Balochistan

Shezad Baloch QUETTA: Losing hope against the tide of lawlessness, at least 15,000 people have migrated from the districts of Makran, Kharan and Awaran, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said. “It is a rough estimate because there has been a huge migration of local Baloch from Turbat, Panjgur, Gwadar, Awaran and Kharan districts,” the head of HRCP’s ...

Monis Ali Whenever a Baloch demands the separation of Balochistan from Pakistan, Pakistanis instantly accuse other countries of persuading him/her. Recently, I read a report accusing our neighbouring country, India, of persuading the Baloch to fight for the independence of Balochistan. However, what I want to declare is that the Baloch are not being being persuaded to fight. Instead, they ...

QUETTA: Winning the hearts and minds of Baloch is the only solution of the Balochistan problem, said Siraj ul Haq, Amir of Jamaat e Islami (JI) on Saturday. Siraj Ul Haq made this statement while talking to media after meeting Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, chief of Jamhoori Watan Party and son of Nawab Akbar Bugti. “Instead of pushing [Baloch] people ...

Syed Ali Shah QUETTA: Refusal on the part of parents remained the underlying factor behind increasing cases of polio in Balochistan, Pakistan’s sparsely populated province. Most of the polio cases have been reported from Quetta and district Killa Abdullah that borders with Afghanistan. Hitherto, 10 polio cases have been reported from Quetta and other parts of Balochistan, an official said. ...

QUETTA: Iran border officials closed Pak-Iran border for five days in order to ensure security of Ashura processions in Iran. According to sources, Iran’s revolutionary border guards closed down the border for five days due to security concerns. On the demand of Iran government, Frontier Corp has been deployed to prevent any incursions from Pakistan into Iran, Learnt The Balochistan ...

Quetta: If establishment of Pakistan changes its attitude then problem of not only Balochistan but also Pakistan will be solved, said Dr. Jehanzeb Jamaldini, Interim chief organizer of Balochistan National Party (BNP) in a press conference on Wednesday. “Abduction style arrest of BNP activists and dumping of bullet riddled bodies is continuing unabated,” said Mr. Jalamdini. BNP condemns the arrest ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that people in 29 districts of the province are living below poverty line, therefore especial focus is required to alleviate poverty and backwardness from the province. He expressed these views during a briefing given by Chairman Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Senator Anwar Baig and other officials of BISP, here ...

Sajjad Hussain Changezi  “BALOCHISTAN is barren, it produces nothing”, said my non-Baloch university mates in a friendly discussion we had some years ago in Lahore. “Punjab feeds Pakistan its wheat, NWFP [now Khyber Pakhtun­khwa] energises Pakistan with electricity, Sindh fills our pockets with proceeds from its ports, Kashmir and the Northern Areas [now Gilgit-Baltistan] quench our thirst with their rivers; ...

QUETTA:  Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that no excuse and pretext would be tolerated in timely completion of projects on the track for development of the province and welfare of its masse. “Officers should change their behavior and come up with better performance and results,” he added. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting to ...

By Mir Behram Baloch   QUETTA — At least two people were killed and dozens injured Thursday when a suspected suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) rally in Quetta, police said. JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman remained unhurt in the attack, which targeted his bulletproof vehicle. The banned militant group Jundallahclaimed responsibility for the attack. Eyewitnesses said the blast took ...