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.
Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) held a wheel-jam strike across the province on Monday to protest against the worsening law and order situation in the Wadh area of the Khuzdar district of Balochistan.
The BNP-Mengal secretary general Waja Jahanzeb Baloch said all national highways connecting Balochistan with other provinces will be blocked during the strike.
The frequent attacks on the coal trucks in the Balochistan region is affecting Pakistan's economy and also possesses a risk towards China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Asian Lite reported.
In terms of climate-induced disasters, Balochistan remains one of the areas which is most susceptible to natural calamities, and also has one of the worst defences against those, reported The News International.
The initiative's aim is to prevent wheat produced in the province from being taken out of the province so that there is no shortage of wheat and flour in the province until the next wheat production season and their prices can be maintained.
In a heavy exchange of fire, one terrorist and three soldiers were killed in the Zarghoon area of Balochistan on Saturday, Dawn reported citing the military's media affairs wing.
Amid the financial crisis, government hospitals in Balochistan have run out of medicines, Pakistan vernacular media reported citing Young Doctors Association Balochistan.
The Balochistan government has once again expressed annoyance over the financial crisis and blamed Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government for the same, saying that the province is yet to receive the share of the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, according to Dawn.