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HRCP concerned over killing of Baloch men

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concern on continued dumping of mutilated dead bodies of missing Baloch men in Karachi and demanded that the killers should be brought to justice. In a statement released on Friday from HRCP headquarter, the Commission noted “with great dismay and strongly condemned the fact that there had been no let ...

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A bullet-riddled body recovered in Kalat

  Kalat: A bullet-riddled body recovered in Kalat, some 160-km off southeast of Quetta, on Friday. According to Police officials, local people spotted a body lying at Killi Chashma area of Kalat and informed them. police  personnel rushed to the site and took the body into custody and shifted it to hospital for medico-legal formalities. Hospital sources said the deceased ...

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Baloch National Front (BNF gives shutter down and Wheel-Jam call

  Quetta: Baloch National Front (BNF), an alliance of various hardliner nationalist parties, has given shutter down and wheel-jam strike call across the province today (Saturday) against recovery of decomposed body of journalist Abdul Razzaq Baloch and other missing persons. BNF central secretary information, in a statement, said after abduction of journalist Abdul Razzaq Baloch and Pattan Bugti resident of ...

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Missing Baluch journalist found dead in Karachi

  New York, August 22, 2013– Authorities in Pakistan should immediately investigate the murder of a Baluch journalist whose body was found in Karachi on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch had been missing since March, according to news reports. Razzaq’s face was mutilated, and his body showed signs of strangulation and torture, according ...

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Missing Journalist’s dead body identified

  Karachi: Dead body of Baloch journalist has been identified today. The mutilated dead body of journalist Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch was recovered on August 21. Police had recovered bodies of two Baloch men from the Surjani Town area in Karachi on Wednesday. The victims were identified with the help of slips found from their bodies, which had their names ...

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Former Nazim arrested for possessing explosives

  Quetta: Former city Nazim of Quetta Maqbool Lehri has been detained for possessing immense quantity of explosive materials. The security forces Wednesday night arrested Mir Maqbool Ahmed Lehri former Nazim Quetta, of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in connection with seizure of more than 100 tons of explosives from a warehouse in the Balochistan capital, raided on Tuesday. Lehri is ...

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Journalists underline need for code of ethics for health reporting

  Quetta:  Editors, bureau chiefs of different tv channels and reporters from print and electronic media participated in a consultation workshop organized by Mishal at Quetta Press Club on August 21, 2013. Speakers underlined the need for code of ethics for health reporting in consultation with senior journalists. Journalists spoke at length about nutrition, immunization and lady health workers issues in ...

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Martyrdom of Ghafoor Baloch and Haji Razzak strengthens revolution: BNM

  Quetta: The spokesperson of Baloch National Movement said the martyrdom of Ghafoor Baloch and Razzak Baloch strengthens revolution in Baloch national freedom struggle. The statement released to media says, “The atrocities, military operation and extra judiciary murder of Baloch political activists can never put down the spirit of Baloch national freedom struggle.” According to BNM spokesperson two of the ...

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Balochistan cabinet issues resolved

Quetta: After two and half months the issues regarding the provincial cabinet have been resolved on Wednesday. According to the sources, several provincial leaders including Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, National Party’s Hasil Bazenjo, Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party’s Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Nawab Sanaullah Zehri of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) called on Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif in ...

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BRP condemns killings of Sindhi political activists

Quetta:  The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) has condemned the killing of four Sindhi political activists by “Pakistani forces” on Thursday and murder of eight Baloch peasants in Mach, Bolan on Friday. BRP   in its statement has  condemned the killing of JSMM East Karachi district president Zamin Shah, JSSF Central Vice Chairman Afzal Pahnwar and workers Yamin Chachar and Sobal Daher ...

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