Historical Facts
 
The exact date of Kalat's occupation by Paki army in 1948
That Kalat is an independent and sovereign state its status is different from other princely states of British India, its relations with the British government being based on various mutual agreements and treaties.
Instrument of Accession of Kalat State Copy of the original document
Nothing in this Instrument shall be deemed to commit me in any way to acceptance of any future constitution of Pakistan or to fetter my discretion to enter into arrangements with the Government of Pakistan under any such future constitution.
Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence ISI
The Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence [ISI] was founded in 1948 by a British army officer, Maj Gen R Cawthome, then Deputy Chief of Staff in Pakistan Army. Field Marshal Ayub Khan, the president of Pakistan in the 1950s, expanded the role of ISI in safeguarding Pakistan's interests, monitoring opposition politicians, and sustaining military rule in Pakistan. Full Story - Click Here
General Pervez Musharraf: His Past and Present
In an article (the "International Herald Tribune" of June 16) on Pakistan's proxy invasion of Indian territory in the Kargil sector of Jammu & Kashmir, Mr.Selig Harrison, the well-known American analyst, says:" Recent information makes clear that the newly-installed Army Chief of Staff (COAS), Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has long-standing links with several Islamic fundamentalist groups." Gen. Musharraf's past background has not received, from Indian and Western analysts, the attention it deserves, if one has to have a clearer understanding of his role in the proxy invasion. By: B.Raman, Director, Institute of Topical Studies 1 July 1999  Full Story - Click Here
Violations of Human Rights in Balochistan
We the Peaceful Baloch people are facing massive human rights violations just for forceful displacement from our ancestral homeland. Rulers from one dominating province Punjab need our lands, coasts and natural resources. They are crushing Baloch people by army and other forces. They have created a general atmosphere of harassment and insecurity. Jumping in our homes in the middle of night, arresting people with out warrants, taking them blind fold to unknown places, torturing them brutally is an every day practice here. Full Story - Click Here
A Page from the Past
In keeping with the Pakistani tradition of camouflaging history a vital chunk of the country’s past has been shrouded in mystery for over 20 years. This was the period of 1973-1977, when the Baloch rose in revolt against a state that had relentlessly oppressed them for decades and military operations against the Baloch people were at their peak. By Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur
He was an active member of the Balochistan Resistance in the 70s. He recently returned to Pakistan after a 10-year long exile in Afghanistan. Full Story - Click Here
Mapping Internal Wars
Characteristically, all eight internal wars that this study seeks to analyse are fundamentally ethnic wars in the sense that the battle lines are drawn along ethnic lines and the goals of combatants are defined in ethnic terms. First, the warring parties belong to two different ethnic groups with strong identities based on distinct historical antecedents and heritage, language, religion and culture. Full Story - Click Here
Who Are the Baloch ?
According to the Daptar Sha'ar {Chronicle of Genealogies), an ancient ballad popular among all seventeen major Baluch tribes, the Baluch and the Kurds were kindred branches of a tribe that migrated eastwards from Aleppo, in what now is Syria, shortly before the time of Christ in search of fresh pasturelands and water sources. By Selig S. Harrison in his Book: In Afghanistan’s Shadow Full Story - Click Here
The Delhi Convention resolution
On April 9, 1946, the Pakistan resolution properly so-called was adopted by the Muslim League Legislators Convention held in Delhi. To sum up, the Pakistan of 1947 came into being as a result of the Lahore resolution of 1940 which provided the principles of a constitutional plan for partition, but the resolution, which eventually formed the basis for the creation of Pakistan as a single state and identified the areas comprising its two zones was the one adopted at the Delhi Convention. By Dr Aftab Ahmed Full Story - Click Here
Some Background Information on Baloch
Balochistan is a huge territory located in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. As a result of the "great game", Balochistan was divided between those countries in the 19th century by the British.In Pakistan, Balochistan is geographically the largest province, however it is the most exploited province, and the least developed. Full Story - Click Here
A Brief  page of history, on evants from 1972 to 1975
"White Paper blacks out the truth" October 19 1973 The federal government has issued a White Paper on Baluchistan, claiming that the situation in that province is now normal and the army will be withdrawn in the near future. According to unofficial estimates, some 80,000 to 100,000 army personnel have been deployed in the province since trouble first broke out in Lasbela nearly two years ago. Full Story - Click Here
The Kashmir Conflict and National Questiont in Pakistan
Pakistan's "Islamists" have raised the ante in Kashmir, banking on the nuclear deterrent to help keep the conflict confined to the valley. Full Story - Click Here
Balochistan always an independent entity
Balochistan never treated as a part of Pakistan and it was never a part of India. By Asad Rehman Full Story - Click Here
The Lawless Frontier
The tribal lands of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border reveal the future of conflict in the Subcontinent, along with the dark side of globalization. Full Story - By Robert D. Kaplan Click Here
A picture says a thousand words
The drought which continued for the last 5 years, has taken it's toll in human and animal life and huge economic loss.
What is Liberty ?
Liberty to one is to not be tied in chains no matter whether his tongue in chained, his thoughts are chained, his ideas are chained, his motherland is chained, his mother tongue is chained, both his present and future are chained but as long as his hands and feet are free he feels himself free and is happy about it. Full Story - Click Here