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Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

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Culture Days: Opium of the People?

There surely will be divergent views to what I am about to write because I am writing about the 2nd March which is celebrated as ‘Baloch Culture Day’ and is celebrated quite enthusiastically by many as is apparent from the social media and news reports. So much so that even the American Consul General in…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

Comrade Abdul Qayyum Baloch of Gwadar

Since March 27th 1948s forced accession the Baloch have been resisting the Pakistani state’s attempts to exploit their resources, politically disenfranchise them, physically eliminate and intimidate them and last but not the least turn them into a minority with influx of non-Baloch people. Baloch resistance has so far foiled the evil designs though this has taken…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

Nationalism, Federalism and Separatism: The Case of Balochistan

We are delighted to present Gull Awar Khan's interview with Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur. The interview was conducted in March 2013. At the time Gull Awar Khan was a research fellow at Westmister University and work towards a Phd, titled, Nationalism, Federalism and Separatism: The Case of Balochistan in Pakistan. The interview was audio-recorded and below we…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

Gone in 300 Seconds: On the Land Grab in Balochistan

The spineless and pusillanimous members of the selected Balochistan Assembly handed over 9000 acres (36.42 sq km) of the protected Hingol National Park land to the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) in record 300 seconds giving away 30 acres per second. Made me wonder how much time would they take to hand over…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

“28th August: A Wake-Up Call for the Baloch”

Picture: The author with the son of Raza Jahangir. Raza Jahangir was killed by the Pakistani army on 14th Auguest 2013 and this father Bahktiyar was killed on 28th Auguest 2014. On 28th August 2014 around dawn a relative of my friend Sahib Jan Marri received a call from Sakrand police who told him that they…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

On Sindhi Culture

Below we present a speech by Mir Muhammad Ali Talpur on Sindh and its culture that was read-out on an occasion celebration Sindh Culture Day, in Dallas, Texas. Respected Ladies and Gentleman, I would first like to thank the organizers of the event for kindly according me the opportunity to talk to you on…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

“Waae Watan Hoshken Daar”

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was a journalist, an essayist, and one of the most significant German romantic poets. A hundred years before Hitler burnt books which the Nazis thought were unpatriotic and subversive he had said that, “Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

“Iron wills never bend”

On February 4th, a day before Pakistan closes down ostentatiously for the rights of Kashmiris, Pakistani intelligence agencies’ personnel harassed the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Long Marchers with intimidation and questions. They didn’t stop at that they even harassed a Baloch family which stopped to greet the Marchers by asking them for their National…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

‘One who pays the piper calls the tunes’: On China in Balochistan

Have you ever thought when and why an investor needs to have armed back-up for it to continue to develop, yes that is what they say to develop, a mine a port or power-station etc. They need to do have armed security when they are doing it without the consent of the people and need…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments

“Confounding the people”

A few days back Balochistan National Party (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal threatened that legislators of his party will resign from assemblies if dumping of mutilated bodies of Baloch youth continues. The establishment must surely be quaking in its boots worried to death at the dire consequences of unprecedented turmoil in Balochistan if he in…

ByMir Mohammad Ali TalpurFebruary 9, 20240Comments