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Pakistan:Probe into over 200 complaints about missing persons begins

Nov 20, 2022, at 05:15 am

Islamabad: The Balochistan Home Department has commenced investigating the 222 complaints received from the heirs of missing persons in the province, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Two soldiers killed during clash with terrorists in Balochistan

Nov 01, 2022, at 02:51 pm

Quetta: At least two Pakistan Army soldiers died and four terrorists were gunned down during a clash with the security forces in Balochistan's Shahrig town, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Policeman dies during attack on polio team in Balochistan

Oct 26, 2022, at 02:33 pm

Quetta: A policeman, who was guarding a polio vaccination team in Pakistan, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Balochistan region of the country, media reports said on Wednesday.

China exploiting Balochistan, accuses lawmaker

Oct 20, 2022, at 12:52 am

Quetta, Pakistan: A Balochistan lawmaker has accused Chinese companies,which are working on various power projects in the region, of destroying the environment and marine life and even denying locals jobs.

Pakistan: Balochistan CTD accused of killing 3 missing persons in 'fake encounter' case

Oct 19, 2022, at 08:59 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's Balochistan Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has been accused of  killing three missing persons in a “fake encounter” in Kharan region of the country, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Ex-Balochistan High Court chief justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai shot dead outside mosque

Oct 15, 2022, at 03:12 pm

Kharan: Unidentified gunmen on Friday shot dead ex-Balochistan High Court chief justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai outside a mosque in Pakistan's Kharan area, media reports said.

Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence: US tells citizens in advisory

Oct 08, 2022, at 09:45 pm

The United States has issued travel advisory to people of Pakistan and asked them to reconsider travelling to the country due to 'terrorism and sectarian violence'.

Pakistan: Flood victims killed in alleged 'police firing'

Oct 08, 2022, at 09:36 pm

Quetta:  One flood victim was killed in an alleged police firing during distribution of relief goods by an NGO in the cattle farm area of Jafferabad district of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Balochistan witnessing spike in Malaria cases

Oct 07, 2022, at 07:11 pm

Quetta: Pakistan's Balochistan is witnessing a rise in Malaria as 2,434 cases of the disease were registered from six districts of the region in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: Balochistan PA condemns FC soldier’s kidnapping

Oct 01, 2022, at 10:49 pm

Quetta:  The Balochistan Assembly on Thursday condemned the  kidnapping of a Frontier Corps soldier by Pakistani armed men in Harnai area, media reports said on Saturday.

Military helicopter crash kills 6 in Pakistan

Sep 27, 2022, at 05:44 am

Islamabad: A helicopter of the Pakistan Army crashed in the Harnai district of the country's southwestern Balochistan province, killing all six people on board, an army statement said.

At HRC, Baloch group requests UN intervention over human rights abuses in Pakistan

Sep 24, 2022, at 03:24 am

Geneva: A Baloch rights group has requested UN intervention in the southwestern province of Pakistan to save people who are facing severe rights violations, media reports said.

Baloch Genocide: Pakistan's Baloch National Movement blames China

Sep 21, 2022, at 02:35 am

Quetta, Pakistan: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has accused China of joining hands in “carrying out the Baloch Genocide" in Pakistan.

Pakistan: Flour crisis continues in Balochistan

Sep 19, 2022, at 11:32 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: The Balochistan region of Pakistan continues to face a flour crisis with the mill owners continuing to blame  the provincial government for failing to procure the required wheat this year.

Pakistan: Explosion rocks Kalat region of flood-ravaged Balochistan

Sep 03, 2022, at 04:27 am

Quetta, Pakistan: Unidentified terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device at the working site of Pakistan Petroleum Limited on the outskirts of Kalat region of Balochistan on Wednesday which left one local employee dead, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: 32 Balochistan districts declared ‘calamity-hit’

Sep 03, 2022, at 03:30 am

Quetta, Pakistan: The Balochistan government has declared 32 out of the total 34 provincial districts “calamity-hit”.

Pakistan: Two Pakistan Army soldiers die during terror attack in Balochistan

Aug 14, 2022, at 10:36 pm

Quetta: At least two Pakistan Army soldiers died when unidentified terrorists raided a post of security forces in the Harnai area of Balochistan on Saturday night, media reports said on Sunday.

Zahra Baloch murder: Baloch activists demonstrate in front of Balochistan Governor’s house

Aug 06, 2022, at 03:51 pm

Quetta: Baloch activists in Pakistan on Thursday demonstrated in front of the Balochistan Governor’s house in Quetta against a murderous attack on a Baloch woman Zahra Baloch.

Pakistan: Rains kills 15 in Balochistan

Aug 03, 2022, at 10:29 pm

Islamabad/UNI: The death toll from torrential rains and flash floods in Balochistan increased by 15 after heavy downpour continued to batter several districts, destroying houses and damaging infrastructure, Dawn reported on Wednesday.

Wreckage of missing Pakistani Army helicopter found, 6 officers dead

Aug 02, 2022, at 11:53 pm

Islamabad: The wreckage of the Pakistani Army helicopter which went missing in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Monday night has been recovered with all the 6 officers and soldiers onboard found dead.

Pakistani Army helicopter with senior officers on board goes missing in Balochistan

Aug 02, 2022, at 03:04 pm

Islamabad: A Pakistani Army helicopter, which was carrying senior officials, went missing in Balochistan on Monday, media reports said.

3 injured in football match blast in southwest Pakistan

Jul 31, 2022, at 03:56 pm

Islamabad/Xinhua: At least three people were injured in a blast in Turbat city of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, on Saturday night.

Pakistan: Six Baloch separatists killed in Kech operation

Jul 30, 2022, at 05:58 pm

Islamabad: At least six Baloch separatists were killed in a heavy exchange of fire with security forces in the Hoshab area of Kech district during an operation, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement here on Saturday.

Pakistan: Money allotted for first cancer hospital in Balochistan spent somewhere else

Jul 20, 2022, at 05:22 am

Islamabad: The money, which was allotted for the first cancer hospital in Balochistan region of Pakistan, has been spent somewhere else, media reports said.

Pakistan: Nine terrorists, one security personnel die during operation in Balochistan

Jul 16, 2022, at 03:24 pm

Quetta: At least nine terrorists and a security personnel were killed during an operation in Balochistan region of Pakistan on Friday,media reports said.

Pakistan atrocities: Baloch group holds demonstration in Geneva

Jun 22, 2022, at 01:09 am

Geneva: The Baloch Voice Association on Monday participated in an exhibition cum demonstration  in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva alongside the Broken Chair sculpture to highlight the atrocious acts committed by the Pakistan establishment.

Pakistani security forces gun down six BLF terrorists in Balochistan

Jun 20, 2022, at 04:22 am

Islamabad: Pakistani security forces gunned down six terrorists of the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) during an operation in the Central Makran Mountain Range in Balochistan, media reports said.

Pakistan: Protest held in Sindh against 'missing' Baloch students

Jun 14, 2022, at 12:37 am

Islamabad: A protest was held outside the Sindh Assembly on Sunday over the alleged kidnapping of two Baloch students of University of Karachi by law enforcement agencies.

Pakistan: Van plunges into ravine, 22 die in Balochistan

Jun 08, 2022, at 10:46 pm

Quetta: At least 22 people, including women and children, died when the van in which they were travelling  on the Zhob National Highway in Pakistan's Balochistan region plunged hundreds of feet into a ravine near Killa Saifullah on Wednesday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Roadside bomb in Balochistan kills two

Jun 01, 2022, at 05:56 am

Karachi: A roadside bomb blew up in Harnai district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday, killing two persons.