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By Safiullah Shahwani QUETTA: Two young age sisters came under acid attack on Tuesday in district Mastung, sending alarm bells among the masses as the acid attacks are taking as an organized attempt to scare women inside homes in Balochistan. 4 women were doused with acid on Monday in the provincial capital and were virtually defaced for their simple crime ...

QUETTA: Unknown armed men threw acid on 4 women in the suburbs of the provincial capital which left the victims’ hands and faces burnt severely, on Monday. According to the Sariab Police, the victimized women were returning their homes at noon after visiting a shopping centre for their Eid shopping in Birave area of Killi Kamalu, a suburb of the provincial capital, when ...

QUETTA: A driver was killed and many others were injured when unknown armed men opened gunfire on gas tankers, in Nushki area of Balochistan on Monday. According to the details, 5 tankers were en route from Taftan to Quetta when unknown armed men descended from nearby mountains in Sher Jan Agha area of Nushki and opened firing on them. As a ...

Quetta: Chief of Balochistan National Party and former Chief Minister of Balochistan, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, said that Balochistan is not in the agenda of both Imran Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri; Therefore BNP will not be a part of the agitation movement planned by them. Talking to Media in Hub, Akhtar Mengal said that Balochistan Government has broken all the records of ...

QUETTA: Home Secretary Balochistan, Akbar Hussain Durrani said that article 144 would be imposed for a day in the city to ensure peace on the eve of Youm-i-Ali in the provincial capital. According to the Home Secretary Balochistan “The  government has decided to impose a ban on pillion riding on the eve of Youm-i-Ali in the provincial capital.However, except Quetta, there would be ...

QUETTA: At least four were killed and 26 persons were injured including five Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Balochistan’s restive Khuzdar city on Saturday. According to the police sources, the militants targeted the vehicle of security forces through an improvised explosive device injuring 26 in Seerat Chowk area of Khuzdar. “The vehicle of security forces slightly damaged in the attack ...

By Safiullah Shahwani Whereas the Provincial Health Minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch talks of a health policy for the province in his speeches at five star hotels with bottled water and air conditioned culture, the facilities of health still remain a dream for common citizens in Balochistan. During a recent visit of mine to the Civil Hospital Quetta, I witnessed pathetic ...

QUETTA: At least four political activists of Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) were killed in a firing incident at Mehmonabad area of the city on Friday. According to police, armed men opened fire at the people as they were leaving mosque in Mehmoodabad locality of Quetta after offering Friday prayers.  The perpetrators on a motorcycle fled after opening fire. Four injured succumbed to their ...

Quetta: Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, the provincial chief of PML-N and Senior minister for communication and works has said that if his reservations are not cleared then his party will sit on treasury benches in Balochistan Assembly. He further said that the style of governance of Chief Minister Dr. Malik Balochistan is far from satisfactory. Even ministers of his own cabinet ...

QUETTA: At least three persons including a woman were dead whilst three injured in a road accident near Ibrahim Baran area of district Bolan on Thursday morning.  According to the area police a container was collided with a car near Ibrahim Baran, as result of the accident three persons including a woman were dead on the spot   and three more ...