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Quetta blast kills five including two security personnel

QUETTA: At least five people including security personnel have been killed and several others wounded in a blast occurred in a market on Sarki Road  capital city Quetta here on Thursday. According to initial reports, over 10 kg explosives were used in the blast which targeted a van of Frontier Constabulary (FC). “Five persons including two security personnel were killed and several others ...

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Pakistan Long March Ignored by Media

By Kiran Nazish About twenty families in Balochistan province of Pakistan are on a journey of protest from one city to another, calling on the government of Pakistan, the UN and the international community to address the issue of Baloch missing persons. But who is listening? Says one of the female marchers, whose husband was abducted in 2010, “The media has ...

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FC conducts search operation in Quetta prison

QUETTA: The Frontier Corps Balochistan conducted search operation in District Prison Quetta and recovered prohibited items from the prisoners. According to the media reports on Monday that FC teams in collaboration with the jail administration, carried out search operation in the district prison and recovered prohibited items from the prisoners. The FC personnel recovered eight mobile phones and other prohibited ...

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Gunmen kill NATO truck driver in Naseerabad

Naseerabad: Gunmen in Naseerabad district on Monday killed the driver and set on fire a  truck carrying NATO equipment out of Afghanistan. According to the police officials the attack took place in Naseerabad district, around 400 kilometers southeast of Quetta. “Four gunmen on motorbikes opened fire at two trucks, killing the driver of one of the vehicles and then sprinkled ...

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Awaran residents flee fearing army plans to turn the town into cantonment

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur I am convinced that if promises were bombs there wouldn’t be a soul left alive here. Promises come cheap and are the handiest tool to bamboozle people into believing fantasies they would otherwise reject as garbage. Here even the solemn but empty promises of courts recovering Baloch missing persons, of trying Musharraf for treason, of running ...

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A long march to mark injustice

Yousaf Ajab Baloch The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), an organization comprised of family members of abducted Balochs, is holding yet another march to highlight the issue of missing persons. Seven hundred and thirty kilometers long, from Quetta to Karachi on foot, this march was launched on October 27th. Mainly women and young Baloch as well as VBMP members are marching to raise awareness about ...

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Two earthquakes hit Balochistan

QUETTA: Two mild earthquakes jolted Quetta and other parts of Balochistan on Friday. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the epicentre of first earthquake was the Central Asian state of Tajikistan. On the Richter scale, it was recorded 3.7 with a 10-kilometre depth. According to PMD, the epicentre of second earthquake was measured 5.2 on the Richter scale. Published ...

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Long March: Women and children reach Uthal with blistered feet and sick health

Uthal: Women and children participants of long march reached Uthal Lasbela today with blistered feet and sick health.  The participants have been marching to highlight enforced disappearance and safe recovery of Baloch missing persons from diverse walks of life.   .  According to the details women and children are continuously marching, whereas most of the women and children are with ...

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4 Killed across Balochistan

QUETTA: At least four people were killed in separate incidents of violence in various parts of Balochistan on Thursday. According to the sources, armed men opened indiscriminate fire on a hotel in Pasni bazaar. Resultantly, two persons, identified as Muhammad Akbar and Mustafa, sustained multiple bullets wounds and succumbed to their injuries before reaching the hospital. The attackers who were ...

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The Balochistan ferment

The News Editorial  Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch is trying to be an honest broker at a time when everyone else is moving to the margins of extremism. The nationalist fervour in the province has increasingly curdled into separatism while the military and centre continue to be blind to the problems there. At a press conference in Karachi, ...

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