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The Great Shift of Balochistan

Mariyam Mohammed Suleman Walking on the wet sand of the West bay of Gwadar with friends on a Sunday morning in 2006, 11 year-old Sammi, as a new 6th grader, was sharing her excitement for her new class with her friends. All of a sudden she heard screams of people and saw lots of men with resentment coming out of ...

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Sufi Shrine bombed in Mastung

Quetta: Militants blew up the shrine of Shiekh Taqi Baba in Mastung district on Tuesday. A woman was wounded in the bomb blast, according to Mastung Police. The targeted shrine is located in center of Mastung. Miscreants had installed explosives inside the shrine according to Nazeer Ahmad, Mastung police official. Police and other security forces have cordoned off the area ...

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Balochistan-wide strike on anniversary of Akbar Bugti

Quetta: A Balochistan-wide shutter down strike is being observed on the 8th death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Bugti, today. Nawab Akbar Bugti was assassinated on 26th August 2006 on orders of former dictator, General Pervez Musharraf. According to reports, a complete shutter down strike is being observed in entire Baloch belt and Baloch areas of Quetta. The call for the strike was ...

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Hand grenade attack in Quetta

Quetta: A hand grenade hurled outside a hotel on Prince Road Quetta resulted in killing one person and injuring 15 people, on Monday. Hand grenade exploded inside the famous hotel, Naimat Kada, and it smashed the glasses of nearby shops as well. Armed militants that hurled the hand grenade managed to escape the crime scene unhurt, said Capital City Police ...

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Earthquake shocks struck Noshki

Quetta: Earthquake tremors struck Noshki and other parts of western Balochistan on Monday. According to the reports of the local media, no causalities were reported as a result of the earthquake. People, from the areas that were struck by earthquake, vacated their homes in fear. Certain parts Balochistan are located on red zone for seismic activity and are susceptible to ...

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Saving democracy in Pakistan

By Adnan Aamir Sit-ins of both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) are taking place in Islamabad for last 9 days. The call for revolution by Tahir ul Qadri and the demand to dissolve Nawaz Sharif government, on pretext of election riggings, by Imran Khan has created a storm in Political landscape of Pakistan. There is no doubt ...

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Our MNA is missing

By Hassan Baloch I belong from Chaghi which is an impoverished district of Balochistan. For the last 15 months our member of National Assembly (MNA) is missing from our district. Abdul Rahim Mandokhail is the MNA for NA-260 Quetta-Noshki-Chaghi. He was elected MNA from this constituency after controversial elections on 11th may last year. Since then he has not bothered to ...

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Panjgur schools losing students due to threats

Quetta: According to a News report published in Express Tribune schools in Panjgur are losing students due to terror spread by a religious militant organization. There are 23 private schools and English language centers and each has lost over 100 students, said Major Hussain, Principal of Oasis High School. In the month of May, an unknown militant organization, Tanzeem-ul-Islam-ul-Furqan threatened ...

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Alliance of political parties in the favour of democracy a positive omen: Dr. Malik Baloch

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr. Malik Baloch designated the alliance of political parties in the favour of democracy a positive omen, on Thursday. Talking to media after his arrival at Turbat, Chief Minister said that the he was also in the favour of talks to end the fake political crisis in the country and added that the question of the ...

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Frontier Corps man injured in a remote controlled attack in Panjgur

QUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) man was injured in a remote controlled attack in Sorad area of Panjgur, on Thursday. According to Panjgur Police, unknown men had planted a remote controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by the road which blew up when Frontier Corps (FC) convoy was passing through. As result, one FC man identified as Amjad Ali sustained serious injuries ...

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