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Federal govt forms task force to work on missing persons’ issue

Islamabad: The federal government on Wednesday formed a task force to look into the issue of missing persons. The additional secretary of the Ministry of Interior would be the head of task force, while additional IGs of all provinces, interior secretaries, ISI and MI officers will be a part of the team. A notification in this regard will soon be presented in the Supreme Court According ...

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A ‘made-in-China’ solution?

Sanaullah Baloch    Balochistan’s dormant conflict was triggered by the exploitative nature of the multi-billion mega projects introduced by Musharraf. The general signed off on the Gwadar Port project and gave away the world’s best copper-gold project, Saindak, to the Chinese without a fair and transparent bidding process. To ensure the smooth and uninterrupted expropriation of Balochistan’s natural wealth he ...

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Gohram Bugti announces to move to Dera Bugti tomorrow

Islamabad: The leader of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) and grandson of late Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, Gohram Bugti, announced that he would move from Islamabad to Dera Bugti on July 24. Addressing the media in Islamabad, Gohram Bugti said he had talked to all political parties in Islamabad and Balochistan and they had assured him of their support for ...

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BSO-Azad still exists as a strong voice for the Baloch revolution: Banuk Kareema Baloch

Quetta: The Senior Voice Chairperson of Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad) Kareema Baloch has said that BSO-Azad still exists as a strong voice for the Baloch revolution.   She said this while as chief guest at BSO-Azad’s senior body meeting of Hub zone. In the meeting report, released to the media, The Senior Vice Chairperson BSO-Azad Banuk Kareema Baloch said that “the ...

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Police arrest 28 suspects in Quetta

Quetta: The Frontier Corps (FC) and police personnel arrested twenty eight suspects during a security operation conducted in the Geo area of Quetta on Saturday night. According to the media reports, security forces recovered weapons and explosive materials from the suspects during the operation. All twenty eight suspects were interrogated by the senior police officers. Fayyaz Sumbal, the Deputy Inspector ...

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Editorial: Dr. Malik’s loyalty to PML-N

  It seems that the One-man government in Balochistan is running only on suspending   teachers and doctors to make its performance better. Since being elected as Chief Minister of Balochistan till today Dr, Abdul Malik has not done anything remarkable which proves that the situation in Balochistan is getting better. The law and order condition   is getting bad to worse, ...

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Being a journalist in Balochistan

By Muhammad Akbar Notezai Day by day, Balochistan is becoming a battleground for journalists who barely and rarely dare write and report independently. They regularly receive threats from security forces, underground organizations, sectarian organizations, political parties, student associations, etc. These warnings come as a price the journalists have to pay while endeavoring to perform their journalistic duties with honesty in ...

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The truth about Balochistan

 By Sanaullah Baloch Over the years, the ruling elite has been polluting the public mind with baseless assumptions and storylines regarding Balochistan. This leaves little room for logical debate on the province and on the appalling socio-economic and political realities that have resulted in the Baloch people’s hostility to the state system. Despite massive media outreach and the Internet revolution, ...

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Cases lodged against Sanaullah Zehri’s guards on BHC orders

  Quetta: Acting on the directives of the Balochistan High Court, police on Friday registered cases against five armed private guards of senior Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawab Sanaullah Zehri for entering the Balochistan Assembly premises forcefully with weapons a day earlier. Armed guards of MPA Nawaz Zehri had clashed with police while forcing their way inside ...

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Kill and dump continues: Three more dead bodies of Baloch found

  Quetta: The abduct Kill and dump of Baloch continues, three more bullet- riddled dead bodies of Baloch missing persons have been recovered. The dead bodies were identified as Ejaz Baloch, Hamal  Bugti and Whaid Bugti . According to the sources Ejaz Baloch’s  bullet-riddled and tortured dead body was found from Mangopir area of Karachi last night, whereas,  Hamal   Bugi,82, ...

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