Balochistan

Rebels attack mineral trucks in Balochistan as violence spreads to Goldsmith Line

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fighting for an independent Balochistan attacked Pakistani soldiers as well as damaged trucks carrying minerals…

1 year ago

Pakistan’s dreaded ‘enforced disappearances’ expand from Balochistan to Punjab

Pakistan's legendary human rights abuse of "enforced disappearances" in strife-torn Balochistan is now getting mainstreamed in the Punjab province as…

1 year ago

Chinese, Canadian mining companies dig deep in conflicted Balochistan

Pakistan has doubled down on mining activity in the conflicted Balochistan province as it has begun preparatory work on seven…

1 year ago

Watch: Baloch diaspora slams Pakistani celebrations of Chagai nuclear tests, launches multiple protests

Even as a tumultuous and unstable Pakistan celebrated the silver jubilee of its nuclear tests on 28 May 1998 as…

1 year ago

Iran-Pakistan rift widens after killings of 5 border guards

Iranian border guard commander Ahmad Ali Goudarzi advised Pakistan to observe "good neighborliness and not allow terror activities to be…

2 years ago

Baloch insurgents strike big – kill 12 Pak soldiers including SSG commandos

Fierce clashes are reported to have erupted in Bolan district of Balochistan after the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) killed scores…

2 years ago

Podcast | Is Balochistan Heading For Independence?

Do you know Balochistan was once an independent state? We all know India got independence from British occupation in 1947…

2 years ago

Pakistani nuclear tests in focus after Baloch diaspora launches protests

On May 28 Pakistan will celebrate the 'Youm-e-Takbir', - the 'Day of Greatness' to give itself a pat on its…

2 years ago

Pakistan crosses the Rubicon, to formally deploy army in Balochistan amid stiff resistance

The Pakistani cabinet led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the deployment of the Pakistani Army in Balochistan in…

2 years ago

Police raid Pakistan’s ex-federal minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed’s house, fail to arrest him

Heavy contingents of police and elite commandos on Monday raided Lal Haveli - the residence and headquarters of Awami Muslim…

2 years ago

Can a Baloch journalist, green activists upset Barrick Gold’s plans in Balochistan?

Just one sentence, "You should go back to Balochistan", has put Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow in hot water. In…

2 years ago

Tarek Fatah—a personal tribute to a passionate non-conformist

Tarek Fatah, the Canadian columnist passed away at the young age of 73 in Canada as confirmed by his daughter…

2 years ago

Watch videos: A poor Eid in Pakistan and an unhappy one in Balochistan

This has been the most difficult Eid for the Pakistanis. Skyrocketing inflation, shortage of food, economic distress, rising violence and…

2 years ago

China picks holes in Gwadar port security revealing rift with Pakistan on CPEC

In a revealing statement by the usually reticent Chinese, the chairman of the China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC) Yu…

2 years ago

Four dead including policemen in bomb attack in Quetta’s Kandhari market

Four people including two policemen were killed and at least 15 injured in an explosion that targeted a police vehicle…

2 years ago

Gulzar Imam: Feeding a fairy tale to a broken Pakistan

The timing and the language of Pakistani spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence's acknowledgement about the arrest of Baloch commander Gulzar…

2 years ago

The Gulzar Imam story: ISI acknowledges today what everyone else knew last year

Pakistani spy agency ISI has finally revealed after months of speculation what was known all along - that Gulzar Imam,…

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Pakistan sloshes on cheap Iranian diesel smuggled through Balochistan

If there is something that is in plenty in a cash-starved Pakistan, it is diesel. Iranian diesel is making its…

2 years ago

Balochistan completes 75 years of colonialisation today

On 27th March 1948, when several nations in South Asia were enjoying their status of freedom, one nation was being…

2 years ago

ISI Brigadier, five others killed in Pakistan’s South Waziristan

Pakistan military media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday said that a brigadier from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Mustafa…

2 years ago

Pakistan plunges further on terror index, now below Afghanistan: Report

Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan as the country with the most terrorist attacks and deaths in South Asia, a position held…

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