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  Baloch leader writes to Jaishankar: ‘China may deploy troops in Balochistan posing threat to region’

  World | January 02, 2026 18:11 IST

  Baloch leader wrote to S Jaishankar, “The presence of Chinese boots on Balochistani soil without the will of the 60 million Baloch people, would pose an unimaginable threat and challenge to the futures of both Bharat and Balochistan.”

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  Pakistan: Young couple murdered in Balochistan desert, 11 arrested in 'honour killing' case

  World | July 21, 2025 17:16 IST

  The police have arrested 11 people in the case. According to the police, the young man and the young woman had married each other against the wishes of their families.

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  Armed men kill nine bus passengers after kidnapping them in Pakistan's Balochistan province

  World | July 11, 2025 9:40 IST

  The armed insurgents checked ID cards of passengers and offloaded nine of them from the bus going from Quetta to Lahore, and shot them dead.

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  5.2 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan, houses damaged

  World | June 29, 2025 16:20 IST

  Tremors from the earthquake were experienced in multiple areas surrounding Barkan, including Kingri, Rara Shaim, and Wastu, triggering panic among residents. Preliminary reports indicate that around a dozen houses sustained damage, with cracks developing in several buildings.

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  Another gas pipeline blown up in Pakistan

  World | January 25, 2015 6:51 IST

  Quetta: Miscreants blew up a gas pipeline in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Saturday, a day after two gas pipelines were destroyed in the same province.Police sources told Dawn that militants HAD planted explosive material close

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  Four new polio cases surface in Pakistan

  World | December 18, 2014 14:53 IST

  Islamabad: At least four new polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan with the total number of cases rising to 287, media reported on Thursday.The new cases were reported from Nasirabad and Qilla Abdullah in Balochistan

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  20 injured in blast in Pakistan

  World | August 13, 2014 8:14 IST

  Islamabad: At least 20 people were injured in an explosion in Pakistan's Quetta Tuesday night, the media said.Superintendent of Police Imran Qureshi told Dawnonline that armed militants hurled a bomb in busy market in Quetta

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  Pakistani forces under attack in quake-hit areas

  World | October 03, 2013 7:39 IST

  Islamabad : Insurgents have increased attacks on Pakistani forces engaged in relief operations in the earthquake-hit southwestern Balochistan province, military officials said Wednesday.Nearly 2,000 soldiers are involved in relief operations after a 7.6 intensity earthquake

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  5 killed, 18 injured in blast at railway station in Balochistan

  World | June 28, 2012 9:33 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 28: At least five persons were killed and 18 others injurd when a powerful bomb went off at a railway station in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan today, officials said.The bomb,

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  Suspected Militants Kill 7 In Pak's Balochistan Province

  World | March 29, 2012 13:57 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 29: Suspected militants today shot dead five members of the minority Shia community and two employees of a UN agency in two separate attacks in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan.  Suspected

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  Militants Kill 14 Paramilitary Troopers In Pakistan

  World | February 01, 2012 14:22 IST

  Islamabad, Feb 1: At least 14 paramilitary troopers were killed in a militant attack on a security post in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, official sources said today.The sources in the Frontier Corps

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