Quetta, Feb 5 (IANS) Mobile internet services in Quetta and some other parts of Pakistan’s Balochistan remained suspended for the sixth day even though the train services have been partially restored. The development comes as the tense security situation eased after counter-terrorism operations were conducted in response to attacks in Balochistan, local media reported on Thursday. Speaking to Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn, Balochistan Additional Chief Secretary Hamza Shafqaat said that the mobil…
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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, Jan 20 (IANS) A main railway track near Dera Murad Jamali in Pakistan’s Balochistan was blown up by unidentified assailants, suspending train link between Quetta and the rest of the country for few hours, local media reported on Tuesday. According to police, some unknown assailants planted an explosive device at the main railway track in Dera Murad Jamali on Monday and detonated it, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.Police officials said, “Around two-foot-long portion of the track w…
Quetta, Jan 7 (IANS) An explosion occurred after unknown assailants using explosive material targetted a railway track near the national highway in the Notal area of Nasirabad in Pakistan’s Balochistan, local media reported on Wednesday. The explosion took place when no train was passing through the area. A part of the track was partially damaged due to the explosion. However, there was no loss of life or property, according to police sources, Pakistan’s leading daily The Express Tribune reporte…
Quetta, Jan 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s Balochistan witnessed a rise in enforced disappearances, an escalation of state repression, and further restrictions on political activists in 2025. The forcible disappearance of students, political activists and relatives of people related to Balochistan resistance continued and the cases of enforced disappearances of women have increased in Balochistan, local media reported on Sunday. In 2025, more than 10 women were subjected to enforced disappearance and eight…
Quetta, Dec 24 (IANS) A portion of the railway track was damaged after a bomb planted on the track exploded near Dera Murad Jamali in Pakistan’s Balochistan, while police defused another explosive device, local media reported on Wednesday. Police said miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on the main railway track near the Notal area of Nasirabad district. The device exploded before the Jaffar Express heading from Peshawar to Quetta reached the site on Tuesday, Pakistan’s l…