Tag: Baloch

Old elites’ losses have been PTI’s gains

A bridge not linked to any road gets one nowhere. Pakistan’s stagnant politics resembles one even if it is now in uncharted terrain, with huge turmoil upending old political patterns. However, big political transitions follow the deep societal change.

November 2, 2022

Af-Pak impasse

Access to education for girls, protection of women’s rights, and an ethnically inclusive government are nowhere in sight in Afghanistan.

September 2, 2022

Balochs stage protest in Germany over Pakistan Army’s attrocity

Atrocities against the Baloch people have reached new heights in recent months. People's life in Balochistan is tightly controlled by the Pakistan Army.

June 5, 2022

Activists ask UN to break silence on genocide of Baloch

The campaign launched by BHRC, protesters said, "is a push to garner greater international awareness for the near-extermination of the people of Balochistan."

March 12, 2020

Exiled Pakistani leader in UK seeks asylum in India, requests PM Modi for financial aid

The 67-year-old is due to stand trial in the UK charged with an offence of encouraging terrorism with a speech relayed to his followers in Pakistan a few years ago.

November 18, 2019

China wooing Baloch militants to secure CPEC projects: Report

China has been wooing Baloch militants by quietly holding talks with them for over five years in an attempt to protect the $60 billion infrastructure projects it is financing as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to a media report. Pakistan’s daily Dawn on Tuesday cited a report by the Financial Times as...

February 20, 2018