4 insurgents killed in attack at navy station in Pakistan
At least four insurgents were reportedly killed by security forces after they attacked a station of the Pakistan Navy on Monday night in the Turbat city of Balochistan.
At least four insurgents were reportedly killed by security forces after they attacked a station of the Pakistan Navy on Monday night in the Turbat city of Balochistan.
Various political parties have decried delay in the outcome of polls.
According to the police, the first blast took place outside the election office of independent candidate Asfandyar Kakar in Pishin.
The pro-freedom Baloch leader and Free Balochistan Movement President Hyrbyair Marri has urged Baloch people not to participate in Pakistan's elections set to be held on February 8.
Members of the Balochistan diaspora have been staging protests outside the White House against Pakistan and the enforced disappearances of Baloch people.
The former college professor and her husband, an independent filmmaker and human rights activist, were brutally tortured by the Pakistan government and the country's intelligence agencies.
Innocent Balochs are being killed in fake encounters and their mutilated bodies are found in remote places, according to several reports.
The response, attributed to Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, also mentioned the measures being taken by the government to mitigate this trend, reports Dawn news.
But with little to show in terms of results, Baluchi insurgency is now turning towards the familiar route of religious sanctification, which oddly enough, overrides ethnic-tribal fixations, and is gaining traction. The man on the centerstage of ensuing Baluch protests is the local Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leader, Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, leading the Gwadar Ko Huqooq Do Tehreek (Give Rights to Gwadar Movement)
Rather than listening to the pressing demands of Gwadar’s people, the government has come up with a ridiculous and unconstitutional order to suppress the voice of the most marginalised segments. The ongoing protest comprises genuine basic demands which the government can fulfil if it cares enough about the population.
