The BBC Urdu Service, while covering the final burial of several people who were killed in Friday’s suicide bomb blast in Quetta, reported that enraged family members of the victims directly blamed the religious leaders for being responsible for the carnage. Devastated with the grief of losing their sons, the mothers of the slain Hazara [...]
At least seventy five people were killed and two hundred were injured in one of the worst suicide bomb blasts in the history of Balochistan. The blast took place at Mizan Chowk, a popular venue in Quetta for political congregations, when the members of Shia community expressed solidarity with their Palestine brethren. The loss of [...]
Balochistan is in the grip of an ecological disaster since July 21 rains that devastated Barkhan and Kohlu sweeping away about 12 people in first few hours of rains. Since then, the crisis is intensifying, needing a bigger government role in rescue operation. Reports suggested that many people are still marooned and could not be [...]
The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Ifthakar Chaudhary, who was reinstated to his top position after rigorous anti-dictatorship efforts of champions of democracy and pluralism, has stunned everyone with his recent remarks against the Parliament and secularism. The Chief Justice, who surely is able enough to grasp the real meaning of legal and constitutional [...]
The political and security situation in Panjgur, a district located on the Iranian border, has turned very hostile and tense after the Frontier Corps (FC) shot dead Hussain Baloch, a young political activist belonging to Katagri area. Hussain was among hundreds of male and female protestors who demonstrated against the recent arrest of three Baloch [...]
At least sixteen people were killed in two different violent incidents in Balochistan at a time when rest of the country was celebrating the Independence Day. Both the incidents had two things in common: All killed were Punjabis and the onus for the shoot-outs was accepted by the defunct Baloch Liberation Army. In the first [...]
Former BNP secretary General Habib Jalib, who was shot dead in Quetta on July 14th by unidentified persons, is perhaps the only “lucky” political figure in this country to get his murderers identified within a “very short” period of one month. Pakistan has had a history of several high-profile murders, including that of two former [...]
They say the grass is always greener on the other side. Many people believe that Chief Minister Nawab Raisani, who is the first leader in the history of Balochistan to be voted unopposed as the head of the government, has it easy to fix all the problems confronting the insurgency-stricken province. In spite of having [...]
There is widespread devastation in torrential rains and floods in Eastern Balochistan where eight districts have officially been declared calamity hit regions needing massive help from the Federal, Provincial and international community for relief and rehabilitation. Around 0.8 million acres of highly fertile land had been damaged in unprecedented floods in Eastern Balochistan. Two hundred [...]
A recent seminar organized at Karachi Press Club on the issue of the missing Baloch persons was disrupted by a female journalist for unknown odd reasons. A dramatic scene was created when the female journalist stepped forward against a guest speaker, Professor Dr. Saba Dashtiyari, who teaches at the University of Balochistan in Quetta. She [...]
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