Quetta, March 31 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for carrying out more than 30 coordinated attacks against the Pakistani army across several regions in Balochistan, resulting in the death of dozens of personnel and injuries to several others. “Our series of coordinated attacks against the occupying Pakistani army across the length and breadth of occupied Balochistan continues with full force. So far, more than 30 attacks have been carried out in various …
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Quetta, March 31 (IANS) Three security personnel were killed and four others injured in two separate attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, according to officials, local media reported on Tuesday. The incident included an attack on a patrolling squad in Quetta and a gun battle at a police station in Jhal Magsi. Two personnel of the police’s Eagle Squad were killed and three others injured after they were attacked during a motorcycle patrol in the Eastern Bypass area of Quetta on Monday even…
Quetta, March 31 (IANS) Gas supply to Quetta and several districts of Pakistan’s Balochistan province has been disrupted after unidentified assailants blew up the main gas pipeline at Western Bypass area, local media reported on Tuesday. Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) spokesperson said, “An 18-inch diameter main gas pipeline was blown up by unknown people,” adding that the incident occurred in Akhtarabad area, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. Police said that the armed men planted an exp…
Quetta, March 28 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks targeting telecommunications infrastructure and a Frontier Corps (FC) post across Balochistan, reportedly causing casualties among security personnel and significant material damage, according to local media reports on Saturday.In a statement to the media, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said the group’s fighters carried out an operation on March 26 in the Bhawani area …
Quetta, March 20 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) held a seminar in Balochistan’s Surab district, highlighting systemic challenges and repression faced by communities across the province, accusing Pakistani authorities of using legal mechanisms to silence dissent. Held as part of the BYC’s ongoing month-long awareness campaign, the event drew attention to the human rights abuses by the Pakistani authorities and the “unjust detention” of its chief organiser, Mahran…
Islamabad, March 19 (IANS) An assistant sub-inspector of the Elite Force was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mano Banda area of Gandigar in Upper Dir district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Thursday, citing police. Bacha Yousaf Khan was targetted by assailants outside his residence. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. According to police sources, Khan was heading to mosque to offer prayers when he was targeted, Pakista…
Quetta, March 18 (IANS) Human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee held a seminar in Karachi highlighting the dire human rights situation across Balochistan and the “arbitrary detention” of its chief organiser, Mahrang Baloch, and other leaders.According to the rights body, the event was organised as part of the BYC’s month-long awareness campaign, initiated in response to the “continued targeting of independent voices, the misuse of legal frameworks to suppress democratic activism, and…
Quetta, March 17 (IANS) A leading Pakistani human rights organisation on Tuesday voiced serious concern over the continued detention and ongoing trials of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders, including Mahrang Baloch, who have been kept in custody for nearly a year while facing “multiple fabricated cases” before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta. The BYC mentioned that detainees have voiced their concerns on record before the court on February 7 and expressed lack of confidence in the…
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) At least six police personnel were killed and one injured in a blast near a police vehicle in the Bettani tribal of Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the local media reported. According to a spokesperson of the local police, the explosion took place near a police mobile, causing death of six police personnel and injuries to one policeman. The spokesperson further said that additional police personnel were deployed at the site of the incid…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) While resource-rich Balochistan accounts for roughly half of Pakistan’s discovered mineral wealth, the state’s population is amongst the poorest in the country, with human rights suppression adding to the woes of the people along with the economic exploitation.The state accounts for 90 per cent of the country’s copper reserves, substantial gold, sizable coal deposits, chromite, barite, marble, and other industrial minerals. Hydrocarbon resources are also signific…