Balochistan
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Pakistan: 15 terrorists, 4 soldiers killed in attacks on security posts in Balochistan
World | Feb 03, 2022, 05:06 PM ISTInterior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said in a video message that nine terrorists and four soldiers were killed in Noshki while six terrorists were shot dead in Panjgur.
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Pakistan: Roadside bomb explodes in Balochistan, 4 dead, 10 injured
World | Jan 28, 2022, 08:52 PM ISTInitial reports claim that at least 4 people have died and 10 were injured in the blast.
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Security forces kill 15 militants in separate operations in Balochistan
World | Oct 24, 2021, 06:45 AM ISTA spokesperson for Counter-Terrorism Department said that nine militants from different banned organisations were killed in Balochistan's Mastung area and a heavy cache of arms and ammunition were seized from them.
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Germany: Baloch activists hold anti-Pak protests, highlight 'fake encounters' by security agencies
News | Sep 13, 2021, 10:29 PM ISTScores of activists from the Free Balochistan Movement held a protest rally in Germany's Hanover city this past weekend against the "fake encounters" by Pakistani forces in Balochistan.
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Rain-triggered landslide hits coal mine in Pakistan; 4 killed
India | Jul 25, 2021, 06:34 PM ISTThe workers were digging for coal deep inside the mine and got trapped after the landslide hit the mine located in the Shahrag area of Harnai district on Saturday.
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Baloch National Movement protests against Pakistan Army in Germany's Gottingen
News | Jun 22, 2021, 10:30 AM ISTBaloch National Movement's (BNM) Germany Zone staged a protest at Gottingen against the targeting of families of political and social activists in Balochistan by the Pakistan Army and intelligence agencies.
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Bombing in southwestern Pakistan kills 2, wounds 5
World | Feb 05, 2021, 09:09 PM ISTA bomb went off near a government office in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least two people and wounding five, police said.
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Armed struggle in Balochistan inspired by Pakistan's decades-old colonial rule, says activist
News | Jan 15, 2021, 09:04 PM ISTArmed struggle in Balochistan inspired by Pakistan's decades-old colonial rule, says activist. A Baloch political activist and writer has said that the contemporary armed and political struggle in Balochistan is strongly inspired by the consequences of 70 years of Pakistan's indirect and direct colonial rule.
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Prominent Baloch activist Karima, who once sent rakhi message to PM Modi, found dead in Canada
India | Dec 22, 2020, 06:22 PM ISTKarima, who highlighted Pakistan Army's human rights abuses in Balochistan, had fled Pakistan in 2016 and settled as refugee in Canada.
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Terrorist, who kidnapped Kulbhushan Jadhav, killed in Balochistan
News | Nov 18, 2020, 08:00 PM ISTPakistani forces have killed Iran's top wanted terrorist Mulla Omar in Turbat city of Balochistan. He used to work for Pakistan Army and was the one who kidnapped and handed over Kulbhushan Jadhav to Pakistan.
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Iran's top terrorist, who kidnapped Kulbhushan Jadhav, killed in Balochistan: Report
India | Nov 18, 2020, 07:48 PM ISTAccording to reports, Mullah Omar Irani worked for the Pakistan army and was also involved in the kidnapping of former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav.
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Protest outside UN against Pak's human rights violations in Balochistan and Sindh
News | Sep 26, 2020, 12:25 PM ISTThe Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) and the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a joint protest outside the UN building at the Broken Chair in Geneva during the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against the institutionalised state violence and other forms of socio-economic and political suppression of the Baloch and Sindhi people by the Pakistan military.
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Balochistan suffering a severe humanitarian crisis, activist told UN
News | Sep 26, 2020, 09:35 AM ISTA Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that Balochistan is suffering a severe humanitarian crisis, having been in the throes of a ruthless genocidal conflict for the past two decades.
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Free Balochistan Movement holds protest on International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances in London
News | Aug 31, 2020, 10:20 AM ISTThe Free Balochistan Movement held a protest demonstration outside the official residence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
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Pakistani forces abandon border posts as violent protests erupt in Balochistan
News | Jun 11, 2020, 08:04 PM ISTPakistani security forces abandoned their border check posts as violent protests erupted in Balochistan. The protests erupted in the border town of Brabchah on June 10. Protestors also pelted stones at the security forces.
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Pakistani troops forced to abandon border posts after Balochistan protests turn violent
World | Jun 11, 2020, 12:00 PM ISTThe troops of the Pakistani security forces were forced to abandom their posts after locals turned on them in Balochistan on Wednesday. As per local media reports, violent protests erupted in Brabchah area of Balochistan where the locals pelted the Pak security forces with stones.
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Experts, activists criticise Pakistan army for human rights abuses in Balochistan
News | May 25, 2020, 08:18 PM ISTA Paris-based NGO, the Baloch Voice Association, recently organized a virtual conference titled "Prevent genocide in Balochistan and end eliminations with impunity" amid Covid-19 outbreak in the region and rest of the world.
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9 injured as IED goes off in Balochistan
World | Mar 07, 2020, 10:40 PM ISTA powerful bomb blast in a Pakistani town bordering Afghanistan injured nine people, including two security personnel, an official said on Saturday. The blast took place near the Levies line in Chaman town, which is located few kilometres away from the country's border with Afghanistan.
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Acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan: Political activist requests India
India | Mar 07, 2020, 10:24 AM ISTDirector of Institute of Gilgit-Baltistan Studies, Senge H Sering, speaking at the 43rd session of UNHRC in Geneva, lambasted on Pakistan saying that they are under constant threat of terrorism perpetrated by Pakistani military and requested India to resume constitutional responsibility and acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan (Balochistan) to save them from brutal colonial reign of Pakistan.
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Pakistan: 7 dead, several injured in blast near Quetta press club in Balochistan province
World | Feb 17, 2020, 07:12 PM ISTAt least seven people killed and several injured after a blast in Pakistan's Quetta in Balochistan province on Monday.