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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.
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Hundreds stranded in submerged Ghandaka
At least five persons drowned and about 20 others are missing after flash floods.
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Flood victims resort to begging
“My children are suffering from diseases and I need money to visit a doctor,” said 50-year-old Qadir Baksh.
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Gastroenteritis kills five children
The health officer confirmed the deaths in Pishin and said the other 200 were being treated in government hospitals.
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Pasni blast targets school van
At least ten people, including five school boys and two Coast Guards personnel were injured in the blast.
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Medicine supplies for survivors inadequate
Around 40 people suffering from water-borne diseases had been brought in to government- run hospitals.
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Thousands of survivors have as many tales
“I have been staying at the Quetta railway station for the past three days without any kind of relief"
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Targeted terror
The latest frenzy of target killings and violence against Punjabis in Quetta is shattering.
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Flood batters Balochistan
Fresh flash floods have destroyed 400,000 houses in Dera Allahyar and Rojhan Jamali district.
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Suspects arrested for target killings in Quetta
Thirty people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's killing of ten labourers on their way to Quetta.
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Donors barred from directly helping survivors
NDMA bans donor agencies, aid organisations and and NGOs from directly assisting flood survivors in Balochistan.
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16 killed in firing incidents in Balochistan
Ten people were killed in a firing incident on a minibus in the Mach area of Balochistan.
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Jalib’s killers captured: police
Police have arrested two key suspects in last month’s murder of BNP leader Habib Jalib.
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Multiple attacks rock Balochistan on eve of Aug 14
There were at least three rocket attacks and a deadly assault on a police check post in Quetta.
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Three policemen killed in Quetta
Three polimen were killed in a firing incident on Sariab road in Quetta on Friday.
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PM gives Rs50m to Balochistan
The prime minister also announced restoration of subsidy on electricity supplied to tube-wells used for agriculture.
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Balochistan MPA demands fair distribution of aid
A Balochistan Assembly member has demanded that a meeting of the Council of Common Interest be convened.
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How will the govt form judicial panel in Balochistan?
All senior judges in the province will be retired on September 5, leaving no one to fill their positions.
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Taliban in our midst
We need to ask ourselves what purpose could possibly be served by allowing such people to operate in our country?
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Taliban command and control system is in Quetta: ISAF
A senior official at the Isaf headquarters in Kabul gave a special briefing to a delegation of the Pakistani media.
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Historic Sohbatpur town submerged
Residents left the city and took shelter on higher ground as their homes were overtaken by surging floodwaters.
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Survivors stage demos to protest lack of aid
Like other parts of the country, Balochistan has also been hit hard by flash floods.
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Restoration of subsidy on tube-wells demanded
The BA ignalled its resentment over the federal government’s decision to withdraw the subsidy on tube-wells.
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Raisani seeks mandate for talks with insurgents
CM Balochistan said that the federal government should give him a clear mandate to hold talks with opposition parties.
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Grenade attack at minister’s house
The house of the state minister for industries and production was attacked with a hand grenade late on Sunday.
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The flood crisis deepens
Relief efforts are underway as the floods continue to devastate and ravage various parts of the country.
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Authorities appeal for more food items
Balochistan’s top health official has said that they need more food items, not medicines, for flood affectees.
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Firing in Quetta injures 5
Five people including three policemen have been injured in firing by unidentified men at Kali Tarkha area of Quetta.
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Another MPA disqualified for fake degree
The Supreme Court (SC) has disqualified MPA Zahoor Hussain Khosa from Balochistan and ordered the Election Commission.
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Blast near Quetta hotel causes oil spill
An IED explosion has caused thousands of litres of oil to spill from an oil tanker in Quetta.
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Death toll soars to 134 in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa
At least 134 were killed and thousands remained stranded as unprecedented flooding triggered by torrential rain.
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Floods in AJK, Punjab and Balochistan
Torrential rains continue to wreak havoc as numerous reports of severe damage are coming in from across the country.
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Edhi begs for flood victims
Abdul Sattar Edhi on Wednesday initiated a begging campaign in Quetta for the flood victims of Balochistan.
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Five killed, several injured as building collapses in Karachi
A three storey building collapsed in Frontier Colony, Karachi on Wednesday killing five people.
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56 cases of violence against women in 6 months
Aurat Foundation released a report which states at least 56 cases of violence against women in Balochistan.
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HEC returns degrees of 57 lawmakers
The HEC has sent back 57 degrees of parliamentarians to the University of Balochistan to be scrutinised.