Quetta, April 24 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed responsibility for several attacks on Pakistani forces and installations in Awaran, Jhao, Basima and Sibi areas of Pakistan’s Balochistan, local media reported on Friday. BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said that fighters attacked a Pakistani military convoy in the Kolwah area of Awaran on April 22 while the convoy was moving from one camp to another, The Balochistan Post reported.He s…
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Islamabad, March 5 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday reported its first wild polio virus case of 2026 in a four-year-old child from Bello Union Council in Sujawal district of Sindh province, local media reported. According to Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC), the case was detected through the polio surveillance network and the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad confirmed it, Pakistan’s l…
Quetta, Feb 27 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Friday drew attention to escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 107 enforced disappearances and 78 extrajudicial killings throughout January. In its latest report, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) recorded 107 enforced disappearances, including a woman.As per the findings among the 107 documented cases, 78 individuals were abducted through house raids, while 29 were taken into custody throug…
Quetta, Feb 4 (IANS) Mobile internet remained suspended in Pakistan’s Balochistan for the fifth consecutive day with the authorities also stopping train services in the province after last week’s coordinated attacks, local media reported on Wednesday. Speaking to Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn, Additional Chief Secretary Hamza Shafqaat said, “Keeping in mind the worsening law and order situation in the province, mobile internet has been shut down.” He further mentioned that mobile internet servic…
Quetta, Dec 25 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Thursday highlighted grave and systematic abuses, including enforced disappearances and targetted killings across Balochistan, allegedly carried out by Pakistani forces in a pervasive climate of impunity. According to a report by the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB), 106 new cases of enforced disappearance and 42 killings were recorded in the province during the last month.“Among those killed were 11 individuals who had pre…