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Gwadar, July 29, 2024 – Dr. Mahrang Baloch, central organizer of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has announced an indefinite sit-in protest in Gwadar, demanding action against the exploitation and marginalization of the Baloch people. Speaking at the ‘Baloch National Gathering’ on Sunday, Dr. Baloch addressed thousands of attendees despite strict measures by Pakistani authorities. “Today, an aware Baloch nation ...

Islamabad, July 10, 2024 – Gilaman Wazir, a prominent Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activist and young Pashto poet, has succumbed to his injuries at PIMS Hospital in Islamabad, as confirmed by PTM in a statement and his family members. Wazir was attacked last Sunday in Islamabad by a group of individuals who struck him on the head with a rod. ...

گیلہ اردو میں گِلہ ہو جاتا ہے اور وزیر اس کے قبیلے کا نام ہے۔ گیلہ من (د) کا مطلب ہے شکوہ کناں، ، شکایت کنندہ یا متاثرہ فریق۔ وہ اردو میں شاعری کرتا تو آپ کو حبیب جالب یاد دلاتا۔ وہی دبنگ الفاظ، وہی کاٹ دار اشعار، وہی نے نئے اور نادر خیالات اور لطیف شاعرانہ بندشیں، وہی ضمیر ...

وزیر اعظم شہباز شریف صاحب کا بلوچ پاکستانیوں کو یہ پیغام دینا کہ وہ بحیثیت وزیر اعظم ان کے جبری گم شدہ افراد کیلئے آواز اٹھائنگے ایک المیاتی مذاق ہے! مگر یہ بھی ہماری تاریخ کی تلخ ترین حقیقت ہے اور تمام وزراء اعظم اور صدور صاحبان کا ہمیشہ سے یہ المیہ رہا ہے کہ افلاطونوں کے احمقانہ اسٹرٹیجک فلاسفہ ...

The attack on Ukraine is deeply deplorable and totally unacceptable to world community in any case.  However, it was the American administration under President Bush, who in the recent past led America’s mighty war machine into the Middle East and before the world could brace for the new American century, nonsensically and without official diplomatic warnings on international channel, destroyed ...

Sometimes an incident can spur a revolution. When delving into history, we can find ample examples in which an event has brought down cruel kings or the statuesque has been dashed into pieces. The aftermath could be debated, whether they got the desired result or not, however, one thing is for sure that the statuesque has been changed. The Romans ...

The images of the fall of Kabul will forever represent one of America’s biggest diplomatic failures: Americans occupying the airport in Kabul, focusing on evacuating their own while terrified Afghans cling to the departing C-17 aircraft.Virtually every American news channel has been focused on the fate of hundreds of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives to support the U.S. ...

US President Joe Biden said on Monday he stood “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan despite searing images of chaos in Kabul that exposed the limits of US power and plunged him into the worst crisis of his presidency. Breaking his silence on the US pullout after scenes of bedlam dominated television news channels for days, ...

Islamabad: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) demanded investigation of thousands of Pashtuns’ killing in Pakistan during the last decades. In his tweet, Movement leader Manzoor Pashteen questioned the cold-blood murders of laymen Pashtuns political and intellectual leadership. Islamabad and Rawalpindi boys are shocked and terrified by the recent #SanctionPakistan trend on twitter. To minimize the intensity of the world-wide pressure, Pakistan’s ...

In today’s Pakistan, essential freedoms are being curbed, both openly and covertly on different pretexts. Media and internet censorship is gaining foothold in Pakistan. The current state of freedom of expression reminds us of the 2006 movie ‘The Lives of Others’ by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The movie truly depicts the present situation in Pakistan vis-à-vis silencing of dissent, controlling ...