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  Quetta: Acting on the directives of the Balochistan High Court, police on Friday registered cases against five armed private guards of senior Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawab Sanaullah Zehri for entering the Balochistan Assembly premises forcefully with weapons a day earlier. Armed guards of MPA Nawaz Zehri had clashed with police while forcing their way inside ...

  Quetta: The abduct Kill and dump of Baloch continues, three more bullet- riddled dead bodies of Baloch missing persons have been recovered. The dead bodies were identified as Ejaz Baloch, Hamal  Bugti and Whaid Bugti . According to the sources Ejaz Baloch’s  bullet-riddled and tortured dead body was found from Mangopir area of Karachi last night, whereas,  Hamal   Bugi,82, ...

Quetta: Seventeen districts of Balochistan plunged into darkness on Thursday night when unidentified people blew up four power pylons in Bibi Nani area of Mach district of Bolan. While talking to media QESCO spokesman Mohammad Afzal said that unidentified persons blew up four power pylons, two of 220kV and two of 132 kV, in Bibi Nani. The electricity supply to ...

  Quetta: Writ of the Government implemented In Balochistan  as Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr. Malik Baloch suspended the services of Superintendent Police City Samiullah Soomro after a clash between personal guards of senior MPA Sardar Sanaullah Zehri and policemen at the entrance of the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday from entering into Balochistan Assembly. According to the details police stopped private ...

The tragedies — and bodies — just seem to keep piling up in the restive province of Balochistan, which is now undergoing a bloody crusade of sectarian cleansing. Again the Hazara Shias of Quetta have been victimized in a target killing in which four Hazaras have been killed and two passersby have been seriously injured. Gunmen on a motorcycle laden ...

Though, the human rights violation in Balochistan is not being taken seriously by the state authorities, the world community is becoming aware of this burning issue and concerns are being expressed.  Recently the Canadian foreign affairs’ minister has expressed worries over human rights abuse in Balochistan. This move came in response to a letter of the coordinator of International Voice ...

A special Bangladesh court convicts Ghulam Azam, the former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami party of masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war of independence. Bangladeshi officials and judicial sources say Azam was sentenced to 90 years in jail for his involvement in mass killings during the war. “He was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt in all five charges. The tribunal observed that ...

Quetta:  At least four people from Hazera community were killed on Monday evening, when armed men opened fire at the vehicle on Masjid road area of Quetta. According to the police officials, four militants opened fire at the vehicle on Masjid road area of Quetta and all four men sitting in the vehicle were seriously wounded and succumbed to their ...

According to the media reports over 600 schools setup under a presidential ordinance in Balochistan have been closed and services of 684 teachers terminated. Under the ordinance, National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) was established in 2002 which setup 615 schools and hired 684 teachers in Balochistan to educate over 4,600 students in those schools. The NCHD extended cooperation to ...

Mohammed Attar Interviews Noam Chomsky   ( July 14, 2013, Beirut, Sri Lanka Guardian) During his recent visit to Beirut, American thinker and philosopher Noam Chomsky met with a group of independent Syrian media activists, aid workers and individuals active in cultural and economic spheres. Chomsky had made it clear that he had come to listen to them; to lend ...