MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences to Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif following the devastating earthquake in the province of Balochistan, said the official website of Russian President. “The President asked Mr Sharif to pass on his words of sympathy and support to the victims’ families and his best wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured,” the ...
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Balochistan Earthquake: Pakistan should back calls for International help
By Shezad Baloch In the aftermath of the Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Balochistan, head of the Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said they are capable of coping with the situation in Balochistan. People in Balochistan have viewed this statement as a part of a continued policy of discrimination and injustices toward the least developed province. Interestingly, at the same time ...
Read More »”Earthquake killed over 1,000 people and injured many more”
Quetta: The death toll from the destructing earthquake in Balochistan is feared to cross more than 1,000 people. However, Mir Qudus Bizenjo, the deputy speaker of the Balochistan Assembly said that he had confirmed that earthquake killed over 1,000 people, injured many more and Over 40,000 houses have been flattened,” told reporters at the Quetta airport on Wednesday. This week’s ...
Read More »85 Afghan nationals arrested in Quetta
Quetta: The security forces on Friday arrested at least 85 Afghan citizens who were illegally traveling from Quetta to Karachi. According to security sources, on tip off, the security personnel stopped a Karachi bound passenger bus and arrested at least 85 Afghan nationals under Foreign Act. The security sources said that the arrested Afghan citizens were traveling with no ...
Read More »141 NATO containers/tankers looted, torched: Balochistan Home Ministry
Quetta: The Home Ministry of Balochistan has said that 141 NATO containers and tankers were looted, torched, seven persons were killed in last few years . The Home Ministry says that more than a dozen persons were wounded, while unofficial sources claimed that the number of incidents of looting NATO containers and tankers were much higher than the officially released ...
Read More »Editorial: International Day of the Disappeared and Baloch
30 August is marked as The International Day of the Disappeared to draw the attention of responsible authorities and human rights organizations towards forcefully disappeared people in the world. On International Day of the Disappearance, Human rights organizations conduct seminars and press briefings to focus the burning issue in world. The case of missing persons is not new ...
Read More »Missing Baluch journalist found dead in Karachi
New York, August 22, 2013– Authorities in Pakistan should immediately investigate the murder of a Baluch journalist whose body was found in Karachi on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch had been missing since March, according to news reports. Razzaq’s face was mutilated, and his body showed signs of strangulation and torture, according ...
Read More »Editorial: Ban Ki-moon’s visit and demand of Baloch nationalists
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Pakistan to attend Independence Day celebrations, promote education and disaster management as the monsoon season begins. While the Baloch Nationalist and social media activists are asking him to take notice of what they name it ‘Baloch Genocide’. According to the UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey that Ban will meet President Asif ...
Read More »Kachkol Ali appeals UN to take notice of Baloch ‘genocide’
Quetta: The former opposition leader in the Balochistan Assembly Advocate Kachkol Ali on Monday appealed to the UN secretary general to take notice of “genocide of the Baloch nation and human rights abuse”. In a statement issued from Oslo, he said that “a human tragedy has occurred in Balochistan… therefore United Nations should take notice of it and take practical ...
Read More »India in crisis
By Lal Khan The patterns of social and economic development in India are so uneven that the country can be presented as a museum of historical materialism. Housing about twenty percent of world’s population, India hosts more than forty percent of its poverty. At the same time, it was the largest buyer of arms from the military industrial complexes around the ...
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