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BNP to protest against issuance of CNICs to Afghan immigrants

Quetta: Balochistan National Party has announced protest schedule against issuance of Computerized National Identity cards and Passports to Afghan immigrants. Protests will be held all over Balochistan from 12th August to 27th August. According to Press release of BNP, 4 million afghan immigrants, residing in Balochistan, have been illegally issued citizenship documents of Pakistan. BNP strongly condemns the issuance of illegal documents ...

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Three including a women gunned down in Panjgur

PANJGUR: At least three persons including a women were gunned down in Panjgur district of  Balochistan on Friday. According to Levies Force, unidentified armed men on motorcycles barged into a house and opened indiscriminate firing. As a result of firing three persons including a woman were killed. While the assailants escaped from the scene. The firing incident occurred at Join ...

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Candlelight Vigil in Quetta for Gaza victims

By Safiullah Shahwani QUETTA: A candlelight vigil was held on Friday night by Organization of Volunteer Youth Quetta (OVY) in the provincial capital to show solidarity with the victims of Gaza in the wake of Israeli onslaught. The candlelight vigil was organized by OVY in collaboration with Scientific, Education, Elegant & Refined Souls (SEERS) Institute. People from all walks of ...

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Taboos on the brink: What you don’t know about Balochistan

By  Farooq Abdullah For Most of us, the group of words like violence against women, harassment at institutions or work places, rape, honor killing and gender disparity are not that staggering because we listen about these so often in mainstream media–both domestic and international–that it offers none but very little appall by now. Besides, it is way too “ordinary” a ...

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Expel girls or close down

By Muhammad Akbar Notezai At least 23 private schools and English language centers in Balochistan’s western Panjgur district have been closed since April 25 because of threats and intimidation by a previously unheard-of militant group Tanzeemul Islamul Furqan. Armed men belonging to the group barged into schools and warned the teachers and students against co-education, which they said was not ...

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