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Chief Minister Balochistan denies rifts in provincial coalition government

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch outrightly denied rifts in provincial coalition government. Talking to media persona after a seminar, here a local hotel on Thursday, he said a conducive environment was being created to hold talks with Baloch Separatists in order to resolve the issue of Balochistan. “Balochistan is a guarantor of the prosperity of the Country ...

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Two dead bodies found dumped in outskirts of Quetta

QUETTA: Two bullet- riddled dead bodies dumped near Rind Gahr area, in the outskirts of Provincial Capital Quetta on Wednesday, said police. Unknown armed men shot dead two persons and throw away their bodies in a desolated area in Eastern Bypass area near Rind Gahr before fleeing the area. Local people spotted the bodies and informed the police that rushed ...

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It was an attack not accident

By Aziz Ejaz  Mama, When you intended to sit in a bivouac with the decorated visual of the disappeared photos of those all innocent children’s fathers and brothers; have gone missing since 2000. The quench of seeing the abducted allowed you and the fellows of you to toil till the last inhalation from the day, a 12 years old daughter ...

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Police man gunned down in Quetta

Quetta: A policeman was gunned down at Sariab Road of Quetta. Police officials said that Munir Ahmed a police constable was on his way when armed men riding a motorbike sprayed him with bullets at Arif Line of Sariab Road. The policeman died immediately and the assailants fled from the scene. However, motive behind the murder is yet to be ...

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Man kills wife in Usta Muhammad

Usta Muhammad: A person identified as Ameen allegedly shot dead his wife namely Mukthara in Usta Muhammad tehsil of Jaffarabad district and managed to escape from the scene. Police said that domestic issue could be behind the murder, however, probe into the incident was underway to unearth real motive behind the murder. A case has been registered and further investigations ...

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Four miners die in Pishin chromite mine

PISHIN: At least four miners died of falling boulders in a chromite mine in Pishin district of Balochistan, media reported on Monday. According to the details   miners were working in the mine when the boulders fall in the chromite mine in Pishin district. The falling land mass has caused  death of four miners, while several others feared to be trapped ...

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Blast hits security forces’ convoy in Sibi, 17 injured

  QUETTA: As many as seventeen security personnel were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Sibi district while two people, including a policeman and woman were killed in Quetta and Jaffarabad Districts of Balochistan, on Monday.   According to police, a convoy of security forces was heading towards Kohlu district from Sibi when it was attacked with explosives in ...

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Torching of Mast Twakali’s shrine condemned

QUETTA: The shrine of great Balochi Sufi poet of Balochistan, Mast Twakali, was torched by unidentified people in Kohlu district, some 220km away from the provincial capital Quetta. According to local officials, the incident occurred a couple of days back when some unknown people barged into the shrine of Mast Twakali in Mawand area of Kohlu district in the early ...

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Armed men kill two, torch container in Bolan

QUETTA: Unidentified armed men killed two persons and torched a private container in Dhadar area of Bolan district, some 70 kilometers southeast of Quetta, on Sunday. Balochistan Levies sources said that a private container of Afghan trade was heading towards Afghanistan from Karachi when armed men intercepted container on gunpoint at Dhadar area and opened indiscriminate fire. Resultantly, two occupants driver ...

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Jaffarabad: 13 people including six alleged militants killed in an exchange of firing.

QUETTA: Over 13 people, including six alleged militants, women and children were killed in an exchange of firing between armed men and security forces, in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan, on Sunday morning. According to the sources, armed men forcibly entered the local Wadira Ghazi Khan Mahrata Bugti’s house located in Mousiani Goth area of Jaffarabad and opened indiscriminate fire on inmates. Resultantly, ...

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