Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) People in Pakistan’s Islamabad have expressed anger over heavy police check posts and road blockades set up on almost every major and minor road within the city. Residents have said that they are feeling daily inconvenience due to the measures implemented by the authorities. Commuters have said that their routine travel has become a nightmare due to long queues, frequent vehicle searches and traffic jams, Pakistan’s leading daily The Express Tribune reported. A residen…
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Quetta, Feb 1 (IANS) Bus services from major cities of Pakistan to Quetta remained suspended due to the prevailing security situation in Balochistan, with all buses being stopped at Rakhni, resulting in hundreds of travellers being stranded, local media reported on Sunday, citing transport sources. According to officials and transport operators, the suspension of bus services between Quetta and other parts of Pakistan on Saturday impacted several people in multiple cities. Bus operators stated s…
Quetta, Jan 22 (IANS) The Unemployed Pharmacists’ Action Committee in Pakistan’s Balochistan have criticised government’s decision to announce a limited number of vacancies for more than 2,000 unemployed pharmacists, terming it “equivalent to offering a pinch of cumin to a camel,” local media reported on Thursday. While addressing a press briefing at the Quetta Press Club on Wednesday, UPAC General Secretary Qasim Aziz Mengal termed the decision unacceptable and called for creation of more p…
Quetta, Jan 22 (IANS) The Baloch Students Action Committee (BSAC) condemned the Pakistani police raid on the protest by the Balochistan Grand Alliance, a coalition of government employees, calling the resulting violence and arrests of teachers, professors, and other professionals “extremely alarming”.The remarks followed the arrest of dozens of government employees in Balochistan’s capital Quetta on Tuesday after police blocked a planned sit-in in the city’s Red Zone, where workers had a…
Quetta, Jan 19 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed heavy losses for the Pakistani forces after its fighters carried out a large, coordinated operation in Kharan on January 15 at around 2:30 pm (local time), took control of the city, seized the police station and attacked banks and government buildings, local media reported. The BLF said that over 50 military personnel were killed while dozens others were injured during what they termed as nine hours of fighting. It claimed …