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Malik Siraj Akbar ( Urdu: ملک سراج اکبر) is an ethnic Baloch journalist based in the United States. He is the editor-in-chief of the Baluch Hal, [1] the first online English language newspaper of Pakistan's Balochistan Province, Enkaar, [2] a liberal Urdu language news magazine, and a contributing writer for The Huffington Post.
Chisti Mujahid, a columnist for Akhbar-i-Jehan, was assassinated by the Baloch Liberation Army in Quetta, 9 February 2008, for an article he had written about the death of leader Balach Marri. [5] [6] Khadim Hussain Sheikh, a journalist for the Urdu-language Khabrein, was killed in Hub, 14 April 2008. [7]
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC; Balochi: بلۏچ یکجهتی کمیٹی; lit. 'Baloch Unity Committee') or Balochistan Yakjehti Committee ('Balochistan Unity Committee'), [2] is a human rights movement established in response to alleged state human rights abuses in Balochistan, Pakistan. The BYC's roots can be traced back to July 2018 ...
Baloch people. The Baloch (/ bəˈloʊtʃ / bə-LOHCH) or Baluch (/ bəˈluːtʃ / bə-LOOCH; Balochi: بلۏچ, romanized: Balòc, plural بلۏچانٚ) are a nomadic, [11][12][13][14] pastoral, [15][16][17] ethnic group which speaks the Western Iranic Balochi language [18] and is native to the Balochistan region of South and Western Asia ...
Balochistan is situated in the southwest of Pakistan and covers an area of 347,190 square kilometres (134,050 sq mi). It is Pakistan's largest province by area, constituting 44% of Pakistan's total landmass.
After the death of Aslam Baloch, also known as Achu, in Kandahar, Afghan officials stated that Afghan police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai had housed Aslam Baloch and other separatists in Kandahar for years. [13] Tolonews reported that Aslam Baloch had resided in Afghanistan since 2005. [71] BLA leader Balach Marri was killed in Afghanistan in ...
Baloch National Movement. Javed Naseer Rind, also transliterated as Javed Nasir Rind, Javid Naseer Rind or Jawaid Naseer Rind, (died 5 November 2011) was an Urdu -language editor and columnist for the Daily Tawar and an active member of the Baloch National Movement. He was abducted 10 September 2011 and his corpse was discovered 5 November 2011 ...
Balochistan [4] (/ b ə ˈ l oʊ tʃ ɪ s t ɑː n, b ə ˌ l oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n / bə-LOHTCH-ist-a(h)n, - A(H)N; Balochi: بلۏچستان, romanized: Balòcestàn, IPA: [baˈloːt͡ʃest̪ɑːn]), also spelled Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the ...