Dhaka, Feb 14 (IANS) Despite emerging as the second-largest political force in the recently concluded Bangladesh’s 13th Parliamentary election, Jamaat-e-Islami failed to convert its numerical presence into meaningful political success. The paradox extends beyond contemporary electoral dynamics rooted in the party’s historical choices, ideological rigidity, and its controversial role during some of the “most traumatic chapters” of South Asian Muslim history, a report said on Saturday.Accordin…
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Quetta, Feb 11 (IANS) Another Baloch civilian was extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Wednesday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of targeted killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that the tortured body of 20-year-old Muhammad Fareed Baloch was recovered on February 6, following months of illegal detention by Pakistan’s …
Islamabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Over 15 people were killed and more than 80 injured after a powerful explosion rocked an imambargah in Islamabad’s Tarlai area during Friday prayers, triggering massive panic in the Pakistani capital local media reported. “The death toll from the explosion in the federal capital has risen to 15, according to a spokesperson for the District Administration. The spokesperson further confirmed that the number of patients brought to various hospitals across the city has now ex…
Quetta, Feb 4 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has expanded its control in Balochistan’s Nushki district by capturing a Pakistani Army camp in Ahmad Wal area following its earlier takeover of a local base in the Galangur area of the province, local media reported on Wednesday. As the second phase of ‘Operation Herof’ launched by BLA entered its fifth consecutive day, internet and train services and major public events in several parts of the province remained disrupted.Citing local source…
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) The Pakistani Army, which dominates the country’s domestic and foreign affairs, has been accused of widespread human rights violations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, long-plagued by militancy and dozens of Pakistani military operations since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan, a report said on Monday. It added that over the past two decades, major military offensives targetting militants have killed civilians as well as insurgents and displaced …
Berlin, Jan 21 (IANS) Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), accused the Pakistani army and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of being directly or indirectly involved in orchestrating the terrorist attack on a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan.The remarks came after an explosion outside a Chinese restaurant in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on January 19 caused multiple casualties, including the death of one Chinese citizen.Condemning the attack, Burfat asserted…
Quetta, Jan 7 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) strongly condemned the Pakistani military over what it described as a “baseless propaganda campaign” against its leadership.This came against the backdrop of BNM’s campaign against Islamabad’s preferential trade status under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) in light of the grave human rights abuses across Balochistan.The rights body alleged that the Pakistani Army is not only directly involved in grave crimes against humani…