Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned the “barbaric and regrettable” incident of an acid attack on a female doctor during her duty at Sandeman Civil Hospital in Balochistan’s capital, Quetta. Expressing grave concern over the “cowardly assault,” the rights body said, “A woman associated with such a sacred profession, engaged in serving humanity and saving lives, to be targeted with such brutal violence right at her workplace is n…
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New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Pakistan establishment’s reported move to enlist the support of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) in its fight against the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) appears to be yielding unintended consequences, with signs that the strategy may be backfiring.The ISKP, which operates as the Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) in Pakistan, seems to have backtracked from its plan of helping the security forces.An official …
Quetta, June 5 (IANS) Human rights activist and chief organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Mahrang Baloch, has dismissed the recent allegations levelled against her, her colleagues, and the organisation by the Pakistani authorities as “baseless.” She said that such a move forms part of a clear and organised effort to discredit the peaceful political struggle in Balochistan.In a statement issued from Huda Jail in Quetta and posted on BYC’s social media platform X on Friday, Mahrang…
Quetta, May 29 (IANS) Trains operations in Pakistan’s Quetta and other parts of Balochistan remained suspended for second consecutive day on Friday, railway officials said, citing “unavoidable circumstances” for the disruption, local media reported on Friday. They said the Jaffar Express from Quetta to Peshawar would not depart on Friday while the train from Peshawar to Quetta would be sent back from Jacobabad. Railway authorities stated that train services in Balochistan have remained suspended…
Quetta, May 25 (IANS) A woman commander in the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), identified as Shaynaz Baloch, has highlighted the role of Baloch women in history, politics and armed struggle, terming the conflict in Pakistan’s Balochistan province as entering what she termed as a “decisive phase”. She urged Baloch women to participate in the movement not only through emotion or symbolism but through “knowledge, consciousness and wisdom,” local media reported. In a recorded message, Shaynaz repeated…
Quetta, May 19 (IANS) Voicing serious concerns over non-recovery of kidnapped top officials of Gwadar University, leaders of the Academic Staff Associations of Balochistan University have announced that protest rallies will be held in all universities in Pakistan’s province on Wednesday, local media reported on Tuesday. The statement comes after the abduction of Vice Chancellor of Gwadar University Abdul Razzaq Sabir, pro-Vice Chancellor Syed Manzoor Ahmed, lecturer Irshad Ahmed and their staff …
Quetta, May 14 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation on Thursday highlighted the extrajudicial killing of one civilian and the enforced disappearance of another, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces. The bullet-riddled body of Jan Muhammad was found dumped in the Banok-e-Chadai area of Kech district on Wednesday, nearly four months after he was forcibly disappeared, said Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human …
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The hit jobs by unidentified gunmen continue to rock both the ISI and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Pakistan. Unknown persons have killed a senior LeT commander as well as a low-level official linked to the ISI.Those killed have been identified as Mir Shukr Khan Raisani and Mohammad Iqbal. The LeT has lost several top commanders in recent months thanks to hit jobs by the unidentified gunmen.Raisani was a top LeT commander and was killed at Quetta in Balochistan. Just a da…
Quetta, May 11 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to escalate across Pakistan’s province of Balochistan, a young shopkeeper has been allegedly forcibly disappeared from his residence in Sariab area of Pakistan’s Quetta. According to his family, Saeed Baloch (20) was taken into custody from his home in Faizabad area on May 6 at around 5 am, local media reported on Monday. The family said Pakistani forces personnel, including the Frontier Corps, carried out a raid at their home and too…
Quetta/Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) At least five civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation stated on Thursday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that two teachers, 45-year-old Abdul Hameed and 36-year-old Nasir Ali, were abducted on May 5 from the Paroom regi…