The situation in Balochistan is complex and cannot be understood without examining its underlying details. What the state faces is not a single, identifiable threat but a multi layered phenomenon resembling a hydra headed force. The campaign of violence against the state manifests in different forms and operates through multiple channels. There are those who […]
Baluchistan
Terror Knocked out in Baluchistan
Coordinated terrorist attacks in Baluchistan launched by a separatist group once again substantiated the security concerns of Pakistan. It has been sufficiently established that the recent coordinated terrorist attacks across multiple districts of Balochistan on Friday-Saturday were primarily carried out by the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). The banned terrorist group claimed responsibility for a […]
Pakistan Navy personnel among 14 bus passengers murdered on Makran Coastal Highway
BALOCHISTAN: Earlier on Thursday, in Balochistan’s Ormara area, at least 14 passengers were offloaded from a bus on the Makran Coastal Highway and shot dead by unidentified assailants. “The martyred include personnel from the Pakistan Navy,” said a spokesperson from the service. Five or six buses travelling between Karachi and Gwadar were stopped by around 15-20 unidentified armed […]
Evidence against Kulbhushan to be submitted by Pakistan: S.M.Qureshi
Pakistan will submit evidence against Indian spy Kulbhushan Jhadav on February 19. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the Pakistani legal team will present the case of convicted Indian spy at the International Court of Justice, as the Indian spy has already confessed of terrorist activities in Baluchistan and all over Pakistan. The International […]
Govt will work with Balochistan as a partner, says PM Khan
QUETTA: Prime Minister Imran Khan during his meeting with members of Balochistan cabinet in Quetta said that center will work with Balochistan as a partner. The prime minister said “We will not make any such promises for which we may have to excuse later on.” He said that government is reviewing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) […]
ANP candidate injured in an attack on his Dera
CHAMAN: Awami National Party (ANP) candidate from the district Chaman, Balochistan, the former provincial minister Engineer Zamrak Achakzai’s dera (guest house) came under fire leaving central vice president and former senator Duad Achakzai wounded. According to Levies officials the firing incident took place at Pir Alizai area of Qila Abdullah. The wounded were transferred to […]
The man who made longest Pakistani flag, Siraj Raisani is no more
QUETTA: April 4, 1963, was the day when Nawab Siraj Raisani was born in Mehrgarh, a region in Bolan district, near Kacchi Plain of Balochistan. He graduated from Agriculture University Tando Jam and took a course in floriculture from an academic institute in Holland. His father, Nawab Ghaus Raisani(late) was former governor of Balochistan and also acted as […]
Fate of the Hazara: the community caged within its own city
Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan Province, is a nervous city. In the past, people in Quetta were accustomed to taking leisurely walks on Jinnah Road, the main boulevard of the district, gazing at shop windows and haggling over the goods on display. Young men would sit in small groups on the pavement in […]
Police arrest more than 100 protesting students at QAU
ISLAMABAD – More than a 100 students from Quaid-e-Azam University were arrested by police on Monday after they returned to protest against a decision to raise their tuition fees. According to the police, the students grounded themselves in front of the university buses, after which the police sprung into action and detained them. It was […]