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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Voice for Baloch Missing Persons(VBMP) rallied against enforced disappearances’ and safe release of disappeared Baloch on Eid day in Quetta. The relatives of missing persons in a large number with political activists, students and members of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons joined the rally. The protesters including women, children and old aged parents of missing persons chanted slogans against enforced ...

Quetta: An acid attack in Pishin district of Balochistan inflicted wounds on six women. This is the third acid attack on women in Balochistan during last 10 days. According to the district administration of Pishin, the brutal attack took place in Tang area of Pishin district. Four assailants entered a house and sprayed acid on faces of women. The assailants ...

By Hasrat Iqbal On 6th December last year, two girls of Kalat, Thirteen year old Asiya and nine year old Nazia were seen by their family for the last time. The two innocent girls were kidnapped, raped, murdered and then their bodies dumped. The family of Asiya and Nazia will be mourning while other will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr. The unfortunate family ...

QUETTA: At least seven people were injured when a bomb exploded near pilgrims’ bus in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, on Monday. According to levies official, the roadside blast occurred in Garesha area, when the Zikri pilgrims were traveling in the bus from Turbat to Khuzdar. The bus was partially damaged in the incident. “The injured were shifted to local hospitals in ...

ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch’s visit to Banu was cancelled due to inclement weather, on Monday. As per details, Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik along with Provincial Information Minister and Parliamentary leader of Pashtoon Khowa Milli Awami Party Abdul Rahim Ziarat was scheduled to visit Banu via helicopter to celebrate Eid with Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) of ...

Quetta: A roadside bomb explosion wounded 13 people on Shara-e-Iqbal Quetta. The bomb explosion struck the commercial heart of Quetta city. The bomb explosion took place near Bacha Khan Chowk which is the busiest square of Quetta. According to sources, Bomb was planted outside a shoe shop in a drain on Shara-e-Iqbal, commonly known as Qandhari Bazar. The victims of ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said government would extend all possible support and collaboration to international donors and welcome any foreign investment in agriculture, fisheries, mining and other sectors of the province.  Chief Minister Balochistan expressed these views while talking to a delegation of UNDP headed by its Deputy Country head Ms Tracy Vienings that called ...