Team Arrives in Gwadar to Discuss Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project
The Baloch Hal News GWADAR: A high-level Iranian team of experts arrived in Gwadar on Tuesday to hold talks with the Pakistani authorities about the controversial Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, officials confirmed. The Deputy Commissioner of Gwadar received the Iranian delegation and discussed issues of mutual interest. The two countries are determined to soon start work [...]
Eleven People Butchered in Gwadar
The Baloch Hal News GWADAR: At least eleven people endeavoring to cross Balochistan’s border to get into Iran were shot dead by unidentified people in Gwadar District on Friday, local authorities confirmed saying that the victims belonged to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhaw provinces. According to the details, two pick-up vans were carrying several people [...]
Several Districts Shut Down in Protest as Prime Minister Visits Balochistan
The Baloch Hal News GWADAR/KECH/AWARAN: Several districts of Balochistan remained completely shut on Friday to protest Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf’s two-day long visit to Balochistan to express resentment against the government policies toward the Baloch people. The Baloch National Movement (B.N.M.) had given the call for the shutter down strike which was also backed [...]
Senior Baloch Journalist Killed in Karachi
The Baloch Hal News KARACHI: A senior Baloch journalist from Gwadar District, who had gone to Karachi to attend a media training workshop being organized by the International Federation of Journalists (I.F.J.), was shot dead in Karachi’s Liyari area on Friday. Journalists in Gwadar have announced three days of mourning against the killing of their [...]
Gunmen kill Eight Security Men in Gwadar
The Baloch Hal Monitoring Desk QUETTA: At least eight security men were killed and two were injured in an attack on the coast guard’s checkpost in Gwadar on Saturday, DawnNews reported. Levies sources said the officials were on routine duty at the check-post when unknown gunmen opened fire. The attackers who were riding motorbikes also fired rockets [...]
Two “Disappeared” Baloch Youth Resurface
The Baloch Hal News KARACHI/GWADAR/TURBT: Two missing Baloch political activists resurfaced from Karachi on Saturday after being whisked away allegedly by the personnel of state intelligence agencies. According to the details, Irshad Nasir, who had been “kidnapped” on October 13, 2010 from Shai Thump inTurbat District with his cousin Qambar Chakar of the Baloch Students [...]
10,000 houses destroyed in Gwadar district
The Baloch Hal News GWADAR: Around 10 thousands houses were washed away by cyclone ‘Phet’ in Gwadar some two weeks back which is totally different from the figure released by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). According to non-governmental organizations, total figure of houses are 37, 224 in Gwadar district out of which 9, 736 [...]
Locals outraged over non-Baloch Navy officer’s appointment as Gwadar Port Authority Chairman
By Our Correspondent GWADAR: The government assurances of eliminating the Baloch sense of deprivation and underrepresentation in the federation of Pakistan encountered a setback after the federal government’s startling appointment of a non-local retired commodore of the Pakistan Navy as the Chairman of the Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) despite the presence of more senior Baloch [...]