In an unprecedented attack, Baloch nationalist separatists hijacked a moving passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on March 11 and took more than 400 passengers of the Jaffar Express hostage. After nearly 30 hours, Pakistan’s military announced on the evening of March 12 that security forces had rescued more than 300Continue Reading
Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, the largest and most resource-rich part of the country, remains under military control, facing human rights abuses and a media blackout. Despite its strategic importance, Balochistan’s local population is marginalized, fueling anger over enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, economic exploitation, and what many describe as aContinue Reading
Balochistan, Pakistan’s southwestern province, has long been riven by strife. The province is Pakistan’s poorest, yet it is home to many of the country’s national resources – a contradiction not lost on the native Baloch people, who see a tendency by the country’s leaders to exploit their homeland. Unaddressed BalochContinue Reading
