At least five people, including four girls, died in flash floods in Quetta as the torrential rains lashed the various districts of Balochistan province in Pakistan, Dawn reported.
Ahead of Ashura, the Balochistan government suspended internet services and mobile phones on Wednesday in the provincial capital Quetta to maintain the law and order situation in the city, according to ARY News.
The people in Pakistan continue to face difficulties in travelling by road because of the deplorable conditions of roads and highways lacking investment, attention as well as lethargic projects, reported The News International.
Ladghast area’s people informed the local administration about the dumping of an unattended body, upon which the Levies force rushed to the area and shifted the body to the Mashkel hospital.
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday barred the authorities from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan until August 9 in a case related to the murder of a lawyer in Quetta, Pakistan-based The Express Tribune reported.
In its fact-finding report titled "Balochistan’s Struggle for Hope" launched in Quetta on Wednesday, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep concern about the mounting public frustration in Balochistan over enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press
Authorities in Pakistan said that a terror attack on a military base and clashes elsewhere in the turbulent southwestern Baluchistan province killed 12 soldiers and a civilian, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
Three Pakistani soldiers were killed on Wednesday after a combat against heavily armed terrorists in Balochistan's Sui District, The News International reported citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The families of missing people continued to block the N-25 highway after which the traffic between Quetta and Karachi remained suspended for several hours on Monday.