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Quetta: A Balochistan-wide shutter down strike is being observed on the 8th death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Bugti, today. Nawab Akbar Bugti was assassinated on 26th August 2006 on orders of former dictator, General Pervez Musharraf. According to reports, a complete shutter down strike is being observed in entire Baloch belt and Baloch areas of Quetta. The call for the strike was ...

Quetta: A hand grenade hurled outside a hotel on Prince Road Quetta resulted in killing one person and injuring 15 people, on Monday. Hand grenade exploded inside the famous hotel, Naimat Kada, and it smashed the glasses of nearby shops as well. Armed militants that hurled the hand grenade managed to escape the crime scene unhurt, said Capital City Police ...

Quetta: Earthquake tremors struck Noshki and other parts of western Balochistan on Monday. According to the reports of the local media, no causalities were reported as a result of the earthquake. People, from the areas that were struck by earthquake, vacated their homes in fear. Certain parts Balochistan are located on red zone for seismic activity and are susceptible to ...

By Adnan Aamir Sit-ins of both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) are taking place in Islamabad for last 9 days. The call for revolution by Tahir ul Qadri and the demand to dissolve Nawaz Sharif government, on pretext of election riggings, by Imran Khan has created a storm in Political landscape of Pakistan. There is no doubt ...

By Hassan Baloch I belong from Chaghi which is an impoverished district of Balochistan. For the last 15 months our member of National Assembly (MNA) is missing from our district. Abdul Rahim Mandokhail is the MNA for NA-260 Quetta-Noshki-Chaghi. He was elected MNA from this constituency after controversial elections on 11th may last year. Since then he has not bothered to ...

Quetta: According to a News report published in Express Tribune schools in Panjgur are losing students due to terror spread by a religious militant organization. There are 23 private schools and English language centers and each has lost over 100 students, said Major Hussain, Principal of Oasis High School. In the month of May, an unknown militant organization, Tanzeem-ul-Islam-ul-Furqan threatened ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr. Malik Baloch designated the alliance of political parties in the favour of democracy a positive omen, on Thursday. Talking to media after his arrival at Turbat, Chief Minister said that the he was also in the favour of talks to end the fake political crisis in the country and added that the question of the ...

QUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) man was injured in a remote controlled attack in Sorad area of Panjgur, on Thursday. According to Panjgur Police, unknown men had planted a remote controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by the road which blew up when Frontier Corps (FC) convoy was passing through. As result, one FC man identified as Amjad Ali sustained serious injuries ...

By Sanaullah Baloch After the rigged and engineered elections of 2013, many ill-informed political commentators generated loads of optimism about a heaven-like future for Balochistan. This worrisome trend of fact-hiding and truth-making has continued to dominate Pakistan’s media and political landscape. Many thanks to Islamabad and its elite as their long-planted seeds of sectarianism and extremism, including a very deliberate ...

By Gulmina Bilal Ahmad What is on the cards for the thousands of Pakistani citizens marching towards the Prime Minister (PM) House in Islamabad? Freedom from the oppressive regime or a revolution that will change the whole system? No one has a definite answer. On August 14, 2014, thousands of protestors/citizens of Pakistan started marching towards Islamabad, led by Mr ...