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Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar 'loses his cool' over 'Balochistan protest' in Islamabad

Jan 02, 2024, at 03:53 pm

Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, who appeared to be visibly irked, on Monday said those supporting Baloch protest should join the 'Baloch militants'.

Baloch protesters demonstrate in London over enforced disappearance

Jan 01, 2024, at 11:11 pm

Salia Marri, the niece of Baloch national leader Baba Khair Bakhsh Marri, will hold a five-day sit-in in London from January 3 to protest against alleged enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan.

Pakistan: Baloch protesters camp outside Islamabad's National Press Club 'robbed'

Dec 28, 2023, at 11:19 pm

A group of Baloch protesters who were encamped outside the National Press Club in Pakistan's Islamabad city to press authorities for the acceptance of their demands were robbed by unidentified men on Monday (December 25, 2023).

Baloch leader demands abolishment of Counter Terrorism Department in Balochistan

Dec 25, 2023, at 11:47 pm

Baloch leader Dr Mahrang Baloch has demanded the abolishment of the  Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Balochistan and even termed it a death squad.

Pakistani authorities claim 290 Baloch protesters released from prison, police custody

Dec 25, 2023, at 11:16 pm

Pakistan's caretaker government on Monday said 290 Baloch protesters, who were arrested during a demonstration in Islamabad against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, have been released from prison and police custody, media reports said.

Pakistan: Amnesty International condemns Baloch protesters, demands authority to drop charges against them

Dec 20, 2023, at 11:04 pm

A major global human rights advocacy group recently raised concern over the arrest of protesters from Balochistan who marched towards Islamabad to highlight the issue of extrajudicial killings in their province.

Baloch National Movement members conducts seminar in Amsterdam to mark International Human Rights Day, call for freedom

Dec 13, 2023, at 11:48 pm

The Baloch National Movement recently conducted a seminar in Amsterdam city to mark International Human Rights Day where the ongoing crisis in Balochistan was highlighted.

Pakistan: Policeman killed, 2 injured in blast in Balochistan

Dec 11, 2023, at 04:32 am

A blast hit a police vehicle in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, leaving one policeman dead and injuring two others, police said.

Pakistan: Balochistan govt planning to impose ban on PTM

Dec 08, 2023, at 02:50 pm

The Balochistan government is planning to impose a ban on Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), following the arrest of its chief recently.

Pakistan: Committee formed to investigate Balaach’s death in Balochistan

Dec 01, 2023, at 10:01 pm

A four-member committee has been formed by the Balochistan government in Pakistan to probe the alleged killing of Balaach Mola Bakh­­sh in a clash with the Co­unter Terrorism Depar­tment (CTD) in Turbat.

Pakistan: 2 terrorists killed by security forces in Balochistan

Nov 29, 2023, at 11:40 pm

At least two terrorists were killed by Pakistani security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan’s Kalat district, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Three die in IED blast in Balochistan

Nov 22, 2023, at 08:57 pm

An improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the roadside exploded in Pakistan's Hoshab area in Balochistan on Sunday which left at least three people dead, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Three Levies men among five injured in separate attack incidents in Balochistan

Nov 21, 2023, at 06:44 am

Two armed attacks in  Chagai and Pishin districts of Balochistan region of Pakistan on Saturday left at least five people, including three Levies personnel, hurt, media reports said.

Pakistan: Unidentified men abduct Balochistan-based businessman

Nov 13, 2023, at 11:31 pm

Unidentified men have abducted a Balochistan-based businessman Haji Naseebullah Khan Achakzai on Friday.

Residents in Rajanpur’s Tamman Gorshani express concern after Pakistan military instructs them to evacuate region

Oct 17, 2023, at 11:23 pm

Residents of Tamman Gorshani tribal area in Pakistan's  Rajanpur have voiced their concerns over instructions reportedly given by the Pakistani military to evacuate several areas ahead of a planned missile test, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Several coalmines closed in Balochistan, thousands lose jobs

Oct 07, 2023, at 11:15 pm

A large number of workers have lost their jobs due to the closure of hundreds of coal mines across Pakistan's Balochistan province, media reports said on Saturday.

