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Balochistan High Court dissatisfied with probe
BHC expresses dissatisfaction over an investigation into the killing of 10 passengers hailing from Punjab.
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Terrorists torch 27 NATO tankers
Two people killed in attack on Nato supply trucks in Balochistan after 30 tankers were torched earlier in the day.
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Balochistan lawmakers discuss flood losses
Balochistan assembly holds debate on flood devastation after unanimously adopting an adjournment motion.
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Musharraf will not return: PML-Q
Claiming Akbar Bugti was murdered, Chaudhry Shujaat says Musharraf will not form a party nor return to...
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Target killings claim three more lives
Police say four people were in a vehicle when assailants riding a motorcycle opened fire at them.
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Minister walks out from assembly session
Provincial minister walks out after he his barred from speaking on the issue of enforced disappearances.
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Missing lawyer’s body found in Khuzdar
Chief justice of the BHC has taken suo motu notice of the kidnappings.
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Plans for new Balochistan universities dropped
Plans for establishing two new universities in Balochistan have been dropped because of financial constraints.
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Thousands of cattle smuggled daily
Illicit transport of livestock and cattle across Pakistan’s borders continues unabated.
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We stopped Balochistan from becoming an inferno: Shujaat
Chaudhry Shujaat says PML-Q had valid reasons for siding with a military ruler during the previous regime.
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Foreigners arrested from Qilla Saifullah
Security forces rounded up 13 foreigners from Qilla Saifullah district, an area bordering with Afghanistan.
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Health minister rules out epidemic threat
Minister says 145,724 flood survivors suffering from different diseases,106 people lost their lives.
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Five drown in Ghandaka floodwaters
Five flood-stricken people of a family, including two women, drowned while two children went missing.
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Five drown as boat capsizes in Jafarabad
Five people drown and two children go missing after relief boat capsizes in Jafarabad, Balochistan.
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‘Govt to move against anti-state elements’
Firdous Ashiq Awan says action will be taken against anti-state elements challenging country's sovereignty.
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Minister unseated by SC
The SC disqualified Balochistan Minster for Labour and Manpower for holding unsatisfactory educational qualifications.
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Pregnant woman, child injured by alleged FC fire
The incident occurred when FC personnel allegedly fired shots in order to disperse a crowd that had gathered.
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Power breakdown in Balochistan
Balochistan remains without power after pylons of 220kw transmission line were blown up in district Naseerabad.
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Desperate for food, people loot trucks
Desperation of flood victims on plain show as police baton-charge them during the distribution of relief goods.
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PM moves to calm frayed tempers
In an anticipated somersault the government backtracked on a crackdown against insurgent groups in Balochistan.
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13 killed as coach overturns near Uthal
At least 13 people were killed and 25 sustained injuries when a Karachi-bound passenger coach overturned near Uthal.
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HRCP condemns FC’s expanding role in Balochistan
The organisation condemned the decision as a “retrogressive step” and labeled it “suicidal madness”.
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Three killed in blast at minister’s residence
Three people were killed and six suffered multiple injuries in a blast at provincial finance minister's residence.
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Blundering in Balochistan
The government of Balochistan is right in rejecting the proposals suggested by Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
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Irresponsible rhetoric
Rehman Malik's statements on Balochistan are truly astonishing and have the potential to have grave consequences.
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Political forces condemn move
The political forces of Balochistan have expressed strong opposition to the decision of giving more powers to the FC.
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Balochistan says ‘No!’
Malik's directive of transferring police powers to the FC in Balochistan was rejected by the provincial government.
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Malik says govt will use brute force
Malik said the government will use brute force to to control the escalating violence in Balochistan.
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Another missing lawyer found slain
A bullet-riddled body of the missing lawyer Zaman Marri was found from Mastung
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Flood crisis: Balochistan's silent suffering
Flood victims in the districts of Jhal Magsi, Jaffarabad, Sibi and Bolan are suffering from various epidemics.
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Quetta mourns its dead
Quetta on high alert as mass burials for the victims of a suicide attack take place.
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New F-16s moved to air base near Quetta
Block 52 F-16 jet fighters stationed at Shahbaz airbase near Jacobabad moved to Samungli airbase near Quetta.
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Suicide attack in Quetta kills 55
A suicide attack on a procession at Meezan Chowk in Quetta has killed 45 people and left over 100 injured.
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US to open consulate in Balochistan, says Patterson
The consulate will be set up to monitor the development activities being carried out by the US in Balochistan.
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Needs of Balochistan flood victims unmet: UNHCR
Kebede complained that the mainstream media had largely forgotten about the flood victims in the province.
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Balochistan Bar Association files petition in SC
The petitioner said that only 5 judges are working in the high court and all others are working on an adhoc basis.
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Lack of easy access to justice spawns militancy
“Terrorists’ organisations have taken root in Pakistan…when nobody has access to justice in the country.”
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The politics of breaches
The issue of dyke breaches and the damage this has caused will resonate strongly.
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Balochistan govt abolishes local councils
Those councils were established by former president Pervez Musharraf.
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Flash floods pile more misery on Balochistan
Dozens of houses have been damaged and hundreds of people are marooned.
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Bugti’s 4th death anniversary observed
The strike call was made by the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and backed by all Baloch nationalist parties.
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Three NATO containers attacked
Thousands of liters of oil were destroyed in the attacks.
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Flood affected people reluctant to move
Durrani said that thousands of people are still marooned in different flood-devastated districts of Balochistan.
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Mysterious murders
In Balochistan, killings of various kinds continue. The latest victim is the PPP-Sherpao’s provincial leader.
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PPP-Sherpao president killed
Mustafa Khursani was killed in his native town of Soorab, some 230 kilometres south of Quetta.
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Unheard in Balochistan
As people don't receive Radio Pakistan signals, they rely on BBC and All India Radio.
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Six more die from gastroenteritis
Six more children suffering from gastroenteritis died in Quetta and Dera Murad Jamali.
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Rind seen as a victim of vendetta
Domki alleged that security forces had besieged the former minister’s ancestral town of Rind out of personal enmity.
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Gastroenteritis cases multiplying in Sibi
At least 70 patients are reported at hospitals in the flood affected area daily.
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500 women, children hit by water-borne illnesses
Around 500 women and children are suffering from various diseases in a relief camp set up in Quetta.