Locals from the Mashkel area of Rakhshan in hundreds (near the Pakistan-Iran border) on Saturday launched a long march towards Quetta, Balochistan over the the closure of the Pak-Iran Maza Sar border crossing, calling it an essential element for their survival.
The Baloch National Movement held a protest in Germany and the Netherlands against Pakistan's nuclear tests in Balochistan in 1998, a statement by the BNM said on Wednesday.
Six passengers died on the spot, while some of the injured were in critical condition, with officials fearing the death toll could rise. The injured were taken to the Basima Civil Hospital, where 22 more people succumbed to their injuries, Dawn reported.
Reportedly, the long march was organized, after a sit-in of 30 consecutive days at Mashkel demanding the same was ignored by the Pakistani administration. Its closure has created a shortage of food items and other items of daily use. Besides, locals said the border trade was their livelih
The Baloch Yakjeheti Committee in a statement released on Sunday raised concerns over the alarming rise in the number of enforced disappearances, calling it an endless cycle of pain for the Baloch community.
At least five terrorists were killed and two security personnel lost their lives in a gun battle in Peshawar's Hassan Khel area, ARY News reported citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday.
The Free Balochistan Movement (German Branch) staged a demonstration in Dortmund, Germany, on May 25, aiming to draw attention to the consequences of Pakistan's nuclear tests in Balochistan on May 28, 1998.
The latest victim, a 12-year-old girl from the Kili Malak Haqdad area of Darozai union council in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, succumbed to the relentless grip of polio.
In her statement, the Baloch leader highlighted that during the last two decades, in the name of counter-insurgency operations and peace, a large number of people have been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces.
The daughter of the forcibly disappeared activist Ameer Baksh Baloch, Sadaf Ameer Baloch announced to launch of a social media campaign demanding the safe release of enforced disappearance victims.
The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking Article 6 proceedings against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, ARY News reported on Thursday.
The South Korean chapter of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), organised a protest in the Busan area of South Korea, raising their voice against the ongoing project of Gwadar fencing in Balochistan, the BNM said in a statement.