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  Rights group chief claims 18,000 'missing' in Balochistan

  World | November 23, 2013 11:02 IST

  Karachi: The head of a rights group working for the Baloch people yesterday alleged that around 18,000 people had been detained without charge by security agencies in the troubled Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan.  Voice

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  Toll in devastating Pakistan quake touches 350

  World | September 25, 2013 19:26 IST

  Islamabad: Soldiers and rescue teams today stepped up their desperate search for survivors in the rubble of thousands of homes flattened by a powerful earthquake that struck Pakistan's Balochistan province as the death toll rose

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  Bodies of 13 rail passengers slain recovered in Balochistan

  World | August 06, 2013 14:44 IST

  Quetta, Balochistan, Aug 6 : The bodies of thirteen passengers abducted Monday night and killed near Mach of  Bolan district in Balochistan were recovered Tuesday morning from nearby mountains.Assistant Commissioner Mach, Kashif Nabi told Geo

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  Explosives-laden vehicle seized in Pakistan

  World | August 06, 2013 10:00 IST

  Islamabad, Aug 6 : A terror bid was foiled in the Quetta city of Pakistan's Balochistan province when police seized an explosives-laden auto rickshaw, parked near a petrol pump, Monday.There was about 200 kg explosives

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  Hindus living 'dangerously' in Balochistan

  World | May 20, 2013 11:00 IST

  Islamabad, May 20: Though Hindus have richly contributed in the economic prosperity and development of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province since pre-partition days, they are today faced with the dilemma of survival and living "dangerously".Historically, it

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  Quake kills five in Pakistan

  World | April 16, 2013 18:37 IST

  Islamabad, Apr 16: At least five persons were killed and several others injured when buildings collapsed in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan today during a massive earthquake that was felt across the region.The five deaths

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  Gunmen kidnap Czech tourists in Balochistan

  World | March 14, 2013 14:37 IST

  Quetta, Mar 14: Gunmen abducted two female Czech tourists and their police guard as they were traveling on a bus through a troubled province in southwest Pakistan, the Czech foreign ministry and a Pakistani government

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  Balochistan assembly rejects governor's rule

  World | January 16, 2013 14:10 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 16: Describing the move as "undemocratic", the Balochistan assembly has unanimously rejected the imposition of governor's rule in the Pakistani province.Governor's rule was imposed in Balochistan early Monday following last Thursday's twin bomb

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  Pak PM sacks Balochistan govt after brutal Shia killings

  World | January 14, 2013 13:42 IST

  Islamabad/Karachi, Jan 14: Yielding to protests over the killing of nearly 100 Shias in Quetta, Pakistan Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf today sacked Balochistan government and imposed Governor's Rule in the troubled southwestern province.The move came

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  Gunmen fire at train in Pak's Balochistan province; 4 killed

  World | January 06, 2013 16:03 IST

  Islamabad,Jan 6: Unidentified gunmen fired at a train in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, killing at least four people and seriously injuring 10 others.The gunmen fired indiscriminately at the Jaffar Express train in Kohsar area of

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  11 migrants trying to sneak into Iran killed in Balochistan

  World | December 22, 2012 10:10 IST

  Quetta, Dec 22: At least eleven people, including six Pakistanis and five Afghan nationals were killed near Iran-Pakistan border  in Balochistan's Gwadar region while trying to illegally cross into neighbouring Iran in three vehicles ,

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  Balochistan situation is worse than Kashmir, Palestine, former CM tells Pak SC

  World | September 27, 2012 22:04 IST

  Islamabad, Sept 27: The former chief minister of Balochistan province and chief of Balochistan Nationalist Party Sardar Akhtar Mengal today told the Pakistan Supreme Court that the situation in the province was worse compared to

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  Unidentified gunmen shot and killed 6 persons in Quetta

  World | June 03, 2012 17:17 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 3: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed six persons, including a policeman, and injured several others in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan today shortly before the arrival of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.The gunmen

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  After Balochistan, Gligit-Baltistan want right to self-determination

  World | June 02, 2012 17:00 IST

  Washington, Jun 2: After Balochistan, resentment is brewing up in Gilgit-Baltistan with the local representatives there calling on the US to support the right of self-determination of the people of the disputed region, saying that

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  Earthquake jolts parts of Quetta

  World | May 25, 2012 8:16 IST

  Quetta, May 25 : An earthquake of 4.8 magnitude jolted parts of Quetta, Pakistan's metropolitan of Balochistan Province on Thursday. The Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) said that an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 was reported in

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  Pak journalist Razzaq Gul gunned down

  World | May 19, 2012 15:11 IST

  Islamabad, May 19: A Pakistani journalist was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the restive southwest Balochistan province, the fourth scribe to be killed in as many months in the country ranked by UNESCO as

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  6 Shias Killed In Sectarian Attack In Balochistan

  World | April 10, 2012 8:07 IST

  Islamabad, Apr 10: Unidentified gunmen Monday shot and killed six members of the minority Shia Hazara community in a sectarian attack at Quetta city in southwest Pakistan, police said.Gunmen on two motorcycles fired indiscriminately at

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  Temple Committee Chairman Kidnapped In Pakistan

  World | April 09, 2012 15:56 IST

  Islamabad, Apr 9: The chairman of the committee that manages the famous Hinglaj Mata temple in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan has been kidnapped just two days before the beginning of the shrine's annual pilgrimage,

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  14 Paramilitary Troopers Killed In Ambush In Balochistan

  World | January 12, 2012 13:03 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 12 : Fourteen paramilitary troopers were killed in an ambush by militants in Balochistan, one of the deadliest attacks in the restive province of southwest Pakistan in recent months.The banned Baloch Liberation Front

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  26 Shiites Killed In Pakistan By Gunmen

  World | September 20, 2011 22:55 IST

  Islamabad, Sep 20: Bike-borne unidentified gunmen today shot dead at least 26 Shia Muslim pilgrims in cold-blood in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province after forcing them out of a bus.A bus carrying Shia pilgrims, which was