Quetta, March 10 (IANS) At least two men allegedly linked to Pakistan’s intelligence agency were killed, while another was detained after a Baloch armed group set up a checkpoint on the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) highway in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, local media reported on Tuesday.Citing sources, The Balochistan Post reported that the fighters blocked the road and inspected passing vehicles at the checkpoint during the operation on Monday at Karkh tehsil in Khuzdar.Two m…
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Quetta, March 9 (IANS) A senior officer of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire at him in the Killi Ismail area of Pakistan’s Quetta, local media reported on Monday. Police said Inspector Metha Khan, who recently joined CTD, was shot by armed men when he was passing through the Killi Ismail area on Sunday, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. A senior police that the CTD officer died on the spot after the armed men on motorcycles opened…
Quetta, March 3 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on Tuesday claimed that it has killed seven Pakistani military personnel captured during ‘Operation Herof II’ following Senior Command Council’s order, local media reported. In a statement, the BLA said that seven men related to regular units of the Pakistani military were sentenced by the ‘Baloch National Court’ for involvement in crimes, including enforced disappearances, abuses against civilians and other war crimes, ‘The Balochistan Pos…
Kabul, March 2 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence announced on Monday that its Air Force had conducted what it described as precise and coordinated aerial operations against multiple Pakistani military installations, signalling a sharp escalation in the already worsening security situation between the two neighbouring countries. In a statement posted on X, the Afghan defence ministry said the strikes were aimed at major Pakistani military facilities, including the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawal…
Quetta, March 1 (IANS) After suffering losses during the Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) Operation Herof, Pakistani police in Balochistan and Sindh killed 27 forcibly disappeared individuals in Karachi, Quetta, and other places, and later termed them armed militants, according to a report. Baloch youth have been subjected to extrajudicial killings in Balochistan for over 20 years, and Pakistan is now also targeting their families as a form of collective punishment.Hamdan Baloch was in the custody…
Quetta, Feb 27 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Friday drew attention to escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 107 enforced disappearances and 78 extrajudicial killings throughout January. In its latest report, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) recorded 107 enforced disappearances, including a woman.As per the findings among the 107 documented cases, 78 individuals were abducted through house raids, while 29 were taken into custody throug…
Quetta, Feb 23 (IANS) A major water crisis unfolding in Pakistan’s Balochistan along with a demographic explosion threatens to overwhelm the fragile ecology of the province, a report has highlighted. “Every morning in Quetta, before the sun clears the jagged peaks of the Sulaiman Mountains, a ritual of anxiety begins. It starts with the hollow, metallic clink of a dry tap. For thousands of households, this sound is the starting gun for a daily race for survival. With it echo the neighbourhoods w…
Quetta, Feb 21 (IANS) Amma Hoori, who waited years for her missing son’s return and passed away carrying that grief on February 16, represents hundreds of mothers in Balochistan bearing the consequences of Pakistani policies and collective punishment. The pain endured by mothers like her has become part of collective political consciousness, shaping perceptions of the relationship between the Baloch population and the Pakistani state, a report said on Saturday.“Amma Hoori’s life was marked…
Quetta, Feb 16 (IANS) Pakistan’s former senator Nawabzada Haji Lashkari Raisani has heavily criticised the Mines and Minerals Act, Balochistan, stressing that the legislation has been made to “plunder resources” of the future generations of the province. He urged lawmakers in parliament to review the legislation again to protect the assets of Balochistan, local media reported on Monday. Former Senator warned that the matter would be taken to “people’s court” if corrective measures are not taken …
Kabul, Feb 11 (IANS) The recent attacks in Balochistan highlight not only security challenges but also what critics describe as long standing political failures to address the province’s grievances as the roots of growing violence in the province go back to Pakistan’s independence, a report has highlighted. An article in Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press mentioned that the recent attacks in Balochistan highlight not only security challenges but also what critics describe as long s…