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Pakistan: 'Gwadar's security to be entrusted to police' in wake of large-s
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The top military commander in Pakistan's Balochistan province has said that Gwadar's security would be completely entrusted to the police in the next four months, in the wake of massive protests in the region.
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Pak: Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan advised to maintain availabilit
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Over 45 children and teenagers lost their lives due to diphtheria across Pakistan in 2022 while hundreds of suspected cases have been reported from Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, officials say, The News International reported.
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In 2022, Pak army killed 195, forcibly disappeared 629 people in Balochist
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The year 2022 was a dreadful year for Balochistan as Pakistan army, forcibly disappeared 629, extrajudicially killed 195 and tortured 187 people, according to the annual report released by Paank, the human rights organization of the Baloch National Movement.
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Imran Khan criticises Pakistan govt over 'irresponsible statements' agains
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Imran Khan spoke about the criticism levelled at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for leading peace talks with the TTP, adding that the opposition parties should not "lie to the people."
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Gwadar Rights Movement activist asks Chinese nationals to leave Gwadar: Re
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gwadar Rights Movement leader Maulana Hidayatur Rehman has issued a warning to Chinese nationals to leave the Gwadar port area, Al Arabiya Post reported citing The Maritime Executive.
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Pakistan: Balochistan runs out of wheat stock
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Zamarak Achakzai said that Balochistan immediately needs four lakh bags of wheat and warned that otherwise, the situation will turn more serious.
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Pakistan: Balochistan province sends SOS as it runs out of wheat
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
During a press briefing on Saturday night, Food Minister Zamarak Khan Piralizai said that the food department had run out of its wheat stock and called for help from other provinces and the Centre.
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Chinese firms reap profits from mines in Balochistan, locals deprived of b
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Balochistan province turned out to be an ATM for Chinese companies but it still remains an impoverished region with a per capita GDP under USD 1,000, which means that the residents are getting nothing. Under the agreement signed in 1995, 46-48 per cent of revenue was given to MCC, 53 per cen
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Balochistan govt plans to set new commission to trace missing persons
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, formed by the Supreme Court, and the commission set up by the Islamabad High Court, are already looking into the matter.
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Pak could renegotiate with TTP, if it obeys Constitution: Rana Sanaullah
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
"If the TTP decides to come under the ambit of the Constitution, then we can hold talks with them," Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said.
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US reiterates support for Pakistan's right to self-defence against banned
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in terror incidents, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, during the past couple of months after TTP put the truce with Islamabad to an end.
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TTP nurtured by Pakistan army fuels insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The TTP has deep historical ties with the Afghan Taliban, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP). It is a by-product of al-Qaeda's jihadi politics in Afghanistan and Pakistan after 9/11.
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