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Balochistan portion of The Baloch News focuses on the Baloch personalities who have contributed greatly in Balochi and Brahvi languages or they have worked for the betterment of Baloch and Balochistan in political, literary and social platforms. It also includes the Balochi folk stories that have much popularity in Baloch nation and the Baloch ancestors used to tell those stories to the young generation so that the centuries old stories remain alive in the hearts of Baloch nation.

Baloch have always fought the occupied forces to secure the Baloch people and their territories. During the British rule, many of the Baloch tribes had fought wars against the British colonialism and many of the Baloch were killed and...
Baloch Culture Day, observed annually on March 2nd, is a celebration of Baloch traditions, language, and identity that serves as a form of resistance against dominant narratives and historical and ongoing colonial subjugation. For the Baloch dress, music, and...
In a downtrodden and oppressed region—Balochistan—where truth is branded as a crime, dissent is dubbed as a threat, and political activism is viewed as seditious, choosing to speak out against atrocities inflicted on its native people, when the majority...
In the western part of Balochistan in Kohistan there is no any Baloch who is not aware about the story of Tawkali mast and Sammo. Tawkali who fall in love with Sammo  belongs to the marri tribe. He was born...
The man, I know since my childhood, is waiting for someone very special – very long. He has left and lost everything in the war fought between his brothers and enemies. “Enemies?” I questioned myself. “Yes, our enemies,” someone responded inside. “They...
Balochistan is a region where filmmaking is not much appreciated owing to its low monetary outcomes and “unstable future”. Growing up in a region as Balochistan, one will not normally adopt to a culture of filmography for the mentioned...
Veteran politician Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, who died on 10th June 2014, never gave up his dream of a homeland for the Baloch in the face of heavy odds. Born in Balochistan’s Kohlu region in one of the most influential...
It is a well-known fact that dominant nations have always endeavored hard to bring the weaker nations under their control in order to have access over their resources. If we turn over the pages of history, we will conclude...
I see you in Kafka, you see me in Kafka, and together we find Kafka in each other. This is how Kafka lives on—through our shared understanding of the Kafkaesque. Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883, in a...
Early life and Education: Today, the streets of Lyari might be known as the hub of gangsters, drug and weapon smugglers, but decades ago, it was the center of international footballers and boxers. In the same narrow and filthy streets...

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