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Akhtar Mengal questions state strategy, warns of deepening crisis in Baloc
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Mengal said repeated attempts to subdue dissent through military operations, arrests and enforced disappearances had only deepened the divide between the federation and Baloch citizens. Quoting revolutionary poet Habib Jalib, he remarked that Balochistan was not simply "burning" but had alre
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Baloch leaders in Lahore demand end to enforced disappearances, slam secur
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Speakers at a rights gathering in Lahore raised allegations of repression in Balochistan, highlighting disappearances and shrinking civic space. Baloch leaders called for dialogue over coercion. The event ended in uproar over remarks linked to enforced disappearances, with activists walking
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Pakistan: BNP-M announces protests in Balochistan on July 10 against enfor
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
During the meeting, the party leaders analysed the overall situation of the province. They expressed serious concern regarding the deteriorating political and law and order situation and decided to hold protest demonstrations across Balochistan.
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Pakistan targets Baloch leaders for demanding justice as state criminalise
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has recently condemned the notice sent to Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chairman of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), which accuses him of promoting anti-state objectives by acknowledging the efforts of Mahrang Baloch.
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Balochistan on brink, Pakistan control "limited to Quetta": Baloch America
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Speaking to TAG TV, Baloch described the dire security situation on the ground, noting that "Pakistani forces cannot even leave Quetta after dark."
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Balochistan politician criticises Pakistan's state institutions for failin
Updated : 1 year ago IST
President of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), Sardar Akhtar Mengal, declared the beginning of a "politics of national resistance," criticising the failure of Pakistan's parliament, judiciary, and other state institutions to safeguard the rights of the Baloch people.
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Pakistan LoP criticises govt over claims of Balochistan development
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Speaking to reporters, Omar Ayub questioned the source of funding for Balochistan's development. He accused Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of deceit, particularly regarding the Petroleum Development Levy, and questioned its sustainability.
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Pakistan: BNP-M calls off sit-in against arrest of Baloch activists, annou
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The BNP-M had launched the long march to protest the arrest of BYC chief organiser Mahrang Baloch, other leaders and workers, and police crackdowns on a sit-in. Mengal had said that the BNP-M would hold a march on Quetta but was kept at bay by the government.
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Balochistan: Khuzdar, Washuk witness protests against crackdown on Baloch
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Protests erupted in Balochistan's Khuzdar and Washuk districts in response to a crackdown on the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), with demonstrators--many of them women and children--demanding the release of detained leaders and an end to state repression.
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Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif calls for political solution to Balochistan crisis
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has pledged to play a political and democratic role in addressing Balochistan's unrest, following a detailed meeting with National Party President Abdul Malik Baloch. The leaders discussed the BNP-M sit-in, arrests of activists, and developmental concerns, with S
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Pakistan: Balochistan National Party's protest enters 12th day amid no bre
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan's former Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani visited the protest camp and held a meeting with BNP chairman Sardar Akhtar Mengal. However, party sources revealed the discussion did not yield any progress towards addressing the impasse.
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BNP-M launches province-wide protests after long march blocked near Quetta
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), under the leadership of Sardar Akhtar Mengal, has initiated a province-wide protest campaign after its long march to Quetta was impeded by authorities at Lakpass. A report by The Balochistan Post (TBP) indicates that the party has called for a c
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