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Kalat : As many as eight persons, including two women, were killed and 14 others injured when robbers opened fire on a passenger coach in Kalat area of Balochistan. The coach was on its way to Quetta from Karachi when it came under attack in Kalat. The bus turned turtle after robbers burst its tyres by opening fire on them. ...

Report by Aziz Ejaz Quetta: Baloch Human Rights Organization (BHRO), on the eve of International Day of Human Rights’ organized a seminar titled ‘Human rights violation in Balochistan by state forces and International day of Human Rights’ in Quetta press club on December 10, 2013. A large number of Baloch male and female students, human rights champions, intellectuals and journalists ...

By Shoaib Durrazai Karachi :At the international day of human rights the Voice for Baloch missing persons organized a seminar titled ‘International human rights and enforced disappearances in Balochistan’ at Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. Senior journalists and human rights defenders shared their concerns on human rights abuse in Balochistan, mainly over Baloch missing persons and recovery of their bullet-riddled ...

By Baloch khan “People occasionally dropped by to express their solidarity. International media came TV, camera but didn’t really do nothing changed”, Farazana Majeed. Since media has been technically advanced globally; rapid growth of various modes of media has taken place such as Face book, twitter and blogs etc. Global flow of information interconnected one state to another. Liberal democratic ...

QUETTA: Two children died and five persons sustained burn injuries in a gas leakage blast in Ghausabad area of the provincial capital  on Tuesday. According to the Police sources an explosion took place due to gas leakage from the stove in a house in Ghausabad area.  The blast resulted death of two children injured five others. The rescue team rushed ...

Climate change is also contributing a lot in deforestation   By Bari Baloch QUETTA: The mineral rich province of Balochistan not only covers 44 percent of entire Pakistan’s land mass but has also a 780-km long coastal area, a 7000 year old civilization of Mehrgarh to its credit and is bestowed with unique juniper forests stretching on thousands of acres ...

QUETTA: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Nasirul Mulk on Saturday visited control rooms set up at Civil Secretariat and Frontier Corps Madadgar Center to monitor the security arrangements put in place for the local government polls in the provincial capital. During his visit to FC Madadgar, Commandant Ghazaband Scouts Colonel Maqbool briefed Justice Nasirul Mulk. Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan ...

QUETTA:  At least three persons were injured as members of the two political groups clashed outside a polling station in the provincial capital. According to the police the clash occurred between activists of two rival political parties in the Satellite Town area of the city turned violent.  Polling for the local bodies’ election was stopped for a while and was ...

QUETTA : Baloch Republican Party (BRP) has allaged that Pakistani forces started a massive military operation  in many areas of Dera Bugti and Naseerabad early this morning. Dozens of armored vehicles of forces carrying military troops laid a siege to several villages of  Dera Bugti and Naseerabad  including Beti and RD 238. Forces opened intense firing on civilian populace and ...

  By Mariyam Mohammed Suleman   Gwadar, the hub of political ups and downs from the history, today once more is conspicuous with the municipality elections. Only two days of campaigns remain for different participating parties in Gwadar including the two unifications of diverse parties. Coalition of mainly Balochistan National Party and People’s party along with some other minor groups ...