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Baluchistan Status of the Sardars
The set up of the tribal system is the result of an evolutionary process of hundreds of years. The seed of tribal system was sown in the time of Mir Chakar Khan Rind. In the reign of Ahmadzai Khans, the sardars of Balochistan were strengthened...
129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis
The 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1846 as the 2nd Bellochee Battalion. It was designated as the 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis in 1903, and became 4th...
Baluchistan Under the British
In 1839, when the British army advanced through the Bolan Pass towards Afghanistan, the conduct of Mehrab Khan, the ruler of Baluchistan, was considered so treacherous and dangerous as to require ” the exaction of retribution from that...
Early Baloch History
Of the early history of this portion of the Asiatic continent little is known. The poverty and natural strength of the country, combined with the ferocious habits of the natives, seem to have equally repelled the friendly visits of inquisitive...
Baluchistan Tribal System
The social organization of the Balochis is based on blood kinship. Different groups of people mostly descend from a common ancestor. Members of each group share common interests and liabilities. This has made clan organization the basis of Baloch...
At least eight dead in Balochistan
QUETTA: Gunmen shot dead eight people in attacks on two buses as rebels in Balochistan staged a strike to mark the anniversary of a tribal leader’s death, officials said Monday. There was a “complete strike” in provincial capital Quetta...
The good, the bad & the Lyari
Considered to be one of the most desperate slum areas in South Asia, Lyari is also the oldest locality of Pakistan’s sprawling, unpredictable and edgy metropolis, Karachi. In the last decade or so, Lyari has constantly been appearing in the...
Baluch (Uttar Pradesh)
The Baloch are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. They are descended from Baloch tribesmen who settled in this region of North India in the late Middle Ages. The community use the surname khan, and are often known...
Zardaris are a Baloch tribe, historian reminds, much to audience’s amusement
By Shaheryar Popalzai
KARACHI: Walking into a session on Balochistan, one would expect a discussion and questions on human rights violations, separatist talk and where the government is going wrong. But the session titled ‘Songs of the Falcon:...
Iranian Sunni Cleric Murdered in Balochistan
Chabahar: A Sunni cleric was assassinated in Iran’s south eastern province of Balochistan, the state-run Press TV reported, without citing anyone.
Frontier & Overseas Expeditions From India
In Pakistan, a situation arose in the case of the state of Kalat in Balochistan. The Khan of Kalat proclaimed Kalat’s independence on 11th August 1947. Unlike Hyderabad Deccan, which was one of the princely states under British Indian suzerainty,...
Baluchitherium: The largest land mammal
After the dramatic extinction of the dinosaurs, the bones of the largest land mammal were discovered in 1910 by English paleontologist Sir Clive Forster Cooper. In Balochistan, Cooper discovered bones of extra ordinary size. He suggested that...
Third Balochi Resistance: The 1970s
The nationalist Balochis took to rudimentary politics during Ayubs practice of Basic Democracy in Pakistan. They struck a chord of unity with the Pakhtuns in NWFP and formed a National Awami Party (NAP) upon the dissolution of the One Unit...
BALOCH INSURGENCIES 1948-1977
Wahe Watan O Hushkien Dar The fatherland even barren is worth anything
Balochi saying
People with a warlike spirit, wearing exalted plumes, like the cocks comb, on their turbans.
Firdausi in Shahnama
Balochistan – The other side of the story
by Moign Khawaja
“I believe there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those doing the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want...