Jan Khaskheli

Karachi The three-day long annual fair held at the tomb of Sassui Punnu began on Saturday near the coastal town of Sonmiani in Lasbela district, Balochistan. Sassui and Punnu were two lovers from Sindh and Balochistan respectively who had a doomed love affair. The two were buried near Sagar Nai River, Sonmiani and a tomb there holds their remains. Every year, a mela is held in order to remember their love.

Watching Balochistan slipping through our fingers; Quetta residents in grip of fear; CM spends 15 days in a month in Islamabad or Dubai; middle class leaders who oppose separatists and support Baloch cause being eliminated
 
By Amir Mateen

QUETTA: Anybody who has not been to Quetta for some time will be aghast to see the ghost town that it has become. Half of the once-bustling and lively town goes to sleep as soon as the sun sets. The other half trembles even to the sound of a cracker while locked inside their overly guarded houses.
 

ISLAMABAD: A week ago, a war of words between the National Party and BNP-M on the one side and insurgent groups demanding independence for Balochistan on the other erupted out in the open. According to the Baloch Hal, an online newspaper, dailies in Balochistan carried a statement on July 19 by the National Party’s central spokesperson suggesting the Balochistan Liberation Front was to blame for the recent killing of an NP leader, Maula Bakhsh Dashti.

In order to lead a good life man should live in obey the State. But political obligation always subject with the factor of moral adequacy of state and the consent of people. But the both important elements are missing in Iran and Pakistan in such situation right to resistance should be substituted by the duty to disobey, to resist political authority in the event of cruel necessity, a revolt against the abuse of political authority is justified against the twin States, cogent reason is that it is sanctioned by the force of public conscience of Baloch Nation as whole.

The Zikri Baluch are an offshoot of mainstream Islam that is concentrated in the Baluchistan Province. There are about 750,000 adherents in this group. Most Zikris live in Baluchistan, but a large number also live in the region around Karachi and Iran. A high percentage of Zikris are involved in fishing, mainly along the coast of the Arabian Sea. Some are also involved in farming, basket weaving and making other hand crafted items.

Iran's deputy police chief accused Pakistan on Saturday of providing a haven for members of an armed rebel group that has claimed responsibility for the deadly twin suicide bombings last week in front of a mosque in the southeastern city of Zahedan. Chief Ahmadreza Radan also said the authorities had detained 40 people who were seeking to create a disturbance in the city after the bombings, the semiofficial ILNA news agency reported.

Prima facie, if each Baloch’s Hero or martyr is to be celebrated, then no day will be remained without commemorating of a Baloch per annum, who has been killed by Iran and Pakistan states. Nowadays the numbers of extra judicial killings and target killings are being enormously increased. Rather Pythagorean numbers theorem. However, the Baloch will observe Memorial Day annually on 15th day of July regularly to honor the heroes and martyrs who have sacrificed for a prime noble national cause.

Tell the enemy of Baloch that we are one nation – Baloch Vanguards

Baloch don’t have any future in Pakistan and Iran. To them we are savage, uneducated and a burden, so we will always be treated as third class citizens in these countries.

It looks like a new phase in the Baloch Liberation Movement has started. It has been noticed for quite some times that Pakistani agencies (ISI) have been organizing Baloch traitors and criminals to do their dirty work for terrorizing Baloch leaders and activist.

Iran's state news agency says two explosions have struck outside a mosque in Balochistan Iran, killing an unspecified number of people. The IRNA news agency quotes Jalal Sayyah, the deputy governor of the Baluchistan province, as saying the blasts caused casualties among worshippers at the main mosque in the provincial capital of Zahedan. Sayyah did not say how many were killed or wounded.

At least 15 people were killed and 35 others injured in a road accident on Thursday in Balochistan,the southwestern province of Pakistan, local media reported. According to media reports the accident took place when a passenger van collided with a truck traveling from Chagai district to the provincial capital Quetta.