By Iqbal Hasrat Generally Pakistan and Afghanistan are considered inseparable states due to their historical, religious, cultural, linguistic, trade and ethnic linkages. The relation is so deep that once Ahmed karzai, president of Afghanistan, professed in his visit to India that Pakistan and Afghanistan were “identical twins”. However, the modern bilateral relationships face great turbulence because of rising influence of ...

The new year 2014 began   with a terror act in Balochistan, when a suicide car  bomb attack targeted   a passenger bus of Shia Pilgrims on Wednesday. At least two people were killed and 26 others injured in the attack according to the sources the bus, being escorted by a police van, was attacked in Akhterabad area of Quetta. The injured ...

By Mariyam Mohammed Suleman                                           The media is generally referred to various means of communication such as television, radio, newspapers, websites, magazines or books. The term “media” can be used as a collective word for press. From a couple of years, the role of media in Balochistan has been discussed on various TV talk shows, radio channels and newspapers. Still the ...

Kalat:  All Parties Action Committee (APAC)  has called for complete shutter down in Kalat against stoppage of Sui Gas on Saturday. The APAC has warned to start a long march from Kalat to Quetta and to protest in front of Governor and Chief Minster’s houses  if Sui gas supply and pressure is not increased. All Parties Action Committee (APAC) will ...

QUETTA: At least three persons have been reported killed and more than two dozens injured in a suicide attack near a pilgrims’ bus in Akhtarabad area of Quetta on Wednesday evening . According to the Police a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Akhtarabad area of Quetta. “A pilgrim’s bus, carrying 50 passengers, ...

By Muhammad Akbar Notezai The Baloch families’ long march, led by Mama Qadir Baloch (70 year old man and the vice president of an long march in sindhadvocacy group named Vice for Baloch Missing Persons), commenced from the Quetta Press Club on October 27, 2013.  After travelling 27 days and covering 780 kilometers on foot, the Baloch long march participants, ...

QUETTA: Three persons of a family died of gas suffocation in their house in Pashtonabad area of capital city Queta here on Tuesday, According to the detail the incident happened due to the gas leakage at Tareen Road. Room was filled with gas, as result three persons Shabir Hussain, his wife  and son Yasir  Abbas died of suffocation. They were ...

KHUZDAR: A tribal man and local leader of Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal)  was killed in firing of armed men here on Tuesday. According to details armed men opened fire on Rais Abdul Quddus Gazgi at old Karachi road here today. Rais Abdul Quddus Gazgi  was  Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal). After the incident unknown persons closed the city. Firing was also ...

QUETTA: The Chirman of Voice for Baloch Missing person (VBMP) has alleged that In 2013, 510 people were picked up by intelligence agencies from different areas of the province and 161 people were extra judicially killed in torture cells. Talking to journalists in a press conference in Quetta press club, Chairman Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) shared  that  security ...