“Sir, these are books,” echoes in the air around everywhere on social media when a student, held by the police along with the books, saying the statement repeatedly.
Firstly, it was Gowader, then Naseerabad, and Uthal, and Turbat – the...
In the heart of Quetta, amidst the bustling streets of Brewery Road, a small yet significant musical revolution has been taking shape since 2016. Founded by three passionate classmates, Azam Baloch, Farooq Baloch and Aurangzaib Muneer later joined by...
Under subjugation, a people is deprived of all the fundamentals of life – as a rule. Human rights violations, eventually, become a norm in such a society. Anti-people policies form and reshape (reform) with time, ensuring that the rule...
Nacro politics is a concept in which a population is colonized and their life and death is decided by the state. It means that the state decides that who she wants to be subjected to death.
In Balochistan, nacro politics...
The French Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist and a key figure in the Algerian liberation movement, Frantz Fanon, in his book, Wretched of The Earth, stresses that “Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon.” It is, in fact, the violence which shapes from...
From children to the elderly men to women, and ordinary folks to intellectual minds, no one is safe in Balochistan. People of all ages remain vulnerable to the iron grip of this ruthless state apparatus, enduring enforced disappearances, extrajudicial...
Balochistan is home to enforced disappearances. This fresher wave of illegal detentions has wrapped in Baloch from all walks of life, irrespective of their age, gender and region. Among them, several succeed to come on record, while many others...
Balochistan is a region with multiple hurdles created by the authorities in power with ultimate human rights violations including enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, fake encounters and so on. All these activities are the evidents of state-backed violence in Balochistan.
On...
As children of Balochistan, we often wonder what does it truly mean to be rich? Is it the abundant resources we have under our feet, or the power and authority over making the decisions on how they are used?...
Ngugi wa Thiong’o was not always known by this name. Born in Kamiriithu, Kenya, in 1938, he was baptized as James Ngugi—a name given to him under colonial rule. However, as he became more conscious of the impact of...
