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Balochistan Peoples Parties Appeal To Stop Arrest, Killing And Execution Of Baloch In Iran
After the security forces used live ammunitions against peaceful protester the demonstration grow in the strength and were joined by people from the neighboring towns and villages, there were similar demonstrations in other regions like Jakigwar...
Unrest in Rask after arrest of prominant Baloch scholars by Iranian security forces
Following the arrest of Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi son of a prominent Scholar and the emaam of central Masque of Rask, people took to streets in the Rask, the main town of Sarbaaz, Balochistan. Security forces’ direct firing killed one...
UNPO Speaks Out Against New Arrests of Baloch People
Below is a copy of UNPO’s official Statement:
In the past week reports indicate that the Iranian regime has arrested up to sixty Baloch people in the latest restrictions to be placed on the rights of the Baloch people to expression, free...
Rohrabacher’s illogical ligic
Alya Alvi
That the US Congressman, Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, has written a letter to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, condemning the recent violence in Balochistan...
Balochistan’s appetite for uplift funds
DEVELOPMENT spending in Balochistan is likely to exceed the budgeted allocation of Rs29 billion for the provincial annual development programme for the current financial year.
My Name is Khan And I am the brother of Baloch
Pakistan since its inception has faced many separatist movements with demands of Pakhtunistan, Bangladesh, Greater Baluchistan and Sindhudesh.
Balochistan: Islamabad Must Finally Deal With Situation
In the wake of turbulence in the region, a fact-finding mission recommended the Pakistani government to address the situation in Balochistan by reconciling all members involved.
Gas line, power pylon blown up in Balochistan
QUETTA: Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline near Pikoh area in the Bugti Tribal Territory on Tuesday. According to sources, an explosive device was planted along an eight-inch-diameter gas pipeline, which went off disrupting gas supply...
Balochistan violence: Landmine blasts, shooting claim six lives
QUETTA: Six people, including a father, his son and two members of a pro-government Amn force, were killed in separate incidents of landmine explosions and firing in Jaffarabad and Dera Bugti on Sunday.
Iran blames the US for a 40-fold increase in drug trafficking in Afghanistan
Iran’s Deputy Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Rayeesi says since the US invasion of Afghanistan and subsequent military occupation in Afghanistan there has been “a 40-fold increase” in illegal drug production in that country since 2001. This...
Pakistani forces killed 8 unarmed Baloch civilians including women and children in Dera Bugti
by Somalan Baloch
(Balochistan, Sri Lanka Guardian) Occupied Balochistan:The Pakistani military in a latest brutal operation in adjacent areas of Dera Bugti killed eight Baloch unarmed civilians including women and children and also abducted...
The Balochistan quagmire
Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi too has now spoken up. He has warned if targeted killings and worsening law and order situation in the province are not stopped, it may well erupt into a civil war and the situation may come to a...
To protect from outsiders, Raisani declares Reko Diq an Export Processing Zone
QUETTA: The Balochistan Chief Minister on Tuesday proposed that the Reko Diq mining area be declared an Export Processing Zone on the request of Balochistan Government and the Export Processing Authority.
Balochistan security: 3 more missing persons recovered
By Shehzad Baloch
QUETTA: Following the directives of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the police recovered three more missing persons belonging to the Marri tribe on Tuesday.
Temple official kidnapped in Pakistan
The chairman of the Hinglaj Mata temple in Balochistan was kidnapped from the Lasbela area of Balochistan on Friday; just a couple of days ahead of the annual pilgrimage to this cave structure devoted to goddess Sati.