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Pakistan: Activist Jibran Nasir slams state as Balochistan burns amid viol
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Activist Jibran Nasir slammed Pakistan's handling of Balochistan violence, accusing the state of denial and blame-shifting. He warned that repression and silencing critics block lasting peace, as kidnappings and disappearances continue to fuel fear and insecurity across the province.
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Anandapur fire case: Wow! Momo Manager, Deputy Manager sent to six day pol
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Police authorities said investigations are underway following the massive fire that broke out in the Anandapur area, leaving several people dead and many still unaccounted for. According to Baruipur Police, a total of 21 samples have been sent for profiling, while reports of 27 people mis
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Pakistan: Death toll from Gul Plaza fire rises to 73 as search op nears co
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The massive blaze, described as Karachi's worst commercial fire in more than a decade, broke out on January 17 and quickly engulfed the multi-storey Gul Plaza shopping complex. The building housed nearly 1,200 small, family-run shops dealing in wedding garments, toys, crockery and other cons
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7 killed, 82 missing after landslide in Indonesia
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency announced today that seven people were killed and 82 others reported missing following a landslide in West Java province, amid reports of heavy rainfall in the area.
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Karachi shopping mall fire: Families of victims protest as dozens still mi
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Women clutching photographs of sons, husbands and brothers assembled near the charred site, accusing officials and rescue teams of moving painfully slowly while their loved ones remained unaccounted for, as reported by The Express Tribune.
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Pakistan: 26 people dead, 81 still missing in Karachi's Gul Plaza fire
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
At least 26 people have been confirmed dead and up to 81 others are reported missing after a massive fire tore through Gul Plaza on Karachi's MA Jinnah Road in Pakistan, leaving the multi-storey commercial building structurally unstable and unsafe for general access.
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Karachi's Gul Plaza inferno death toll rises to 14
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The blaze, which erupted late Saturday night (local time), reduced much of the multi-storey complex to rubble and took firefighters more than 24 hours to control. Flames were still visible deep within the wreckage, forcing crews to proceed with caution while the "cooling process" continued a
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All nine feared dead in Solan fire inident, rescue operations underway
Updated : 2 months ago IST
All nine people trapped under the debris after a massive fire in Arki market in Himchal Pradesh's Solan district are likely to have died, officials said on Monday.
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Balochistan: Six more alleged enforced disappearances reported in Quetta,
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The incidents occurred in Quetta and Kech districts as the protest camp of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) marked its 6,047th day.
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Balochistan: Paank reports three enforced disappearances in Quetta, calls
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Paank reported three enforced disappearances in Quetta on January 4, alleging Pakistani security forces detained a political worker and two brothers. Rights groups say such cases remain unresolved in Balochistan, worsening public alienation, political instability, and mistrust, while authori
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Pakistan's enforced disappearance crisis persists as another Baloch youth
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A young man was allegedly forcibly disappeared in Balochistan's Kech district during a late-night operation, raising renewed human rights concerns. Rights groups highlighted ongoing enforced disappearances, continued protests by families of the missing, and demands for urgent state action.
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Pakistan faces humanitarian crisis as families of missing balochistan resi
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The protesters said many families have been living in uncertainty for years due to alleged enforced disappearances. They described the situation as a "serious humanitarian crisis", saying the prolonged lack of information has caused "severe mental anguish" to parents, wives and children o
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