4 killed, 9 injured in Balochistan road crash
Four people, including two women, have been killed and nine others injured when two vehicles collided head-on on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway in Balochistan.
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9 Pakistani police personnel killed, 5 abducted in Balochistan attack
Nine Pakistani policemen have been killed and five others abducted after militants attacked a security checkpoint in Balochistan, Pakistani media reported on Tuesday.
40 killed as passenger bus plunges into ravine in Pakistan
At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in the mountainous Danasar area of Zhob District on Friday, according to media reports. Al Jazeera reported that the accident…
35 injured in customs warehouse blaze in Balochistan
At least 35 people were injured, four of them critically, after a massive fire broke out at a customs warehouse in Mastung district of Balochistan.
Militants launch ‘coordinated’ attacks across Balochistan
Separatist militants affiliated with the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) launched coordinated attacks across several parts of Balochistan on Saturday, according to media reports.
9 bus passengers kidnapped, killed in Balochistan
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped and killed nine bus passengers in Pakistan’s Balochistan province last night and their bodies were transported to their hometowns in Punjab province on Friday morning, local officials told media.
5 killed, 38 injured in attack on Khuzdar school bus
At least five people, including three children, were killed and dozens wounded in a suicide attack on a school bus in Balochistan province on Wednesday, a media report said.
4 Pakistani police killed in Balochistan blast
Four Pakistani police have been killed and three others injured as a result of a roadside bomb explosion in Quetta city of Balochistan, a media report said on Saturday.
Gunmen kill 20 coal miners in Balochistan, including Afghans
At least 20 miners, including three Afghans, have been killed and seven others injured in an armed attack on a private coal mine in southeastern Balochistan, Pakistan.
9 killed after abduction in Balochistan
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead nine individuals after abducting them from a bus in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, a media report said on Saturday.
5 Pakistani soldiers killed in Balochistan explosion
Five Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a bomb explosion in Kech district of Balochistan province. A security forces’ vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kech district on Saturday, the Pakistani army’s media wing…
10 terror suspects killed in Balochistan operation
The Pakistan army claims 10 suspected terrorists have been killed during an operation in southwestern Balochistan province. Wednesday’s operation was conducted by security forces to apprehend “externally sponsored enemies of peace” in the province, the military's media wing…
14 killed in Balochistan explosion, fire exchange
Four people have been killed and 10 others wounded in an explosion in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, local officials say. Levies officials said the blast occurred in the Mat area of Dera Bugti district on Friday, when a…
UNHCR to upgrade schools for refugees in Balochistan
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to upgrade 43 schools for Afghan refugees in Balochistan province next year. UNHCR head in Quetta Erwin Policar promised the refugee agency would provide vocational training, education and health…
4 troops killed in Balochistan bomb attack
Four paramilitary troops have been killed and two others wounded in a bomb attack in southeastern Balochistan province. The attack targeted a vehicle of the Frontier Corps in the Khosat area of Harnai district on Saturday, Dawn reported…
11 coalminers killed in Pakistan’s Balochistan province
At least 11 coal miners were killed in the Mach area of Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Sunday after armed militants kidnapped them and took them to a nearby area before opening fire at close range. Police authorities said…
Over 3,000 Hazaras killed in Balochistan in 8 years
Over 3,000 members of the minority Hazara community have been killed in Pakistan over the past seven years, a parliamentary panel was informed on Wednesday. Lawyer and human rights activist Jalila Haider, briefing the Senate Functional Committee on…
8 Afghan nationals detained in Balochistan raids
Eight Afghan refugees have been detained in different areas of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, The arrests came in a string of raids by the Frontier Corps (FC) on Friday -- days after a suicide bomber killed seven people…
Baloch activists seek Kabul’s help for govt-in-exile
KABUL to provide place, protection and other requirements in this regard. In a statement read out at a press conference in Kabul, the activists said Pakistan occupied ‘the sovereign country of Balochistan’ on March 27, 1948. The press conference was…
