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Lyari filmmakers grab fist place at international creativity awards in Bahrain

Edit Dawn 10 May 2016
KARACHI ... The short film Jaawar — meaning ‘ongoing situation’ in the Balochi language — won first prize at the awards sanctioned by Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the member of Bahraini royal family and president of the Bahrain Olympic Committee. The runners up include contestants from Egypt and Mexico. The actors of short film Jaawar. —Picture courtesy Ahsan Shah ... Through this platform they have made many short films ... ....

Lyari filmmakers grab first prize at international creativity awards in Bahrain

Edit Dawn 10 May 2016
KARACHI ... The short film Jaawar — meaning ‘ongoing situation’ in the Balochi language — won first prize at the awards sanctioned by Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the member of Bahraini royal family and president of the Bahrain Olympic Committee. The runners up include contestants from Egypt and Mexico. The actors of short film Jaawar. —Picture courtesy Ahsan Shah ... Through this platform they have made many short films ... ....

'Killed' leader of Baloch fighters appears in new video

Edit Al Jazeera 26 Nov 2015
Baloch separatist fighters in Pakistan have released a video purporting to show their leader - who the Pakistani government believed it had killed in a raid in August - is alive ... "For quite some time the government has been issuing propaganda about my death ... Related ... Related ... And the Baloch nation will hold these perpetrators accountable for each and every drop of Baloch martyr's blood," said Nazar, speaking in the Balochi language ... ....

Baloch leader thought dead appears in new video

Edit Asia Times 26 Nov 2015
(From Reuters). Baloch separatist fighters in Pakistan have released a video purporting to show their leader – who the Pakistani government believed it had killed in a raid in August – is alive. Allah Nazar Baloch ... Violent campaign ... And the Baloch nation will hold these perpetrators accountable for each and every drop of Baloch martyr’s blood,” said Nazar, speaking in the Balochi language. ....

Islamic extremism is a problem. If you can’t speak the truth, sit at home: Tarek Fatah tells Pak authors

Edit Yahoo Daily News 22 Nov 2015
The 65-year-old writer also said that after the partition, Gujarati, Kacchi, Sindhi and Balochi languages were "killed" in Karachi. Pakistani writers can't tolerate my argument against genocide of languages in Pakistan; Walkout of #IndoreLitfest.
https.//t.co/9wL9C9FdEO— Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) November 22, 2015 ... "In India, states were created on the basis of language....

SC suspends tribunal verdict to de-seat PML-N MNA, stays by-polls in NA-154

Edit Dawn 29 Sep 2015
ISLAMABAD ... Know more. Poll tribunal deseats another PML-N lawmaker ... Examine ... The bench noted that the tribunal in its order wrote that Mr Baloch did his matriculation in Sindhi but he could not even speak the language. The appellant passed his intermediate examination from Karachi and did his graduation (BA) from Balochistan, but he was unable to speak English and even Balochi language, the bench cited the tribunal’s decision ... Also read ... ....

PML-N’s unseated MNA denied stay by SC

Edit Dawn 22 Sep 2015
LAHORE ... Mr Tareen had challenged the election before the tribunal ... The bench noted that the tribunal in its order wrote that Mr Baloch did his matriculation in Sindhi but he could not even speak the language. The appellant passed his intermediate examination from Karachi and did his graduation (BA) from Balochistan, but he was unable to speak English and even Balochi language, the bench cited the tribunal’s decision ... Apple Store ... ....

Baloch poet shot dead in Buleda

Edit Dawn 21 Jul 2015
A prominent poet of Balochi language, Rehmatullah Shohaz, was shot dead in Buleda area of Kech district on Monday ... Balochi language poet kidnapped in Pasni ... A spokesman for the Balochis­tan chief minister, Jan Mohammad Buledi, condem­ned the murder and ......

Eid shopping gains momentum

Edit Dawn 08 Jul 2015
ISLAMABAD. Eid shopping has reached its peak as people thronged markets and shopping malls in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi to buy clothes, shoes, bangles, henna, cosmetics, jewellery and Eid cards ... The institute will also hold a summer camp of regional languages for children featuring Wakhi Language and Diversity of Gilgit Baltistan and Balochi language portraying glimpses into Baloch culture ... Apple Store . Google Play ... ....

Writers urged to promote social harmony

Edit Dawn 14 Jun 2015
He urged Baloch writers to translate literary works of other languages into Balochi language and said his government would continue to extend financial assistance for literary activities. PAL chairman Dr Mohammad Qasim Bughio said the academy was promoting literature of regional languages, including Balochi, Pashto and Brahvi....

Balochi language poet kidnapped in Pasni

Edit Dawn 04 Jun 2015
Balochi language poet, writer and film actor Anwar Sahib Khan was kidnapped along with his son from their home in Pasni in Gwadar district ......

Balochistan CM concedes failure in tracing ‘missing’ persons

Edit Dawn 10 May 2015
He read out an excerpt from his article written in the Balochi language on Gul Khan Naseer ... Speaking on the book, he said the use of the Urdu language in it had impressed him a lot ... He informed the audience that when Gul Khan became a minister, the first conference he organised was on the importance of the Balochi script....

Kidnapped Baloch poet released

Edit Dawn 27 Mar 2015
GWADAR. A Balochi language poet and a teacher who were kidnapped a few days ago have returned home. Police said poet Ali Kamshan, who is son of leading businessman Seth Sewa of Makran, returned on Wednesday night ... ....
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