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Taboos on the brink: What you don’t know about Balochistan

By  Farooq Abdullah For Most of us, the group of words like violence against women, harassment at institutions or work places, rape, honor killing and gender disparity are not that staggering because we listen about these so often in mainstream media–both domestic and international–that it offers none but very little appall by now. Besides, it is way too “ordinary” a ...

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Expel girls or close down

By Muhammad Akbar Notezai At least 23 private schools and English language centers in Balochistan’s western Panjgur district have been closed since April 25 because of threats and intimidation by a previously unheard-of militant group Tanzeemul Islamul Furqan. Armed men belonging to the group barged into schools and warned the teachers and students against co-education, which they said was not ...

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Editorial: Rally against enforced disappearances on Eid day

Voice for Baloch Missing Persons(VBMP) rallied against enforced disappearances’ and safe release of disappeared Baloch on Eid day in Quetta. The relatives of missing persons in a large number with political activists, students and members of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons joined the rally. The protesters including women, children and old aged parents of missing persons chanted slogans against enforced ...

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Acid attack on women in Pishin

Quetta: An acid attack in Pishin district of Balochistan inflicted wounds on six women. This is the third acid attack on women in Balochistan during last 10 days. According to the district administration of Pishin, the brutal attack took place in Tang area of Pishin district. Four assailants entered a house and sprayed acid on faces of women. The assailants ...

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Family of rape victims mourn on this Eid

By Hasrat Iqbal On 6th December last year, two girls of Kalat, Thirteen year old Asiya and nine year old Nazia were seen by their family for the last time. The two innocent girls were kidnapped, raped, murdered and then their bodies dumped. The family of Asiya and Nazia will be mourning while other will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr. The unfortunate family ...

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KHUZDAR: 7 injured as bomb hits pilgrims’ bus

QUETTA: At least seven people were injured when a bomb exploded near pilgrims’ bus in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, on Monday. According to levies official, the roadside blast occurred in Garesha area, when the Zikri pilgrims were traveling in the bus from Turbat to Khuzdar. The bus was partially damaged in the incident. “The injured were shifted to local hospitals in ...

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Dr Abdul Malik Baloch’s visit to Banu cancelled due to inclement weather

ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch’s visit to Banu was cancelled due to inclement weather, on Monday. As per details, Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik along with Provincial Information Minister and Parliamentary leader of Pashtoon Khowa Milli Awami Party Abdul Rahim Ziarat was scheduled to visit Banu via helicopter to celebrate Eid with Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) of ...

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Unfair rules of Balochistan board destroying education: GTA

Quetta: The officials of Government teachers Association have said in a statement that unfair rules made by Balochistan board of intermediate and secondary education are destroying education in Balochistan. Balochistan board has made a new rule according to which students younger than 14 years of age can’t sit in 9th grade exams. This rule will waste educational years of those students ...

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K-electric withdraws agricultural subsidy for Lasbela District

Quetta: Karachi Electricity Supply Company has announced to withdraw subsidy provided to agriculture consumers of Lasbela district. The electricity supply company has served notice, through newspapers, to agriculture consumers to pay Rs. 2.36 Billion. Karachi electricity Supply Company, also known as K-electric provides electricity to Lasbela district of Balochistan. In 2013, K-electric announced subsidy for agriculture consumers. In a shocking ...

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Blast on Shahra-e-Iqbal Quetta

Quetta: A roadside bomb explosion wounded 13 people on Shara-e-Iqbal Quetta. The bomb explosion struck the commercial heart of Quetta city. The bomb explosion took place near Bacha Khan Chowk which is the busiest square of Quetta. According to sources, Bomb was planted outside a shoe shop in a drain on Shara-e-Iqbal, commonly known as Qandhari Bazar. The victims of ...

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