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  PM leaves for Quetta as blasts' victims remain unburied

  World | January 13, 2013 14:17 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 13: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today left for Quetta to assess the security situation in the southwestern Pakistani city in the wake of unprecedented protests over the killing of nearly 100 Shias

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  Shias in Quetta refuse to bury victims; demand Army control

  World | January 13, 2013 7:30 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 13: As a protest by Hazara Shias at Quetta in southwest Pakistan entered its second day yesterday, leaders of the vulnerable community said they would not bury over 80 victims of bomb attacks

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  Five killed in suicide attack in Quetta

  World | August 18, 2012 12:58 IST

  Islamabad, Aug 18 :  Five security personnel were killed and several others injured when a suicide attacker blew up his explosives-laden vehicle after he was intercepted by security forces in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan

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  5 killed in attack on Shia students in Quetta

  World | June 18, 2012 15:09 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 18: Five persons were killed and more than 50 others injured when a bus carrying Shia students was targeted with a powerful car bomb in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan today, officials said.The

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  14 people killed in bomb blast outside madarsa in Quetta

  World | June 07, 2012 22:32 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 7: At least 14 people, including three children, were killed and more than 35 others injured today when a powerful bomb went off outside a seminary in the troubled Quetta city of southwestern

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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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  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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  8 Killed In Sectarian Attack In Pakistan's Quetta

  World | April 14, 2012 13:19 IST

  Islamabad, Apr 14: At least eight persons, including seven members of the minority Shia Hazara community and a policeman, were killed in three separate incidents of firing in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan today, officials

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  26 Killed As Bombers Strike House Of Military Cdr In Quetta

  World | September 07, 2011 18:19 IST

  Islamabad, Sept 7: Targeting para-military forces which recently captured top al-Qaeda operatives, Taliban suicide bombers hit the house of a top Pakistan military commander in southwestern city of Quetta today, killing 26 people, most of

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  Five Killed In Quetta In Suicide Car Bomb Blast

  World | August 31, 2011 12:49 IST

  Islamabad, Aug 31:   A car bomb explosion in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta city today killed at least five people and critically injured 13 others as hundreds of worshipers headed home after morning prayers to celebrate Ei-ul

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  Gunmen Take Swiss Couple To Pakistani Tribal Area

  World | July 03, 2011 18:24 IST

  Quetta, July 03: Gunmen who kidnapped two Swiss tourists in a volatile southwestern Pakistani province have taken them to a neighboring tribal area that was once a Taliban stronghold, a senior government official said Sunday.The

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