Balochistan

QUETTA: Two people were killed and another wounded in an armed clash between two groups in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on Sunday. According to police, the armed clash occurred in Muslim Atihad Colony of Quetta that resulted in death of two persons and another sustained serious bullet wounds. Police rushed to the site after the incident and shifted ...

QUETTA: Opposition Leader in Balochistan Assembly and leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Abdul Wasay while expressing his deep concerns over provision of 5000 acres land to central government for Gadani Power Park Project said that the house was not taken on board in this regard. “Same history of Sui will be repeated once the project is executed as the ...

QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Saturday set up a tribunal to hold an inquiry into the discovery of a mass grave in Khuzdar district of Balochistan. According to a press statement, Justice Noor Muhammad, a judge of the Balochsitan High Court, will be head of the tribunal. The tribunal will determine various aspects of the issue and submit its report ...

By Baloch Khan “A Battle Field for Balochistan” is newly published book of Yousaf Ajab Baloch, a young journalist and human rights activist. Yousaf is also editor of The Balochistan Point, an online English newspaper of in Pakistan and Sub-editor at Monthly Bolan Voice, a wildly circulated English magazine in Balochistan.   The book has been revealed after critical thinking and ...

By Yousaf Ajab Baloch People from the Hazara community have, once again, become victims of sectarianism. On January 21, 2014, a suicide bomber blew himself up near a pilgrims bus and the bus caught fire. This ugly attack caused the deaths of more than 28 people and wounded 39 others. The injured and dead include children and women. This fresh attack ...

The Baloch Hal Editorial Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif recently constituted a four-member committee to facilitate negotiations between the government and the Taliban. During his visit to Quetta two days ago with the newly appointed army chief, General Raheel Sharif, the prime minister hinted at constituting a similar committee to talk to Baloch nationalists who are currently engaged in an armed ...

By Staff Correspondent Dawn MULTAN: Eleven-year-old Ali Haider Baloch has been walking with other activists of the Voice for the Missing Baloch Persons for over two months from rugged terrain of Balochistan to the plains of Punjab. He is marching on Islamabad from Quetta to highlight the issue of missing Baloch people, including his father. He says he hopes that ...

Dera Bugti : Two mutilated, bullet riddled dead bodies have been recovered in the nearby mountains of Pirkoh region of Dera Bugti on Wednesday. Local administration reached at the site and shifted the bodies to the hospital where the victim were recognized as previously abducted Baloch Republican Party activists Datha Bugti and Shakal Bugti. Raza Mohammad Bugti the elder brother ...

QUETTA:  Air pollution has blemished the beauty of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, which used to be called little Paris, and more and more trees are needed to be planted in Quetta valley to revive its beauty and provide clean atmosphere to the people. “Tree planting campaign is about to begin in Balochistan and to make this campaign a success ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that coalition government was committed to bring a tangible change in agri-sector as it was the main stay of economy of the province. “Government would utilize all funds transparently for the development of all sectors in Balochistan, including that of agriculture and this time the government is accountable to the ...