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Pakistan: Baloch activist calls for unity, resilience in fight for freedom
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Baloch pro-independence leader Allah Nazar Baloch has called for unity and resilience among the Baloch people in their fight for freedom, saying the Pakistani state has failed to suppress their growing movement. He highlighted the cost of oppression, enforced disappearances, and external exp
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Pak: Balochistan imposes night travel ban on key highways
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Balochistan government has banned night-time travel for public transport on key highways across multiple districts due to escalating security concerns following a rise in terrorist attacks.
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Pakistan: Strike in Gwadar, other cities of Balochistan to support BYC's r
Updated : 12 months ago IST
All businesses, banks, shops and petrol pumps in the city remained shut to protest against the arrests and cases lodged against all BYC women leaders, including Mahrang Baloch, Bebo Baloch and Sammi Deen Baloch.
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Balochistan: Pakistan security forces abduct two individuals from Gwadar
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Pakistani security forces have reportedly detained two individuals in Pasni, Gwadar, with their whereabouts unknown. This adds to the rising cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, fueling protests and concerns over human rights violations.
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Uyghur-American politician slams Pakistan's Gwadar Airport as China's stra
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In a post on social media platform X, Salih argued that the airport serves China's strategic interests rather than benefiting Pakistan or the local population of Gwadar. He warned that China intends to transform Balochistan into a "strategic colony."
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Free Balochistan Movement urges UN to intervene, end Pakistani aggression
Updated : 1 year ago IST
FBM representative urged the UN to take action in Balochistan by establishing United Nations Mission in Balochistan (UNMIB) and forcing the Pakistani occupying forces to retreat
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Pakistan: 47 day protest in Gwadar ends after successful negotiations with
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
After 47 days of protests in Gwadar, an alliance of political parties decided to call off their sit-in on Thursday following successful negotiations with district authorities.
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Balochistan: Gwadar police raid bookstall, detain students in education cr
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Police in Gwadar conducted a raid at a bookstall associated with the "Balochistan Kitaab Karwaan" initiative, a project organised by the Baloch Students Action Committee (BSAC).
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"Those released are later killed," Baloch activist says enforced disappear
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Mahrang Baloch said that Zakaria Zaheer from Gwadar, who was forcibly disappeared on September 27 last year, released on November 13, was gunned down on January 11, 2024.
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Pakistan: Gwadar port faces setbacks due to lack of planning, infrastructu
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Nearly a decade after the first container ships docked there in 2016, Gwadar has failed to attract substantial commercial activity, with experts citing insecurity, inadequate infrastructure, and a lack of a clear operational strategy.
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Human rights wing condemns targeted killing of Zakria Zaheer in Gwadar
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Baloch National Movement's human rights wing, Paank, has strongly condemned the targeted killing of Zakria Zaheer in Gwadar. In their statement, they emphasized that Zakria, who had previously been subjected to enforced disappearance, was viciously murdered, underscoring the continued pa
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Pakistan: People hold protest in Pasni on 12th anniversary of enforced dis
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Protesters carried placards and banners demanding the release of Bolan Kareem and other missing persons.
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