Kech: A bullet –riddled body was found dumped at a deserted area in Kech district of Balochistan on Thursday. According to the Balochistan Levies, they found the body in Dasht area and shifted to hospital, where body was found as Shero Dilbar, resident of Gawadar. Doctors said that the body was shot in the head and chest. the dead body ...
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Hindu trader kidnapped in Quetta
Quetta: A trader from Hindu community was kidnapped from Hazar Ganji area of Quetta on Thursday. According to the police Mukesh Kumar closed his shop and was returning home in Kanak area of Mastung, nearby district of Quetta, when armed men intercepted him and drove away to unknown location. Police have started a search in the area. Staff Reporter Published ...
Read More »Three shot injured in Mastung
QUETTA: Three men were shot injured in town committee area of Mastung district on Thursday. According to the police, unidentified armed men shot injured three persons and fled from the scene. Police rushed to the site and shifted the injured to district hospital. “The injured who were identified as Ali Gul shabaz Khan and Lowng Khan are under treatment” Said ...
Read More »Balochistan faces 1110 MW shortfall of electricity
QUETTA: Balochistan faces 1110 Mega Watts shortfall as its demand has touched a mark of 1600 MW while available supply is 950 MW. Sources said that 5 to 6 hours daily load shedding is made in Quetta city. However, due to system overloading sometimes there is tripping and low voltage. According to the sources daily 10 hours supply is made ...
Read More »Judicial Commission’s Report on Mass Graves in Balochistan
By Mir Behram Baloch According to Akbar Hussain Durrani, the Home Secretary Balochistan, a report by the judicial commission probing mass grave incidents in Balochistan’s Khuzdar districts has been submitted. The head of commission Justice Noor Muhammad Muskanzai submitted the report, containing statements from 57 individuals. This commission was formed soon after when in late January 2014, a shepherd had spotted a ...
Read More »Pakistan activists upset by new security law
By Asad Hashim Islamabad, Pakistan – Sitting in a tent outside the Islamabad Press Club, in the baking heat of the Punjab summer, Zerjan Baloch awaits justice. Not that she expects to receive it, she says. On March 18, witnesses said a group of armed men in paramilitary uniforms and others in plainclothes apprehended Zahid Baloch, Zerjan’s husband, in the southwestern city ...
Read More »Unjust increase in Fees of University of Balochistan
Quetta: The administration of University of Balochistan has increased tuition fees and hostel fees for the students. This has created uproar and resentment against the university administration among the students. After the increase the Fee of M.Phil is 150,000, PhD 200,000, Examinations Fee of M.A 10,000, Examination Fee of B.Ed 10,500, Examination fee of B.A 5000. The fee for issuance ...
Read More »Candlelight Vigil against Closure of Schools in Panjgur
Quetta: BNP-Awami carried out a candlelight vigil against closure of schools in Panjgur. Private schools in Panjgur were closed after facing serious threats from an unknown extremist organization. The participants of the vigil said that all girls and private school are closed in Panjgur of last two month. Government has failed to take any action to solve this grave crisis, ...
Read More »Journalists in Troubled Pakistan Province Face Disappearance, Torture
By Sherry Ricchiardi The tall, lanky reporter brushed away tears as he described the mangled bodies and anguished cries for help. Shell-shocked survivors wandered aimlessly in the rubble left in the wake of a suicide bombing. Minutes after medics, police and the media rushed to the scene, a second explosion shook the neighborhood. The reporter watched in stunned silence as ...
Read More »The Ignorance about Balochistan
By Adnan Aamir Balochistan is the most ignored province of Pakistan in every walk of life. It grabs media attention mostly on those issues which are important for the ruling elite of Pakistan. Such issues range from the appointment of Arsalan Iftikhar at an important position to the installation of coal fired power plants in Balochistan that will produce electricity ...
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