Balochistan

 Fahad Desmukh For several years, Pakistan has been facing a separatist insurgency by ethno-nationalist rebels belonging to the Baloch ethnic group. The guerrillas in the southwest province of Balochistan have become increasingly daring with their attacks. Two weeks ago, they shocked the rest of Pakistan by destroying the historic residence of Pakistan’s founding father Mohammed Ali Jinnah in the town ...

By Yousaf Ajab Baloch Last year the former chief minister of Balochistan, Aslam Raisani, responded to a journalist’s question regarding the massacre of the Hazara community at Mastung: “The population of Balochistan is in millions, 40 dead in Mastung is no big deal.  I can send a truckload of tissue paper for them to wipe their tears.” Did the former chief ...

Quetta: Gunmen killed four people, including a Levies constable, in the Khuzdar district of Balochistan on Thursday. According to the sources that militants, who had already taken up positions on the roadside, opened fire at a vehicle near Gazgi Chowki area of Khuzdar district.  The targeted vehicle was carrying Levies officials who were bringing injured from an earlier firing incident ...

Islamabad: The federal government on Wednesday formed a task force to look into the issue of missing persons. The additional secretary of the Ministry of Interior would be the head of task force, while additional IGs of all provinces, interior secretaries, ISI and MI officers will be a part of the team. A notification in this regard will soon be presented in the Supreme Court According ...

Islamabad: The leader of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) and grandson of late Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, Gohram Bugti, announced that he would move from Islamabad to Dera Bugti on July 24. Addressing the media in Islamabad, Gohram Bugti said he had talked to all political parties in Islamabad and Balochistan and they had assured him of their support for ...

Quetta: The Senior Voice Chairperson of Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad) Kareema Baloch has said that BSO-Azad still exists as a strong voice for the Baloch revolution.   She said this while as chief guest at BSO-Azad’s senior body meeting of Hub zone. In the meeting report, released to the media, The Senior Vice Chairperson BSO-Azad Banuk Kareema Baloch said that “the ...

Quetta: The Frontier Corps (FC) and police personnel arrested twenty eight suspects during a security operation conducted in the Geo area of Quetta on Saturday night. According to the media reports, security forces recovered weapons and explosive materials from the suspects during the operation. All twenty eight suspects were interrogated by the senior police officers. Fayyaz Sumbal, the Deputy Inspector ...

  It seems that the One-man government in Balochistan is running only on suspending   teachers and doctors to make its performance better. Since being elected as Chief Minister of Balochistan till today Dr, Abdul Malik has not done anything remarkable which proves that the situation in Balochistan is getting better. The law and order condition   is getting bad to worse, ...

  Quetta: Acting on the directives of the Balochistan High Court, police on Friday registered cases against five armed private guards of senior Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawab Sanaullah Zehri for entering the Balochistan Assembly premises forcefully with weapons a day earlier. Armed guards of MPA Nawaz Zehri had clashed with police while forcing their way inside ...

  Quetta: The abduct Kill and dump of Baloch continues, three more bullet- riddled dead bodies of Baloch missing persons have been recovered. The dead bodies were identified as Ejaz Baloch, Hamal  Bugti and Whaid Bugti . According to the sources Ejaz Baloch’s  bullet-riddled and tortured dead body was found from Mangopir area of Karachi last night, whereas,  Hamal   Bugi,82, ...