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KARACHI: Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said on Sunday, “We are striving to find out a constitutional solution to the Balochistan situation. The Chief Minister of Balochistan  said that overall law and order situation in Balochistan has improved. Baloch said that with regard to the issues in the province, the government and all the coalition partners are on the same page. ...

By Amar Guriro KARACHI: Almost a month has been passed to the deadly Balochistan earthquake and the United  Nationas  (UN)’s Food Security Cluster (FSC) in a report issued on Wednesday cautioned for another disaster in the strife-torn province as majority of the earthquake survivors are facing acute food shortage. In an assessment reported of the earthquake hit areas of Balochistan, the ...

QUETTA: Gunmen abducted the former president of Awami  National Party (ANP) Balochistan chapter, Arbab Zahir Khan Kasi, on Wednesday. Kasi was on his way home  when the armed men kidnapped him from Patel Road of the city. “The law enforcement agencies have been directed to cordon off the area and ensure early recovery of the ANP leader,” Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said, ...

By Yousaf Ajab Baloch Apart from man-made disasters, Balochistan is again confronting deadly natural catastrophes. The September 24 earthquake once again shocked Balochistan, as a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit one of its most backward districts, Awaran. Thousands of houses collapsed, and countless were partially damaged, affecting more than 300,000 people. Due to the collapse of mud-houses, more than 1,000 people are ...

WASHINGTON, DC: Members of the Baloch community protested outside the White House on Wednesday morning as Pakistan’s Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif met with U.S. President Barrack Obama as a part of his three-day long trip to Washington, D.C. The protesters, who came from different U.S. cities, condemned Islamabad’s fresh military operations against Baloch political activists, including the kill and dump activities and forced ...

By: Kiyya Baloch Every auspicious moment like Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) adds to the misery of missing family members in Balochistan. Family members of several of the missing from Balochistan said that they had nothing to rejoice on this occasion of Eid as their miseries were far from over. “Every auspicious moment like Eid further aggravates our pain when ...

QUETTA: Eleven new ministers of the Balochistan cabinet are set to be administered oath at a ceremony in Quetta today (Monday). According to the government sources the five ministers of PML-N, three of National Party and three from Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) will be inducted into the cabinet. New ministers are likely to be Mujibur Rehman Muhammad Hasni, Sardar ...

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday launched the report of a fact-finding mission to Balochistan. Apart from the overall human rights situation in the province, the mission looked at a terrorist attack on students of a women’s university in Quetta and the subsequent attack at a hospital where the casualties were taken, and the bombing at ...

QUETTA: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has urged the international humanitarian organisations to step forward and directly help the Baloch victims, rather than relying on Pakistani authorities. In a statement from London, BNM representative Hammal Haidar Baloch said BNM with the help of Baloch Students Organization – Azad (BSO-A) and some local NGOs, had been tirelessly working to provide relief ...

QUETTA: Once again quake jolted Balochitan on Saturday, when  a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck southwest Pakistan. According to the meteorological officials the earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres and its epicentre was 80 kilometres southwest of Khuzdar in Balochistan, senior meteorologist Tauseef Alam said. Another meteorologist, Shahid Mehmood, said that the tremors were felt in Khuzdar and towns ...