Quetta, July 22 (IANS) Quetta, the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, has been facing a severe water crisis with groundwater levels dropping to dangerously low levels and official supplies from the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) either completely stopped or severely restricted in many residential areas, local media reported on Wednesday. Residents of areas, including Sariab, Sirki Road, Samungli Road, Jinnah Town, Qambarani Road, Satellite Town, Sabzal Road, a…
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Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) The life imprisonment handed down to Baloch human rights defender Mahrang Baloch last month extends beyond the fate of one activist in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. It has raised a larger question confronting Islamabad: whether a state can effectively defeat violent extremism while simultaneously shrinking the space for peaceful dissent, a report has stated. The answer to that broader question will have implications not only for Balochistan but also for the future …
Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) At least two young Christian men were fatally shot in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a leading minority rights organisation said on Friday, warning that the killings reflect persistent threats to lives faced by the religious minorities across the country. According to Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), 21-year-old Ayush Masih and 24-year-old Domnik Masih were shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles in the Shamsabad area of Mastung district in Balochistan, just a few kilome…
Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) Three security personnel were killed and 29 others injured after militants launched a coordinated attack on a security forces’ convoy in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Thursday, security sources said.The attack took place in Mastung district when a Frontier Corps convoy was travelling from provincial capital Quetta to Kalat district via the N-25 highway, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.”The convoy came under a coordinated attack by heavil…
Quetta, July 16 (IANS) At least one civilian was killed and several others injured after Pakistani military forces allegedly carried out indiscriminate gunfire and heavy mortar shelling in the Jhao region of Balochistan’s Awaran district, a leading human rights organisation said on Thursday Condemning the brutal actions of the Pakistani military, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, said that the incident had created a climate of terror and put countless civilian live…
Quetta, July 14 (IANS) Two 220kV high-voltage transmission pylons were blown up by unknown armed men, leaving two other pylons partially damaged near the Uch Power Plant in Dera Murad Jamali, local media reported.According to the police, the attack occurred late Monday and has resulted in the disruption of electricity supply to Quetta, Sibi, and several other parts of Balochistan, leading Pakistani daily Dawn reported.The attack happened within the jurisdiction of the Notal Police Station. Exp…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The poor law and order in Pakistan remains a major impediment to investment, a new report has said, adding that worsening security in Karachi and persistent challenges in Pakistan’s western regions are weighing on foreign investors’ confidence and business operations.Citing data from the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (OICCI) Security Survey 2026, the report from Express Tribune noted that top leadership of 71 per cent of “member companies ran…
Quetta, July 10 (IANS) Sammi Deen Baloch, a member of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), alleged that Balochistan is currently “ablaze”, with the law and order situation in the province deteriorating to an alarmingly critical level.She claimed that several areas in the province, including Ziarat, are now engulfed in violence and unrest, and the situation has now spread to the outskirts of the provincial capital Quetta as well as the Hanna Urak area.Slamming the Pa…
Geneva, July 8 (IANS) The United Nations experts on Wednesday strongly condemned the life sentence handed down to Baloch woman human rights defender and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch by an Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan’s Quetta, describing the verdict as “unjustified” and a “travesty of justice”. The criticism came after the anti-terrorism court on June 22 sentenced four activists, including Mahrang, to life imprisonment in connection with a case relating to the …
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Balochistan government’s budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year has sparked widespread criticism from government employees, opposition lawmakers and ordinary residents, with many arguing that it offers little relief to people struggling with unemployment, poor public services and rising living costs, a report has said.The provincial government has presented a Rs 1.13 trillion budget for FY27, with total expenditure estimated at Rs 1.09 trillion and a projected surplus of…