New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent state visit to Israel marked a strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries as part of a “sophisticated geo-economic gambit,” according to an article in The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune.The article highlights that PM Modi’s address to the Knesset outlined both his government’s broader strategic outlook and Israel’s place within it. In his remarks, PM Modi signalled a commitment to building a regional ar…
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Quetta, March 18 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for carrying out attacks in Kech district that killed three Pakistani personnel and critically injured four others. Additionally, the armed group targetted Pakistan-backed death squads in Washuk district, killing three operatives, local media reported on Wednesday. In a statement, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said that acting on verified intelligence, its fighters launched an attack on operatives o…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) While resource-rich Balochistan accounts for roughly half of Pakistan’s discovered mineral wealth, the state’s population is amongst the poorest in the country, with human rights suppression adding to the woes of the people along with the economic exploitation.The state accounts for 90 per cent of the country’s copper reserves, substantial gold, sizable coal deposits, chromite, barite, marble, and other industrial minerals. Hydrocarbon resources are also signific…
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) Pakistan appears to be pursuing a strategy of cautious ambiguity amid ongoing conflict in West Asia. After having officially declared neutrality, reports of logistical facilitation and intelligence cooperation with the United States have sparked perceptions that Islamabad is quietly positioning itself within shifting regional dynamics, a report has highlighted. Recent US and Israeli strikes against Iran have once again showcased the fragile geopolitical and sectarian f…
Quetta, March 10 (IANS) At least two men allegedly linked to Pakistan’s intelligence agency were killed, while another was detained after a Baloch armed group set up a checkpoint on the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) highway in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, local media reported on Tuesday.Citing sources, The Balochistan Post reported that the fighters blocked the road and inspected passing vehicles at the checkpoint during the operation on Monday at Karkh tehsil in Khuzdar.Two m…
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s Balochistan province reflects more than a regional crisis, exposing the structural weaknesses of the Pakistani authorities and underscoring the risk of militarising politics. By projecting Balochistan solely as a security problem, Islamabad’s approach is proving increasingly short-sighted, with peaceful forms of dissent — from marches by families of the disappeared to student protests — suppressed through arrests, media blackouts, and intimidation, a re…
Quetta, March 6 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for an armed attack in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district that killed three Pakistani soldiers and injured several others, briefly seizing control of Karkh town while targeting multiple government installations during the operation, local media reported on Friday.In a statement issued to the media, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said that the operation occurred on March 4 involving a coordinated assault…
Quetta, Feb 19 (IANS) Several religious scholars have called for resolving issues of Balochistan through talks and urged the Pakistani government to carry out a transparent probe into all missing persons cases and stated that any individual found guilty should be tried in open courts, while innocent people should be released immediately, local media reported on Thursday. While addressing a press conference after a seminar on ‘Restoring Peace in Balochistan and Confidence-Building, the Instit…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The spate of violence and bloody confrontation between the Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani military in recent times has brought the region into the global spotlight, highlighting the scale and intensity of human rights abuses in the region, as the rebels, refusing to give in to the military’s pressure and directives, have squared off against it often.While Pakistan government sees a ‘foreign hand’ in inciting rebellion in the region, the locals blame it on the …
Quetta, Feb 11 (IANS) The coordinated attacks conducted recently by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) have once again exposed the fragility of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a report has highlighted.”Islamabad’s insistence on framing Balochistan solely as a security problem is proving increasingly short-sighted. Peaceful forms of dissent — from marches by families of the disappeared to student protests — have been met with arrests, media blackouts, and intimidation. As long as the State r…