Tag: Balochistan
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Four policemen killed, 11 injured in blast in Pakistan’s Quetta
The explosion occurred on Monday night when people were assembling for prayers near the mosque in the provincial capital Quetta's Satellite Town area.
May 14, 2019 -
Threat of armed Indo-Pak conflict persists, says US travel advisory
The advisory said terrorists have targeted US diplomats and diplomatic facilities in the past, and information suggested they continue to do so.
April 16, 2019 -
In latest advisory, US warns citizens ‘not to travel to Balochistan, PoK’
While Pakistan has been placed in 'Level Three' category in the latest travel advisory, several parts of the country, including Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, have been placed in 'Level Four' category.
April 16, 2019 -
Symptom of a canker
While the Prime Minister has ordered an enquiry, it devolves on the Balochistan government and the federal administration to contain the periodic violence in Quetta and the rest of Balochistan, where the chronic tension and disaffection have scarcely been addressed since 1947.
April 15, 2019 -
Minority groups allege ‘worst kind of genocide’ in Pakistan, hold rally in US
Participants carrying posters and banners highlighting atrocities meted out to ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan took out a rally to the White House
April 8, 2019 -
IED blast kills 3, injures 6 at passenger train in Pakistan’s Balochistan
As the train coming from Rawalpindi to Quetta reached Dera Murad Jamali Station, there was a huge blast which damaged a portion of the track.
March 17, 2019 -
Democracies, including India, should support Sindh, Balochistan: Ex-Pak diplomat Hussain Haqqani
Says new Pakistan PM Imran Khan is the creation of military, 'don’t think Imran Khan would confront the military'
January 26, 2019 -
Accepting refugees makes sense
Recently, acknowledging the scale of global displacement, the majority of UN member states adopted a global compact for migration. The pact aims to improve global governance on migration-related issues, including promoting legal migration, providing basic services, better integrating new arrivals, tackling human trafficking and coordinating how to send migrants home.
December 18, 2018 -
Pakistan arrests 2 in terror attack on Chinese consulate
Nine hand grenades, Kalashnikov assault rifles, magazines and explosives were recovered from the possession of the terrorists.
November 25, 2018 -
Imran Khan under fire over Kashmir remarks
Imran Khan’s tweet has come on the day when 71 years ago, on October 22, 1947, Pakistan’s Pashtun tribal militias and irregular Pakistani forces crossed into Jammu and Kashmir to take control of Srinagar.
October 22, 2018 -
Introspective and visceral
Artist Akram Dost Baloch makes a dramatic departure from his earlier figurative works opting for an abstract route to self-exploration.
October 6, 2018 -
Imran Khan a ‘chaprasi’ says Swamy; demands Pakistan is broken into four
Swamy added the roads would be cleared to build a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
September 30, 2018 -
Religious parties have much to cheer
Those who have reservations about the prospect of Prime Minister Imran Khan have spent the past few days in search of silver linings. Thankfully, there are a few: for instance, the unprecedented female voter turnout in conservative districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Mahesh Malani, a Hindu politician, winning on a general seat; the inclusion of former …
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July 31, 2018 -
Two killed, 7 injured in house explosion in Balochistan
At least two persons were killed and seven others injured in an explosion in a house in Kila Saifullah district of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, police said on Friday. Many others are trapped under the debris and efforts are on to rescue them, they said. The incident took place last night in which the roof …
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March 16, 2018 -
How she became Asma
Her death was the top news in all media outlets. Tributes to her from national and international leaders have been pouring in large numbers. Millions of people across the country, in jhuggis as well as in posh bungalows, are numb with grief because the voice that was unfailingly raised in their support has gone quiet …
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February 16, 2018 -
Six Pak security men killed in attacks: Balochistan
At least six security personnel have been killed in terror attacks in Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province. On Tuesday morning, a police constable was gunned down in Quetta following an attack on Monday in Turbat when militants shot dead five Frontier Corps (FC) personnel. The policeman identified as Naseer Ahmed was on his way to work …
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January 16, 2018 -
Indians, Balochs hold ‘chappal chor’ protest against Pakistan in US
A group of Indian-Americans and Balochs held a protest outside Pakistan embassy in Washington DC over the humiliation of death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother and wife in Islamabad. Holding banners and placards with #ChappalChorPakistan printed on them, the group demanded that the US put economic sanctions on the nation and also ‘donated’ several pairs …
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January 8, 2018