28, 2007, SWAT:
Girls Higher Secondary school destroyed |
| HC
acquits Akhtar Mengal in treason case,
DailyTimes.com.pk, Sep 26, 2007 |
| Quetta
police conduct raids following SP's killing, 100s arrested,
BalochWarna.org, Sep. 28, 2007; Quetta:
Superintendent of Police Shehryab Khan and two bodyguards assassinated
two critically injured by BLA, BalochWarna.org, Sep
27, 2007 |
| Sources report:
Pakistani
forces launch a military operation in Noshkay/Nushki, Sep
11, 2007 |
 |
| New
photo
published by BalochVoice.com of Balach
Marri in the mountains of Balochistan. Balach Marri survived
an attack by Pakistani special forces (SSG) on 26 August 2006,
in which well-known Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was
killed. See video
interview with al-Jazeera. See his speech on the
Role of Liberation Movements |
| Balochistan's
lawyers to observe strike today, Dawn, Sep 10, 2007 |
| Lawyers
call for restoration of civilian rule, Dawn, Sep 7, 2007 |
| Pakistan
militants strike at heart of power, Times Online, Sep 4,
2007; more
analysis at IntelliBriefs, click
for video |
| Houses
raided, 30 youths held, allege Marri women, by Dawn correspondent,
Dawn, Aug 30, 2007 |
| Facts
about Balochistan: What The World Must Know, "What
Balochistan Has" by Baltimore IndyMedia, Aug 2007 |
| Balochistan
shut to protest Bugti's killing, by Muhammad Ejaz Khan,
The Post, Aug 26 2007 |
| India-Pakistan:
The Slide Show, Hindustan Times, Aug 20, 2007 |
| Large
scale operation in Sui and Patfeedar area, 60 innocent people
arrested, by BalochWarna.org, Aug 17, 2007 |
| Quetta
rally marks ‘black day' on Aug 14, DailyTimes, Aug 15, 2007
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| BBC
News audio, in Urdu: BLA/SLA (Sindh Liberation Army) joint operation:
High tension 500KV power pylon blown up near Mango peer near
Karachi, reported by BLA spokesman to Quetta press club, Aug
15, 2007, see balochvoice.org
for this and other audio reports |
| Blast
damages family planning office in Kalat,
By Staff Correspondent, Dawn.com, Apr. 24, 2007 |
| Army
Informer Beheaded in Balochistan,
and other military actions, BalochVoice.org, Apr. 24, 2007 |
| Pakistan:
Trouble in the mosque, By Syed Saleem
Shahzad, atimes.com, Apr. 12, 2007 |
| Fighter's
jets, Helicopters and thousands of infantry bombard Balochistan,
Fourteen
Pakistani soldiers killed several injured in Balochistan, BLA
claimed the responsibility for the attack, BalochWarna.org,
Apr. 10, 2007 |
| Ongoing
coverage at balochwarna.org:
Baloch
Freedom Fighters attack army posts killing several, and blasts
in different parts of Balochistan,
Eighteen
Baloch women and children killed, 28 Punjabi army soldiers killed
37 injured, March-April, 2007 |
| Jihadi
groups blamed for disappearances,
By Inamullah Khattak, Dawn, Mar. 28, 2007 |
| Land
prices soar at Pakistan's prize port,
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider, atimes.com, Mar. 29, 2007 |
| BNP-M
plans Baloch Multi-party conference,
by Dawn correspondent, dawn.com, Mar. 16, 2007 |
| Resources
ownership rights for Balochistan demanded,
BalochWarna.org, Mar. 5, 2007 |
| The
trial of former Baloch Chief Minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal signals
another conflict between Balochistan and the centre,
report, BalochWarna.org, Feb. 28, 2007 |
| Plan
in the offing to tap gas reserves,
by Internews, GulfTimes.com, Feb. 27, 2007 |
| Govt
has lost its writ in Balochistan, says NP leader,
Bureau Report, Dawn.com, Feb. 25, 2007 |
| CHINESE
TO CONSTRUCT CIVIL-MILITARY AIRPORT AT GWADAR
by B. Raman, BalochVoice.org, Feb. 11, 2007 |
| Statement
by the Khan of Kalat, from Europe (in
Urdu), January, 2007 |
| Speakers
call for end to military operation in Balochistan,
by Staff Reporter, Dawn, Jan. 28, 2007 |
| SC
cancels Gwadar plot allotments, seeks report: Provincial govt
left with ‘only ditches’: Justice Javed Iqbal,
by Mohammad Kamrant, Daily Times, Jan. 23, 2007 |
| In
no-go areas for intl. media:
Pakistan
launched military operation in Balochistan,
Baloch Society Of North America, Jan. 19, 2007 |
| Demonstrations
against Mengal's detention, Staff
report, Daily Times, Jan. 21, 2007; BHC
moved against ‘mysterious disappearance' of 14 BNP men,
Staff report; Daily Times, Jan. 17, 2007 |
| Baluchistan
and Kashmir offer study in contrasts,
by M Rama Rao, Asian Tribune, Jan. 17, 2007 |
| Balochistan:
Continuing military operations,
by Sheikh Asad Rahman, BalochWarna, Jan. 16, 2007 |
| A
Bubbling Cauldron, by Gulmina Bilal,
Newsline, Jan. 2007 |
| POSTCARD
USA: Pakistan's intelligence monster,
by Khalid Hasan, DailyTimes, Jan. 14, 2007 |
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| Fresh
military operations in Dera Bugti,
by Saleem Shahid, Dawn, Dec.
30, 2006 |
| The
unhappy province, by Ardeshir Cowasjee,
Dawn, Dec. 24, 2006 |
| Why
Balochistan Matters, by By Wajid
Shamsul Hasan (Ex Pakistani High Commissioner at the UK), DesPardes,
Dec. 23, 2006 |
| Mengal
sees US, India-sponsored war for free Balochistan,
by Malik Siraj Akbar, Daily Times, Dec. 22, 2006 |
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Pakistan: New York Times reporter and photographer harassed
and detained, CPJ (Committee to Protect
Journalists), Dec. 22, 2006 |
| UN
help sought to save IDPs from starvation
by Baqir Sajjad Syed, Dawn, Dec. 22, 2006 |
| Aid
to besieged Pakistani province blocked
by Gretchen Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 21,
2006 |
| Pakistani
city serves as a refuge for the Taliban
by Laura King, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 21, 2006 |
| Simmering
nationalism in Balochistan by Rasul
Bakhsh Rais, Daily Times, Dec. 19, 2006 |
| Pakistan:
A country unravels, Ahmed Rashid,
International Herald Tribune, Aug. 28, 2006 |
| Pakistan:
A country unravels, Ahmed Rashid,
International Herald Tribune, Aug. 28, 2006 |
| In
Remote Pakistan Province, a Civil War Festers,
Carlotta Gall, New York Times, Apr. 2, 2006 |
| Baloch
to go to any lengths for rights: Khan of Kalat |
| Rebel
killing raises stakes in Pakistan,
Ahmed Rashid, BBC News, Sept. 1, 2006 |
| Baluchistan:
Turning a fight into a war,
The Economist, Jun. 29, 2006 |
| 158
people killed in Balochistan since January 1,
by Zulfiqar Ghuman, DailyTimes.com.pk, Apr 20, 2006 |
| Explosive
mix in Pakistan's gas province, Ahmed
Rashid, BBC, Feb. 4, 2005 |
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