Balochistan: BNM hosts three-day-long exhibition outside UN to highlight human rights violations in Balochistan

Sep 30, 2023, at 10:11 pm

The Baloch National Movement recently hosted a three-day-long exhibition in Geneva City to highlight the human rights violations happening in Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Wadh tension: BNP-M leaders demonstrated in Pakistan's Balochistan region

Sep 30, 2023, at 12:47 am

Hundreds of Baloch­istan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) members and supporters recently demonstrated in different parts of Balochistan to express concern over the tense situation in Wadh.

Pakistan: Four soldiers due during gunfight with terrorists in Balochistan

Sep 29, 2023, at 09:45 pm

At least four Pakistani soldiers and three terrorists were killed in a gunfight at the Pakistani-Afghan border in the country's southwest Balochistan province, military said on Friday.

Pakistan: 10 killed, over 40 injured in blast in Balochistan

Sep 29, 2023, at 07:44 pm

Islamabad/UNI: At least 10 people were killed and more than 40 others injured in a blast during a religious procession in Pakistan's southwest Mastung district of Balochistan province on Friday, police and government officials said.

Pakistan Army targets civilians while intensifying search for six abducted footballers in Dera Bugti, claim activists

Sep 17, 2023, at 08:35 pm

Baloch activists are blaming the Pakistan Army is using “excessive force” against civilians when they intensify their search to find six young footballers abducted in the Dera Bugti area of Pakistan's Balochistan region.

Baloch organisations to host photo, banner exhibition outside UN office to highlight Pakistan's human rights violations in Balochistan

Sep 14, 2023, at 06:33 pm

Several Baloch organisations will join to host a photo and banner exhibition from September 25 to 27 in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to make the international community conscious of human rights violations in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Pakistan: Students protest against absence of teachers in government-run college

Aug 26, 2023, at 04:02 pm

Hundreds of girls in a Pakistani government-run college in Balochistan demonstrated for the past two days against the absence of teachers for several months.

Pakistan: Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for suicide attack on Chinese engineers at Gwadar Port

Aug 14, 2023, at 01:28 am

Karachi: The convoy of Chinese engineers working on the Beijing-financed Gwadar Port in Pakistan was attacked by Majeed Brigade, the suicide squad belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Associated Press reported on Sunday.

Pakistan: Balochistan protests against security forces for carrying out atrocities on civilians

Aug 13, 2023, at 12:14 am

Pakistan's Balochistan region recently witnessed protests as people demonstrated against the security forces for carrying out atrocities on civilians.

Pakistan: Seven people, including UC chairman, killed in Balochistan blast

Aug 08, 2023, at 02:38 pm

At least seven people, including a chairman of a union council (UC), died in a landmine blast in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Monday.

Pakistan: 4 soldiers die as terrorists attack Zhob garrison in northern Balochistan

Jul 12, 2023, at 09:45 pm

Islamabad: At least four Pakistani Army soldiers died while five others were injured as suspected terrorists launched a “dastardly attack” on the Zhob garrison in northern Balochistan region of Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Protest rallies held in different cities demanding recovery of missing Baloch people

Jul 02, 2023, at 12:21 am

Massive rallies were taken out in Pakistan's Quetta and Karachi cities where they demanded the recovery of missing Baloch people, media reports said.

Pakistan: Section 144 in Balochistan to prevent wheat, flour smuggling

Jun 10, 2023, at 11:23 pm

Balochistan authority has imposed section 144, especially in   Naseerabad division, to prevent the movement of wheat and flour from the province to other provinces, media reports said.

Nuclear Tests: Free Balochistan Movement demonstrates against Pakistan in UK, European cities

May 31, 2023, at 08:46 pm

London: The Free Balochistan Movement members demonstrated on May 28 in  Germany, the UK and the Netherlands  to mark ‘Aashrokh’ – the day of mourning in Balochistan, media reports said.