Hazaran Baloch
@HazaranRahim
English Lit Major | bylines: @etribune @dawn_com @Diplomat_APAC @thewire_in @thenews_intl @SAAGanthology etc. What happens when we cannot tell our own stories.
In this forgotten stretch of Balochistan, where addiction is chronic and infrastructure lacking, a class of 49 students is defying the odds one lesson at a time. My latest piece for @dawn_com dawn.com/news/1913653
Zahid belongs to a very poor family in Lyari. Despite all odds, his father managed to support his education, allowing Zahid to complete his MA in International Relations from the University of Karachi. Unable to find a job afterward, Zahid began driving a rickshaw to support his…

Chaman: Muhammad Yaqoob, 30, self immolate because the thousands of youths who earned their bread from cross #DurandLine peaceful businesses have nothing to eat, millions suffer after brutal siege of the people on both sides @CMShehbaz aren't you violating @UNHumanRights?
Dr. Shali Baloch of @BalochWF has been illegally detained by Pakistani forces in Gwadar, #Balochistan along with her colleagues. There is an unannounced ban on all political, human rights, and civil rights movements in Balochistan.
"When will you return?" I asked. "Never," the beloved replied. My watch stopped. —Abbas Kiarostami #EndEnforcedDisappearnces

Powerful sardars enjoy total impunity in their open defiance of the law. #Balochistan dawn.com/news/1763048
Mother of forcibly disappeared Dost Mohammad Baloch passes away without justice Panjgur, July 21, 2025 Khatoon Bibi, the mother of Dost Mohammad Baloch, who was forcibly disappeared in February 2012, passed away today after weeks of illness, without ever knowing the fate of…
“Strong”, “Brave” and “determined” Baloch Mothers in rain. #ReleaseBYCLeaders
🚨🚨 Poor Baloch mothers in rain sitting under open sky on road, ironically in front of “@ICT_Police facilitation centre” of #Islamabad.
And perhaps you will choose not to write about these women. Perhaps their names will not fit into your timelines, your articles, your campaigns. Perhaps their courage, determination and bravery and the way they sit in the mud, in the rain, in the cold stare of authorities is too…


غیرت اور بے غیرتی کا درس بھی وہاں سے بلوچوں کو مل رہا ہے جو اس دوڈ میں سب سے آگے ہیں
Breaking News: Israeli troops killed more than 60 Palestinians after crowds gathered near a border crossing where aid trucks enter, Gaza officials said. nyti.ms/3GRuuTp
آج ہر کوئی بلوچستان واقعے کی مذمت کررہاہے کرنا بھی چاہئے، لیکن یہ عورتیں جب اپنے حق کیلئے آواز اٹھائے تو یہی فیسبکی افلاطون شریعت کے بندوق نکال کر ان پر طرح طرح کے الزامات کے ساتھ ساتھ ان کے کردار پر بھی وار کرینگے۔
So Pakistani people know what happend in Baluchistan with a man and a woman but don’t know what’s going on in Islamabad with Baluch women? Selective activism and selective pain!
Mahjabeen is also a Baloch woman. Facing horrors we know nothing of in a detention cell. Mahjabeen is also a woman. Mahjabeen is also a woman. Mahjabeen is also a woman!!!! #ReleaseMahjabeenbaloch

گزشتہ رات ہمیں زبردستی ہمارے فلیٹ سے نکالا گیا۔ کل ہمارے احتجاج کو طاقت کے زور پر دبانے کی کوشش کی گئی،اور پریس کلب کے سارے راستے بند کر دیے گئے، مگر ہم ہار ماننے والے نہیں۔ ہم پوری قوم، ہر شہر، ہر باشعور فرد سے اپیل کرتے ہیں کہ آج ہمارے ساتھ کھڑے ہوں اور مظلوموں کی آواز بنیں۔
BYC’s leadership has been imprisoned for 4 months now, & yet they excuse of incompletion of investigation to further harass them, while their, & other detained Baloch’s families, as are continuously facing harassment in the federal capital for protesting. thebalochnews.com/2025/07/20/bal…
SSDO رپورٹ 2024 (مارچ 2025 کے مطابق) پنجاب میں 225 "honor killing" کے کیسز رپورٹ ہوئے (قید و سزا صرف 2 معاملات میں ہی دی گئی) x.com/Sadiaataha/sta… @KhawajaMAsif
جن لوگوں نے ریاست کیخلاف بندوق ا ٹھائ ھوئی ھے۔ وہ پہلے اس نظام کے خلاف آواز اٹھائیں جو آپکے آس پاس رائج ھے۔ سارا پاکستان آپکے ساتھ کھڑا ھو گا۔اس ظلم کے نظام کے ذمہ دار آپکے بھائ بند ھیں ۔ دوسرے صوبوں سے آۓ مسافر اور روزی روٹی کمانے والے مزدور نہیں ھیں جن نہتوں کو آپ گولیاں مارتے…