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  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 ...

  Karachi: Dead body of Baloch journalist has been identified today. The mutilated dead body of journalist Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch was recovered on August 21. Police had recovered bodies of two Baloch men from the Surjani Town area in Karachi on Wednesday. The victims were identified with the help of slips found from their bodies, which had their names ...

  Quetta: Former city Nazim of Quetta Maqbool Lehri has been detained for possessing immense quantity of explosive materials. The security forces Wednesday night arrested Mir Maqbool Ahmed Lehri former Nazim Quetta, of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in connection with seizure of more than 100 tons of explosives from a warehouse in the Balochistan capital, raided on Tuesday. Lehri is ...

  Quetta:  Editors, bureau chiefs of different tv channels and reporters from print and electronic media participated in a consultation workshop organized by Mishal at Quetta Press Club on August 21, 2013. Speakers underlined the need for code of ethics for health reporting in consultation with senior journalists. Journalists spoke at length about nutrition, immunization and lady health workers issues in ...

  Quetta: The spokesperson of Baloch National Movement said the martyrdom of Ghafoor Baloch and Razzak Baloch strengthens revolution in Baloch national freedom struggle. The statement released to media says, “The atrocities, military operation and extra judiciary murder of Baloch political activists can never put down the spirit of Baloch national freedom struggle.” According to BNM spokesperson two of the ...

Quetta: After two and half months the issues regarding the provincial cabinet have been resolved on Wednesday. According to the sources, several provincial leaders including Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, National Party’s Hasil Bazenjo, Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party’s Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Nawab Sanaullah Zehri of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) called on Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif in ...

Quetta:  The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) has condemned the killing of four Sindhi political activists by “Pakistani forces” on Thursday and murder of eight Baloch peasants in Mach, Bolan on Friday. BRP   in its statement has  condemned the killing of JSMM East Karachi district president Zamin Shah, JSSF Central Vice Chairman Afzal Pahnwar and workers Yamin Chachar and Sobal Daher ...

Quetta: Two suspected militants were killed after an exchange of fire with Balochistan Frontier Corps officials during a search operation in Dozan area of Bolan district on Saturday, An FC spokesman told APP that patrolling teams were attacked while conducting a search operation in the mountains from where militants  launched a rocket attack on the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express the other ...

Quetta: Two people were killed and 24 wounded during an attack on the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express on Friday, media reported. The train was on the way to its destination from Quetta to Rawalpindi, when it was attacked with rockets in the Dozan area near Machh Town in Balochistan’s Bolan district.   The attackers were hiding in the mountains and first ...

Quetta: The hunger strike camp set up outside Quetta Press Club by Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) for recovery of missing persons was set on fire by unidentified people on night between Wednesday and Thursday. Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), a local and sister organization of International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) organization is striving hard for ...