Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) Residents in Pakistan’s Karachi faced difficulties in preparing ‘sehri’ and iftar meals for Ashura due to gas and electricity outages, local media reported on Friday. K-Electric has claimed that it has exempted several areas from scheduled loadshedding till Muharram 11. However, people in many areas had to use alternate options to ensure electricity during religious gatherings, Pakistan-based daily Dawn reported.Large parts of the city, including Saddar, Burns Road, Lya…
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Quetta, June 24 (IANS) The Balochistan government temporarily suspended mobile phone and internet services in the provincial capital Quetta as part of security measures for the Muharram processions, local media reported on Wednesday. The seventh procession of Muharram was taken out amid tight security in Quetta on Tuesday. Mobile phone and internet services were implemented as a precautionary measure to counter security alerts and protect people who were participating in the religious gatherings…
Quetta, June 23 (IANS) The protest launched by the Balochistan Grand Alliance continued for the fifth consecutive day on Monday as the government offices and institutions remained shut in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, local media reported on Tuesday. Leaders of the Grand Alliance said employees are united for their legitimate and constitutional demands and vowed to continue the movement until the authorities agree to their demands, Pakistan-based daily The Express Tribune reported.The allianc…
Islamabad, June 22 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations on Monday strongly condemned the continued detention of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, describing their imprisonment as “unlawful”.The statement came after Imaan and her husband, Hadi, completed 150 days behind bars, prompting renewed concern over the case.Taking to its social media platform X, Amnesty International said, “Today marks 150 days of unlawful imprisonment of hum…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Balochistan government’s newly announced budget for fiscal year 2026-27 has triggered widespread disappointment among government employees and ordinary citizens, many of whom believe the financial plan offers little relief to people struggling with rising costs, unemployment and inadequate public services, a report has said.Discontent surfaced prominently during the provincial budget session when members of the Balochistan Employees’ Grand Alliance staged protests…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Pakistan has seen several International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes to improve its economy in the past but reforms have failed and the country stares at a bigger economic crisis. The question isn’t why reform failed but whether it was ever designed to succeed, argues a new report.The report in Dawn laments that each IMF programme reaches the same diagnosis — the tax base is too narrow, distortions are too many, and institutions are too weak. “The IMF prescribes…
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and three others injured in two explosions on Saturday in Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The two explosions occurred in Marka Bera, a semi-tribal mountainous area of Bannu’s Wazir sub-division, local media reported.According to the Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Yasir Afridi, a total of seven people were killed, and three others injured in the two blasts, leading Pakistani daily Dawn reported.He also sai…
Quetta, June 18 (IANS) The Balochistan Employees’ Grand Alliance have announced an indefinite shutdown of government offices, educational institutions and other public sector departments in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The alliance announced that a hunger strike unto death would begin in Quetta on June 19 and that the movement would be intensified if their demands are not met, local media reported on Thursday. The alliance made the announcement after clashes erupted between employees and pol…
Quetta, June 11 (IANS) The grand alliance of various government employees’ associations and trade unions have announced two-day protest and sit-in camps in Pakistan’s Balochistan to raise their demands and protest against the government’s actions against workers who are involved in the struggle for their rights, local media reported on Thursday. The organiser of the alliance, Abdul Quddus Kakar, announced that the protest in Balochistan will begin on Thursday, and a sit-in will be held on June 1…
Berlin, June 9 (IANS) Shafi Burfat, chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), has urged India and the global community to intervene against the “brutality, fascism, and persecution” of the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Sindh, and other regions by the Pakistan military “mafia” and to support their fight for freedom and dignity.His remarks came after seven civilians were killed in clashes between police and protesters of the newly proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (…