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Pakistan: Polling for Balochistan local govt underway in 32 districts, no casualty reported as grenade blast occurs close to women polling station

May 29, 2022, at 11:47 pm

Quetta: Polling is underway for the Local government (LG) polls in 32 out of 34 districts of Pakistan’s Balochistan on Sunday.

Amsterdam: BNM members demonstrate against enforced disappearance of women in Pakistan's Balochistan

May 26, 2022, at 03:09 am

Amsterdam: Baloch National Movement (BNM) group members have protested over the issue of enforced disappearance of women in Balochistan in Amsterdam city recently.

Pakistan: Balochistan witnessing cholera outbreak

May 26, 2022, at 01:47 am

Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistan's Balochistan region, an area which is deprived of clean drinking water, is witnessing a cholera outbreak, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Forest fire rages in Balochistan

May 23, 2022, at 12:20 am

Islamabad: Devastating forest fire continues to rage in different parts of the Koh-i-Sulaiman range, with officials fearing that it may spread to populated areas, Dawn reported on Sunday.

Balochistan: Give Rights campaign to participate in civic polls

May 22, 2022, at 04:48 am

Quetta, Pakistan: Leader of the ‘Give Rights campaign’ and provincial General-Secretary of Jamaat e Islami Balochistan, Moulana Hidayat Ur Rahman Baloch has announced the party will participate in the civic polls in Pakistan.

Pakistan: Highway blocked in Balochistan to protest against arrest of two women

May 18, 2022, at 09:58 pm

turbat: Hundreds of women blocked a highway between Turbat and Hoshab as they demonstrated against the arrest of two women on Monday, media reports said.

Baloch National Movement condemns raid in its member's house by Pakistan security forces

May 11, 2022, at 09:43 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has condemned the raid conducted by Pakistan security forces in the house of Mohsin Baloch, who is a member of BNM, the United Kingdom zone.

Pakistan: Protest held in Turbat against enforced disappearances of Baloch students

May 06, 2022, at 08:54 pm

Islamabad: Students from different educational institutions in Pakistan demonstrated in Turbat city in Balochistan against enforced disappearances, media reports said on Friday.

Balochs are sacrificing their lives due to Pakistani oppression, says woman activist

May 01, 2022, at 03:03 am

Quetta, Pakistan: A Baloch activist has said it is due to Pakistan’s oppressive policies and genocide in Balochistan province that a woman from the region blew herself in Karach University which left three Chinese natioinals dead.

People in Balochistan stage protest against Pakistan army

Apr 27, 2022, at 03:25 am

Quetta, Pakistan: In the third week of April, people of Balochistan had participated in a protest against the security forces of Pakistan (Frontier Corps) over firing that took place over peace protesters in the Nok kundi area of Balochistan's  Chagai district in which five-seven people were injured.

Pakistan: Protests held in several Balochistan towns against killing of truck driver

Apr 23, 2022, at 05:49 am

Quetta, Pakistan: Various political party members demonstrated in Pakistan's Dalbandin, Nokkundi, Nushki and Kharan towns on Wednesday against recent killing of a truck driver in Chagai as well as injuries to those who had taken to the streets against the incident.

Pakistan: Eight injured as forces open fire on protestors in Balochistan

Apr 20, 2022, at 09:06 pm

Islamabad: At least eight people were hurt as Pakistani security forces opened indiscriminate firing on the peaceful protestors who were protesting against the killing of a driver at the hands of the Frontier Corps, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Protesters stopped from entering Quetta’s Red Zone

Mar 16, 2022, at 11:53 pm

Quetta: Police on Tuesday prevented  an attempt of the Balochistan Employees and Workers Grand Alliance to enter the Red Zone in Pakistan's Quetta city to stage a sit-in in support of their demands.

BNM plans to organize protests in UK, South Korea against Pakistan's 'atrocities' in Balochistan

Mar 16, 2022, at 11:14 pm

Balochistan: The Baloch National Movement has announced it will host a series of protests in the UK and South Korea against Pakistan's 'atrocities' in Balochistan.

