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Balochistan: Khuzdar, Washuk witness protests against crackdown on Baloch
Updated : 11 months, 1 week 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: Several women injured after police use batons to disperse famili
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The relatives had assembled to identify bodies brought in by security forces. The violence erupted when families of forcibly disappeared persons, along with human rights activists, attempted to enter the hospital to view the bodies, The Balochistan Post reported.
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Balochistan: BYC leads massive protest against state violence, target kill
Updated : 12 months ago IST
A massive protest rally organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in Khuzdar condemned state violence, targeted killings, and enforced disappearances in Balochistan. The protest highlighted the killing of Shah Jahan Baloch and the 11-year disappearance of Chairman Zahid Baloch, cal
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Pakistan: Two JUI-F leaders shot dead in Khuzdar's Zehri
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The JUI-F leaders, Wadera Ghulam Sarwar and Molvi Amanullah, were heading to home in Zehri's Tarsani area, when unknown assailants riding motorcycles opened fire on them using automatic weapons.
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Polio resurgence in Pakistan: Vaccine hesitancy and security issues hinder
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to a representative of Pakistan's National Institute of Health's (NIH) Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication, the samples were taken from the following locations: Dera Bugti, Hub, Khuzdar, Noshki, Nasirabad, Usta Muhammad, Zhob, Lasbela, Islamabad, Charsadda, Peshawar
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Pakistan: Balochistan farmers reject 35 pc tax on agricultural production,
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
GKI President Agha Lal Jan Ahmadzai called for providing compensation to farmers impacted by the construction of the Quetta-Karachi Highway in Khuzdar, Kalat, Mangochar, Mastung, Surrab and other regions.
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Pakistan: Sit-in protest by Asma Baloch's family continue for third day
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The family members of forcibly abducted, Asma Baloch and the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) Khuzdar Zone continued their sit-in protest for the third day demanding justice from the state of Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Opposition stages walkout from Balochistan assembly over abducti
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Balochistan Awami Party leader and Member of Provincial Assembly, Agha Umar Ahmedzai, raised the issue on a point of order and said unidentified armed men entered Asma's house and kidnapped her. He condemned the incident and said the girl, identified as Bibi Asma, was kidnapped after her
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Pakistan: Baloch human rights body condemns "forcibly" disappearances in B
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Baloch human rights organization, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has expressed deep anguish over the enforced disappearance of a woman from Khuzdar and two men from the Kharan region.
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Protests intensify after enforced disappearance of teenager in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Karachi-Quetta highway has been blocked for over a day as protests continue in Balochistan over the alleged enforced disappearance of 15-year-old Anas Ahmed from Khuzdar
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'Even children are not spared': Mahrang Baloch fights for abducted 15-year
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Human rights activist Mahrang Baloch has called for a protest after the abduction and abuse of 15-year-old Ans Ahmed in Khuzdar. Paank, a Baloch human rights group, has condemned the latest wave of enforced disappearances, urging global action against Pakistan's human rights violations. Read More
Pakistan: Two killed, seven injured in car bomb explosion in Khuzdar
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The bomb blast occurred when the bus was travelling through the area, where a car carrying explosives was parked, according to Levies officials.
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