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Train blast kills 15, injures 35 in Sibbi

SIBBI: At least 15 people were killed and 35 injured in a powerful explosion in one of the bogies of Jaffar Express near Sibbi Railway Station Tuesday. The explosion occurred in one of the bogies when it was at Sibbi Railway Station. The explosion affected three bogies of the train. Federal Minister for Railways Khwaja Saad Rafique confirmed the death ...

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Baloch Society is Rapidly Changing

Mir Behram Baloch When the British ruled, they were actually respected and liked by much of the local people. This comes out in a verse written by a poet who spoke of Sir Robert Sandeman: “Sandeman Sahib is the friend of us all/ he gives us money to have nose-rings made/all our jewelry is made of gold/and if we have no gold ...

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Frontier Corps claims to gun down 30 militants in Parod Operation

QUETTA: The Spokesperson of the Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan, has claimed that FC lodged an operation in Parod mountain of district Kalat over the presence of militants there. In the conducted search operation over 30 militants were killed, while 10 security men were also injured.  According to details, FC troops along with Kalat Scouts operated in the vicinity and attacked ...

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Balochistan’s Inherent Value

By Banuk Horaan Baloch  The vast mountainous desert region in Pakistan’s southwest is known as Balochistan, or Land of the Baloch. Covering 347,190 square kilometers, Balochistan constitutes 44% of Pakistan’s total landmass. In the North and Northwest lies the Durand line, dividing Balochistan and Afghanistan. To the West is the Iranian border, and in the North & East is the Indus ...

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Balochistan: The golden bird and the hurdles

By Jameel Jansheer Balochistan is  State’s largest province in terms of landmass, for sure is a golden land covering approximately a geographically area of 3, 42,505 square kilometers. Currently, both nationally and internationally it has gained significance for it is laden with precious minerals and large reservoirs of resources like Gold, Gas, Coal, Chromite, Copper and marbles. Land wise, it ...

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Kech: Bullet riddled dead body of BNM activist found

Kech: The bullet riddled dead body of previously abducted activist of Baloch National Movement (BNM) was found dumped in Pidrak area of Kech region in Balochistan on Sunday. The dead body has been recognized of Naseem Baloch, who had been missing from the same region. Published in the Balochistan Point on April 6, 2014

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Dera Bugti: Two persons abducted from Dera Bugti

Dera Bugti: Two persons have been abducted from Dera Bugti area of Balochistan on Saturday.   According to Baloch Republican Party Media Cell’s sources, a raid was carried out in Bugti Colony, Zafar Colony and in old Sui areas of Dera Bugti on Saturday night. Two brothers Husaaino Bugti and Hassan Bugti were abducted by forces during raids from Bugti ...

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A toothless commission

Basil Nabi Malik   VARIOUS international conventions see human rights as the bedrock of a better tomorrow. Although considered inalienable, such rights are often also enacted in domestic legislation for effective enforcement. This applies to Pakistan too, which has codified rights, and which offers redress against their infringement. And yet, Pakistan has an abysmal record in tackling rights violations. Human ...

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Al Qaida starts isolating their own territories in Iraq

 By Baghdad-Qais Qasim “Prime Minister Nori El Maliki, used the Independent committee special court resolutions   severely in exclusion his conceited dissenting PM, s.” said one of the Iraqi prominentopposed politicians accusing the Prime Minister to lead a coup against the democracy. “He knows how to control them, he didn’t even mentioned them, all bad works done by the Independent committee ...

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Half of the settlements in Balochistan don’t have schools: CM Advisor for Education

Quetta – 03 April, 2014 – “Half of the settlements in Balochistan don’t have schools and government is aiming 300 new schools and upgrade 300 primary and 300 secondary schools in Balochistan, Balochistan today needs more emphasis on education sector and media should also follow suit”. This was stated by Advisor to Chief Minister for Education, Sardar Raza Mohammad Bareech, ...

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