Pakistan: Five killed for honour in Balochistan, probe going on

Feb 15, 2022, at 03:00 am

Dera Murad Jamali, Pakistan: At least three men and two women were killed in the name of honour in Jaffarabad, Mast­ung and Hub areas of Pakistan in recent days, police said.

Pakistan: 34 disappeared in 10 days in Balochistan

Feb 13, 2022, at 02:37 am

Quetta, Pakistan: In the first 10 days of February, Pakistani security forces and its affiliated militias abducted at least 34 civilians, Human Rights Council of Balochistan said in a statement.

Pakistani activist says people in Balochistan suppressed by military, terror groups

Feb 13, 2022, at 02:34 am

Balochistan, Pakistan: An activist in Pakistan's Balochistan region has said military and terror groups are suppressing locals in the region.

Jamaat-i-Islami chief draws Pakistan govt's attention to plight of Balochistan

Feb 09, 2022, at 10:53 pm

Lahore, Pakistan: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has said the Pakistan government must address the deprivations of the people of Balochistan and ensure the fulfilment of the commitments made with them by the rulers for years.

Pakistani minister warns country may witness rise in terror activities

Feb 07, 2022, at 12:44 am

Islamabad: Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Saturday made an apparent reference to the recent spike in terrorist activities in the country and said such episodes may rise in the upcoming days.

Firing incident: PTM members demonstrate in different Pakistani cities

Feb 06, 2022, at 11:56 pm

Peshawar: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) members on Friday demonstrated by organizing rallies in various cities across Pakistan against the recent firing allegedly by the security forces on their rally in Balochistan province.

Pakistan military camps attack: Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility

Feb 05, 2022, at 12:14 am

Islamabad: Terrorist group Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the killing of more than '100 soldiers' across two military camps in Pakistan on Thursday.

Pakistan: Baloch leaders discuss issue of fishing by illegal trawlers

Feb 03, 2022, at 12:31 am

Balochistan, Pakistan: Several Baloch leaders in Pakistan attended a meeting recently to discuss prevention of  fishing by illegal trawlers, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan Army chief Bajwa visits Balochistan

Jan 31, 2022, at 11:17 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Turbat city in Balochistan region on Saturday and spent the day with troops.

Pakistan: Twin blasts rock Balochistan, four die

Jan 30, 2022, at 11:17 pm

Quetta: Three Levies Force personnel, along with a Bugti clan elder, died as twin blasts rocked Sui area of Dera Bugti region in Pakistan on Friday, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan: Gun attack on car leaves four people dead in Quetta

Jan 29, 2022, at 09:39 pm

Quetta: At least four people died in a gun attack on a car on Saryab Road of the Balochistan capital Quetta city in Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Terrorists attack checkpost in Balochistan, 10 soldiers die

Jan 28, 2022, at 11:44 pm

Islamabad: Terrorists have attacked a security checkpost in Balochistan's Kech district of Pakistan which left at least ten soldiers dead, media reports said on Friday.

Balochistan: Two Pakistanis forced to walk on hot embers

Dec 24, 2021, at 10:31 pm

Islamabad: Police in Pakistan's Balochistan province have launched an investigation after a video went viral showing two men being forced to walk barefoot on hot embers to prove their innocence following allegations of theft.

Demonstrators protest across the globe demanding Pakistan to protect its minorities

Dec 12, 2021, at 01:42 am

Hague: Political activists demonstrated across the world on International Human Rights Day to put pressure on Pakistan to protect its minorities

Pakistan: Islamabad witnesses protest over enforced disappearance in Balochistan

Dec 11, 2021, at 01:03 am

Islamabad/IBNS: A large number of people demonstrated in Pakistan's capital Islamabad to protest against enforced disappearances in Balochistan.

No gas for CNG stations in Pakistan's Sindh, Balochistan from Dec 1: SSGCL

Nov 30, 2021, at 10:15 pm

Karachi/IBNS: Pakistani natural gas supplier, Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGCL), will now suspend gas supply to all the compressed natural gas (CNG) stations across Sindh and Balochistan from 8 am. on Dec 1 till Feb 15, according to media reports.