Tariq Aziz Baloch

My latest feature story for Daily Dawn: Read 👇🏼 epaper.dawn.com/DetailImage.ph… . dawn.com/news/amp/19209…

The murder of Baloch intellectuals is not just an unfortunate outcome of conflict. It is deliberate & systematic. Professor Ghamkhar Hayat is only the latest in a long line. Thoughts & prayers for his loved ones & students.

“Don’t forget our Baloch sisters.” Aurat March, 2026.

Editorial: "The slow strangulation of independent media is, therefore, not merely a professional crisis for journalists but an existential one for democracy itself." dawn.com/news/1997088/

The weaponisation of the country’s cybercrime laws is one of the most serious threats to media freedom in Pakistan, press freedom watchdog Freedom Network said. dawn.com/news/1996563

Breaking: Front page of NYT paper in Pakistan is blank. Why? It contained a story about how Pakistani Shias perceive the US-Israel war and our govt’s mediation efforts. Unfortunately, Pakistani govt decided its citizens won’t be allowed to read such scandalous work by @zalmayzia.

My latest story: The real gold-diggers of Reko Diq #Balochistan thecontrapuntal.com/real-gold-digg…

Imagine how masses are going to survive this price hike of petroleum? In Balochistan there’s no production everything has to be sourced out from different regions transport costs are already high and hardly there are any income opportunities.

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Today 64 days of illegal incarceration thru illegal conviction orders for @ImaanZHazir & @AdvHadiali all bec they fought to get justice for the marginalised, the poor, the dispossessed, the voiceless, those struggling for justice. Now courts denying Imaan & Hadi justice. #ReleaseImaanAndHadi

Amnesty International calls for release of ailing Mahrang Baloch; sister says, “our home is filled with dread” Amnesty International South Asia has raised concerns over the continued detention of Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch, who has now spent a full year behind bars. Ms Baloch was arrested alongside Beebow Baloch on 22 March 2025 during a peaceful protest in Quetta. Her sister recalled waking to dozens of missed calls, rushing to the city, and walking into a home “filled with dread.” The family spent their first Eid visiting her in prison. A year on, they are marking their third Eid without her. Amnesty said Mahrang’s health is deteriorating in custody, threatening her mobility, and called for the release of all arbitrarily detained Baloch activists, urging immediate action to secure their freedom. #MahrangBaloch #AmnestyInternatinal #Baloch

If you silently watch the govt fill its prisons with lawyers and activists, know this: when your turn comes, there won’t be anyone left to speak for you. You don’t have to break the law to be imprisoned here. You need only cross an arbitrary line and PECA take cares of the rest. Imaan and Hadi were jailed for tweeting 55 days ago. #ReleaseImaanAndHadi

At least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug users rehabilitation hospital in the Afghanistan capital Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government said reut.rs/4uytjfB

Bombing of hospitals and schools is a war crime. There is zero justification for it. It is wrong when it happens in Gaza and equally wrong when it happens in Afghanistan. #pakafghanwar

"According to preliminary statistics, so far more than 250 addicts under treatment have been killed and hundreds of others have been injured." ＠TOLOnews journalist ＠BahraamHamid tells me his colleagues saw "bodies everywhere" at the Kabul rehabilitation hospital which was hit by Pakistani airstrikes, according to Taliban officials. The victims were drug addicts who had been brought for treatment. 🌍 trib.al/zff6Z7W #afghanistan #pakistan #kabul

Tehran is being carpet bombed and western media is reporting it like weather forecast. No urgency, no investigations, just white washing destruction of one of the world’s oldest civilizations.

Urgent! One of our colleagues, Nabeel Armaan from Balochistan was abducted by unknown personnel today from our office in G-7. His whereabouts are still unknown. We will not let him be another name in a long list of missing persons. Appeal to all progressive forces, Human Rights activists, Lawyers, civil society and student organizations to raise their voice. #releasenabeelali #missingperson

Hamdan Baloch’s corpse is still lying in a morgue. Court records show his remand would end on February 18. Sindh CTD was supposed to produce him in High Court on February 19. That means Hamdan Baloch was murdered in CTD custody two days before his court appearance.

اماں حوری اپنے لاپتہ بیٹے کی واپسی کا ایک طویل انتظار کاٹتے اور سڑکوں پر احتجاج کرتے کرتے اس دارِفانی سے رخصت ہوگئیں۔ اناللہ وانا الیہ راجعون۔ دوسری طرف ہماری دوست ایمان مزاری جو ان کی بیٹے کی واپسی کا کیس عدالتوں میں لڑتی تھی اب وہ بھی پابندِسلاسل ہیں۔ ریاست کی بے رحمی کے بارے میں کتابیں بھری پڑی ہیں مگر ہم اس دور میں جی رہے ہیں جہاں پاکستانی ریاست نے ایک بار پھر ثابت کردیا ہے کہ وہ کتنی ظالم ماں ہے۔ #StopBalochGenocide

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On Sabeen Mehmud and Silencing Dissent.