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Mohammed Hanif  “Hazaras, you know, are our ladla babies,” said one of Quetta’s senior most police officer earlier this month. “We’ll do anything to protect them.” He was giving an off the record briefing and went into some detail about the number of security cordons he had thrown around the Hazara community in Quetta, particularly Hazara town. And what about ...

Quetta: PML-N leader and former senator, Lashkari Raisani, has said that Afghan immigrants are the biggest obstacle in the way of achieving peace in Balochistan. Talking to a newspaper, Mr. Raisani termed the attack on Hazaras in Hazar Gunji, Attack on FC convoy on Qambrani road and suicide attack on Fazal ur Rehman a Cycle of Violence. He further said ...

Quetta: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik while strongly condemning the gory incident at Hazarganji, in the outskirts of Quetta on Thursday in which eight members of Hazara community were killed and several other wounded has sought report and directed for early arrest of perpetrators. Chairing a high level meeting over law and order situation of Balochistan, he directed authorities ...

Quetta: A suicide bomber detonated himself outside the rally of Jamiat-e-Ulama-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) on Mecongy road Quetta, on Wednesday. Two people were killed and dozens wounded due to the suicide blast. Fazal ur Rehman and entire JUI-F leadership escaped unhurt. JUI-F held Mufti Mahmood Conference today in Sadiq Shaheed ground. The bomb blast took place when the leadership of JUI-F entered ...

Quetta: 8 Hazaras were killed and 6 wounded when unidentified terrorists opened fire on a bus carrying Hazara vegetable vendors in Hazar Gunji area of Quetta, on Thursday morning. According to Police sources, terrorists easily managed to escape after killing the Hazaras in Hazar Gunji locality. Victims of the attack were shifted to Bolan Medical Complex Hospital and site of ...

Quetta: The elected councilors of Quetta Metropolitan have given one week ultimatum to Balochistan Government to conduct elections of Mayor and Deputy Mayor and complete transfer of power to Local bodies. A meeting of Quetta Metropolitan Councilors was held on Tuesday which was jointly chaired by Jamal Langove and Sarwar Khan Bazai. A sit-in will be held outside Chief Minister ...

Quetta: The construction work on Sariab flyover is still incomplete after passing of four years. This reflects height of incompetence and apathy of Federal as well as Balochistan government. The delay in construction of this project has caused severe disruption in Traffic and people suffer a lot of inconvenience on daily basis. Traffic jams have become a norm in the ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that Afghan war and the international policy towards Jihad had spoiled the peace of the world. He said eradication of extremism was associated with poverty and unemployment, adding that better ties between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran were in the interest of this region and all three countries. He expressed these ...

Syed Ali Shah As firing across the Line of Control (LoC) continues, tensions at Pakistan’s other border are gradually boiling over. Recent violations on the part of Iranian border guards have undermined relations between Pakistan and Iran with each side blaming the other for the flare up. Iranian claims of the existence of militants in Pakistan’s territory and the latter’s ...

Quetta: A devastating road accident has killed 11 people and wounded 31 when a passenger bus collided with a truck in Lasbela, on Monday. A Karachi bound coach travelling from Quetta collided with a truck when it tried to overtake another coach in Uthal area of Lasbela district, according to Police sources. Rescue and security official rushed to the scene ...