Two NATO Containers Torched in Balochistan
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Unidentified armed men, on Monday, torched two NATO containers in Surab area of Kalat district some 200 KM away from here while two Nato tankers were overturned in Chaman and Kuchlak. Sources said that containers were on their way to Kandahar carrying supplies for Nato forces stationed in Afghanistan from [...]
Even the Police Chief Confesses “Concern” Over Lawlessness in Balochistan
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Expressing grave concern over rise in incidents of kidnapping for ransom, Balochistan Police Chief, Inspector General Malik Muhammad Iqbal, has confessed that these crimes have skyrocketed manifold across the province and recovery of kidnapees and elimination of crimes had become a challenge for police and other law enforcement agencies. He [...]
Relative of Khan of Kalat Assassinated
The Baloch Hal News KALAT: Unidentified assailants shot dead the nephew of a provincial minister of Balochistan and a relative of the Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Dawood in Kalat town, some 160 KM away from the provincial capital on Monday. According to sources, four unidentified armed men riding on two different motorbikes sprayed a [...]
Cloth Merchant Killed; Social Welfare Office Torched in Panjgur
The Baloch Hal News PANJGUR: One person was shot dead in Panjgur, a bordering town near Iran, in an incident of firing on Monday while unidentified people torched office of Social Welfare Department, which operates under the government of Baochistan, in the same town. As per reports reaching here, Muhammad Jan, a cloth merchant,was on [...]
Check Post Attacked in Kohlu; Nushki Sabotage Foiled
The Baloch Hal News KOHLU/NUSHKI: Unidentified people attacked a check post of security forces in Kohlu district on Monday while police foiled an attempt to blow up Quetta-Taftan railway track in Nushki. According to reports reaching here, unknown militants attacked a check post of security forces in Bala Daka area of Kohlu district and escaped [...]
A “Heavy Price” for Defending Human Rights
Columnist Yousaf Ajab Baloch criticizes the role of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan over its silence on the murder of Naeem Sabir, who served as the district coordinator of the leading human rights watchdog in Khuzdar
Life in Balochistan Comes to a Sandstill Again
The Baloch Hal Monitoring Desk QUETTA: A complete shutter down strike was observed across Balochistan on Saturday to protest against the deteriorating law and order situation, particularly the increasing incidents of kidnapping for ransom and the assassinations of political dissidents, whose bullet-riddled bodies are often found on the streets. Business activities remained paralysed in many [...]
Complete Shutter-down Strike Observed in Zhob
By Rafiullah Mandokhail ZHOB: A complete shutter-down was observed here in Zhob against the deteriorating state of law and order and the lack of action on the part of the government authorities against the criminals. The skrike call was given by All Parties Action Committee and supported by Trade Union. All business centers and markets [...]
Bid to Kidnap Woman Foiled; Three Killed in Lawless Balochistan
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA/KHUZDAR/DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three people were killed in separate incidents of firing in different towns of Balochistan on Sunday while Khuzdar police arrested three accused persons for kidnapping a woman. According to police, one person identified as Abdul Rashid was coming to Khuzdar from Karachi in a passenger van. As he [...]
“Disappeared” BSO Activist, 22, Killed, Dumped in Dasht
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: A bullet-riddled body, which had been recovered from Quetta the other day, was identified as that of Sher Zaman Kurd, an activist of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad). According to family sources, Sher Zaman Kurd, 22, was abducted allegedly by secret agencies from Dasht area some three weeks age and [...]