Prof. Carina Jahani on Baloch, Balochi and Balochistan

By Prof. Carina JahaniDepartment of Linguistics and PhilologyUppsala University, SwedenThe purpose of this chapter is to compare themes in Balochi written literature with thosefound in Balochi oral literature in search for an “urban mind”. The Balochi language isspoken in...

Open Letter to Native Americans: Please help Baluchistan

Two members of the presiding council of the pro-liberation American Friends of Baluchistan have written an open letter to the Native Americans of the United States to come to the rescue of the Baluch people and...

Baluch threaten to show terror chief's real face to world

Karachi has once again been plunged into ethnic warfare initiated by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. Tensions had been running high in Karachi since the November slaying of Nisar Baloch, who was trying to...

Karachi Baluch under attack of MQM terrorists

Karachi, the commercial capital of Pakistan, has once again been plunged into an ethnic war between the dominant mohajir ethnic group and the Baluch, who have lived there for three centuries now." Dozens of people...

Pakistan an abatoir for Christians, Baluch

Both Baluch and Christians are facing persecution in Pakistan and are natural allies." On the eve of Christmas my hearts goes out to the Christian victims who were targeted by religious goons in Pakistan, which is...

Referendum under UN aegis can expose Pak lies, says Baluch hero

For more than 15 million Baluch of the diaspora that includes Persian Gulf, Europe and North America the young but fiery Nawab Brahamdagh Bugti conjures up the image of a national Robin Hood trying to drive out...

Pakistanis take aim at Baluch in cyberspace

As the war for liberation of Baluchistan continues, Pakistan has been unnerved by the expose of its crimes against humanity in Baluchistan and loot and plunder of Baluch resources. Unlike the past wars of liberation, the worldwide web has opened new opportunities for the...

Baluch protests to mark Pak birthday as black day

An internationally known fighter against the exploitation of Barrick Gold will join Baluch freedom lovers in Washington DC to expose the injustices perpetrated against Baluchistan since its forced annexation by...

Iran mullahs accused of racist hangings

The Hitlerite Mullah regime in Iran is continuing with the executions of Baluch dissidents under different pretexts and in clear violation of international law. The regime regularly hangs the Baluch and Kurds in...

Baluch seek Dhaka-style Indian help

Tired of being ruthlessly crushed by the world's fourth largest army -- Pakistan -- in Nazi-style,  the Baluch are seeking help of India to save their lives and lands. They say a recent joint statement...

Marris hail Baluch mention in Indo-Pak text

An organization that respresents indigenous Baluch tribesmen struggling to protect their resources from foreign loot and plunder and dedicated to Baluchistan's independence, has asked Pakistani troops, militia...

Baluchistan is second Bangladesh; 2,000 missing persons famili...

The fate of more than 2,000 missing persons in Baluchistan is still unkown to their families as Pakistan intelligence and military is repeating Nazi-style atrocities they perpetrated in the former East...

Iran hangs 13 'enemies of Allah'

The Amnesty International has criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran for executing 13 Baluch in Zahedan.Iran routinely hangs Kurds and Baluch in public-- two nations in the Middle East who were denied statehood...

Baluch to mark Unity Day on July 19 in London

The story of the land of the Baluch in Pakistan and Iran is unknown to the outside world. The land of the fiercely secular Baluch people has been in turmoil and thousands ahave been killed in...

The First Night of Torture Cell

  By Malik Siraj Akbar“Sometimes when my uncles got together, they would go into a corner and talk about a mysterious thing called sex. It sounded wonderful. I prayed that it would not go away before I grew up.” [The Other Side of Me, Sidney Sheldon]I was born...

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